Smithfield in Providence County, Rhode Island — The American Northeast (New England)

Aircraft Accident Memorial

On This Location 5 August 1943 Three Servicemen Perished Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Suzanne Stephenson, March 11, 2014

1. On This Location 5 August 1943 Three Servicemen Perished Marker

Inscription.
On this location 5 August 1943
three servicemen perished in an aircraft accident
2LT Otis R. Portwig - Richmond VA
TSGT Herbert D. Booth - Rahway NJ
2LT Saul Winsten - Pawtucket RI

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Disasters • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1943.

Location. 41° 53.533′ N, 71° 31.742′ W. Memorial is in Smithfield, Rhode Island, in Providence County. It can be reached from Farnum Pike. This marker is at the end of a foot trail in the Wolf Hill Forest Preserve in Smithfield, RI. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Smithfield RI 02917, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Blackstone Valley

and in Greater Providence.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: World War Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Crossroads of Greenville (approx. 1.9 miles away); A Community Shaped by Revolution (approx. 1.9 miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 3.3 miles away); North Providence Honor Roll (approx. 3.3 miles away); Korean War Memorial (approx. 3.3 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); First Statewide Enhanced 9-1-1 Uniform Emergency Telephone System (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Smithfield.

More about this memorial. End of the yellow trail

Photographed by Suzanne Stephenson, March 11, 2014

2. On This Location 5 August 1943 Three Servicemen Perished Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 30, 2014, by Suzanne Stephenson of North Stonington, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 732 times since then and 43 times this year. Last updated on April 16, 2014, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 30, 2014, by Suzanne Stephenson of North Stonington, Connecticut. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.