Dennison Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States.
History In 1927, a small civilian airfield was established at Squantum near the intersection of East Squantum Street and Quincy Shore Drive. Amelia Earhart, when she lived in Medford, Massachusetts, was a share-holding director and helped finance the construction of the airport. She also flew on the first official flight out of the airport on September 3, 1927.Chaisson, Stephanie, "Squantum has a hold on its residents" , The Patriot Ledger newspaper, Quincy, Massachusetts, July 12, 2007Long, Marie K., Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved, Simon and Schuster, 2000. . Confer page 38. "She had joined the Boston Chapter of the National Aeronautic Association and had somehow managed to find a few dollars to invest in Harold T. Dennison's new airport near Quincy, Massachusetts" On September 28, 1927, Thea Rasche, a famous German aviator, crashed at Dennison Airport while attempting to land her Flamingo biplane New York Times, “Thea Rasche Crashes”, September 29, 1927. The plane was damaged, but Rasche was uninjured. Dennison Airport closed down in 1942 and its land was taken over by the Navy for the expansion of the Naval Air Station Squantum.
See also Naval Air Station Squantum
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