Frederick Louis Bodreau Jr. was contracted by Rocky Point Management to make a jump from an airplane on July 8, 1928 to thrill park guests. Bodreau, 28, who worked as a parachute jumper and wing-walker, hired pilot Raymond Menard of Fall River to fly a plane belonging to Armand Pothier of Woonsocket for the spectacle.
The jump had been scheduled for 3 p.m. and as that time neared, Menard circled the drop area – about a quarter mile from the shore, between the park’s wharf and the Shore Dinner Hall.
“How high are we flying?” Bodreau called to Menard…