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Last Flight |
| NAME | BIRTH DATE | DEATH DATE | DETAILS OF DEATH |
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Harold Barks |
April 6, 1934 | December 28, 2003 | |
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Daniel Birthisel |
March 4, 1934 | June 23, 1971 | |
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Robert Blount |
July 1955 | Robert was killed in a T-33 aircraft accident at Craig AFB, Alabama. | |
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Hilliard Booker |
April 22, 1929 | May 16, 1985 | |
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Ralph Braswell |
July 9, 1929 | November 21, 2010 | Ralph died after suffering a stroke. |
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Wesley Brooks |
June 19, 1934 | April 25, 1963 | Wesley crashed during a training mission to compete with the Royal Flush team in Photo Recon when he flew into a mountain in South France. His older sons were only 7, 5 and 3 years old and his youngest was only 13 months old. |
| Fran Bucher | October 28, 1933 | January 2, 2007 | Fran died while working on his farm in Bonners Ferry, Idaho when crushed by a 1,200 pound bale of hay |
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Howard Bunch |
May 29, 1928 | February 9, 1993 | |
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James Butler |
May 26, 1934 | September 21, 2003 | Jim died of natural causes. |
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Clinton Butts |
October 20, 1934 | March 4, 1979 | |
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Ferhan Cerrah |
1986 | Ferhan died of lung cancer. | |
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Frank Ciliberti |
April 15, 1930 | April 21, 2003 | Frank died from complications after heart surgery. |
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William Cox |
Bill was killed in a B-66 crash in Tulsa, Oklahoma. | ||
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Gerald Dahmen |
May 26, 1928 | August 14, 1989 | Gerald died of natural causes. |
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George Dalton |
October 26, 1990 | ||
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Lou Daniels |
June 2, 1934 | July 9, 1983 | Lou died at Shaw AFB in South Carolina after an illness. |
| Robert Daniels | Bob was killed in an aircraft accident. | ||
| Warren Davis | November 30, 1933 | July 19, 1969 | Probably killed in an aircraft accident. |
| Thomas Dozier | May 31, 1928 | July 8, 1964 | Tom was killed in a KC-135/F-105 mid-air collision |
| Joseph Eberhardt | June 12, 1929 | July 26, 1996 | |
| Joel Feigenbaum | December 31, 1925 | June 22, 2003 | |
| Victor Fonda | May 16, 1956 | Victor, along with his aunt, was killed in a civilian aircraft as a result of a mid-air collision. On his honeymoon, Victor's bride of two weeks and his mother witnessed the collision. | |
| John Frankhouser | November 10, 1962 | John was killed in an aircraft accident. | |
| Wayne Fullam | March 9, 1932 | October 7, 1967 |
Wayne's plane was shot down over the Ha Bac Province of North Vietnam;
indications are that he initially survived and was captured; remains
finally returned to United States September 24, 1987; in the early
1970's, families of missing military personnel planted Freedom Trees in
their honor. The first tree planted at McGhee Tyson Air Base was in
honor of Wayne; information on
Wayne's loss is described in the website below: http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/f/f040.htm |
| Billy Green | March 10, 1933 | February 11, 2000 | |
| George Harper | June 27, 1982 | ||
| Kenneth Hege | December 22, 1933 | April 14, 1996 | Aberdeen, Idaho |
| Jay Henry | August 11, 1934 | December 1, 1977 | |
| Frank Horn | May 20, 1933 | September 10, 2001 | Frank died of a massive heart attack. |
| Harold Jones | March 18, 1934 | June 3, 1972 | |
| Jack Kalow | February 3, 1931 | December 9, 2002 | Died in Enid, Oklahoma |
| Ray Katzendorn | November 4, 1933 | September15, 1983 | |
| Elwood Keeran | September 8, 1925 | February 5, 1960 | Elwood was killed in an aircraft accident; is buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Lome, San Diego County, California. |
| Erdogan Kisacikoglu | 1972 | Erdogan died of natural causes. | |
| John LaChapelle | April 30, 1964 | ||
| James Leaton | December 1, 1977 | James was killed in an aircraft accident. | |
| Roger Lopez | August 9, 1970 | Roger was
decapitated in a B-25 aircraft accident in Orange, Massachusetts; Roger had
spoken to Dave Mroczek and Jerry Ohlson, who tried to discourage him from
flying the aircraft the night before the accident; information on the crash
is included in the website below: www.aerovintage.com/b25anec.htm |
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| Edmond Lynam | February 12, 1933 | May 1, 2005 | Edmond died from cancer. |
| Matt Maddin | April 9, 1934 | September 9, 2006 | Matt punctured an artery in his leg after falling from a ladder. Paramedics did not arrive in time to save him. |
| Dick Martin | Dick was killed in a B-47 aircraft accident. | ||
| Bill Martz | February 15, 1934 | September 28, 2004 | Bill died of natural causes. |
| Robert McGough | March 10, 1931 | January 17, 1957 | Robert was killed in a B-29 aircraft accident during take-off from Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska. |
| James McIntyre | Jim was killed in an aircraft accident in the early 1960's. | ||
| Mike McKenny | March 5, 1963 | Mike was killed during a low altitude ejection from an F-102 while attempting to deadstick the aircraft into a landing field near Ramstein, Germany. | |
| Louis Mendiola | August 11, 1933 | October 4, 2002 | |
| Charles Michaud | January 7, 1935 | June 5, 1969 | Military
aircraft accident; for details: www.hlswilliwaw.com/aleutians/shemya/html/ shemya-rivet-amber-pg2.htm |
| LeRoy Morlock | December 18, 1931 | September 8, 2002 | Jamestown, North Dakota |
| Harry Nettle | May 7, 1934 | December 5, 2001 | Valley Park, Missouri |
| Curt Offen | September 11, 1934 | March 1971 | Curt was killed in an aircraft accident. |
| Jerry Ohlson | November 23, 1930 | October 14, 2005 | Jerry died of a massive heart attack |
| Reed Olsen | October 12, 1927 | May 8, 1996 | |
| Bill Pachura | May 11, 1933 | November 8, 2002 | Bill died of pancreatic cancer. |
| Arthur Page | Art was killed in a automobile accident while driving his "wild" Chevy. | ||
| George "Tim" Peirce | March 9, 1933 | January 31, 2000 | Tim was honored by the U.S. House of Representatives for his service to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; specifically as LaGuardia Airport Manager. |
| Philip Prince | January 26, 1933 | June 9, 2003 | |
| Jim Read | April 29, 1934 | September 20, 2001 | Jim died of a heart attack. |
| Johnny Ritter | August 16, 1930 | August 7, 1994 | |
| Kenneth Roberts | Late 1955 | Ken was killed in a automobile accident, possibly near Las Vegas. | |
| Jerry Russell | August 18, 1931 | June 8, 2003 | Great Falls, Montana |
| Rawland Scott | March 31, 1931 | October 29, 1998 | San Antonio, Texas |
| Frank Sees | May 13, 2004 | Frank died from a heart attack. | |
| Eric Siemers | September 19, 1933 | August 1978 | Michigan |
| Ronald Sontheimer | November 16, 1933 | July 30, 2001 | Murrysville, Pennsylvania |
| Richard Sprague | Killed in a T-6 accident. | ||
| Al Stearns | 1955 or 1956 | Al was killed in an aircraft accident in mountains near Norton AFB during an instrument approach. | |
| Francis Strecker | June 23, 1930 | November 13, 1964 | Fran was killed in an automobile accident near Lincoln, Nebraska. |
| Harun Tugtekin | 1974 | ||
| Donald Valentine | July 13, 1962 | ||
| Herbert Washburn | January 1955 | Herbert was killed during training in a T-28. | |
| David Williams | May 4, 1934 | July 21, 1986 | |
| Paul Wilson | December 5, 1958 | ||
| Richard Yeager | December 18, 1934 | March 3, 1996 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Larry Wilt | July 8, 1934 | June 4, 2007 | Died of throat cancer |
| Willis Wyard | April 4, 1932 | January 5, 1991 | Minnesota |
| Van Young | December 30, 1933 | March 12, 1998 | Steelville, Missouri |
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Contributed by Bob Miller:
I hope there's a place, way up in the sky,
Where pilots can go, when they have to die.
A place where a guy can buy a cold beer,
For a friend and a comrade, whose memory is dear;
A place where no doctor or lawyer can tread,
Nor a senior officer type would ere be caught dead.
Just a quaint little place, kind of dark, full of smoke,
Where they like to sing loud, and love a good joke;
The kind of a place where a lady could go
And feel safe and protected, by the men she would know.
There must be a place where old pilots go,
When their paining is finished, and their airspeed gets low,
Where the whiskey is old, and the women are young,
And songs about flying and dying are sung,
Where you'd see all the fellows who'd flown west before,
And they'd call out your name , as you came through the door.
Who would buy you a drink, if your thirst should be bad,
And relate to the others, "He was quite a good lad!"
And then through the mist, you'd spot an old guy
You had not seen in years, though he taught you to fly.
He'd nod his old head, and grin ear to ear,
And say, "Welcome, my son, I'm pleased that you're here."
"For this is the place where true flyers come,"
"When their journey is over, and the war has been won."
"They've come here at last to be safe and alone"
"From the government clerks and the management clone,"
"Politicians and lawyers, the Feds and the noise,"
"Where all hours are happy, and these good ole boys"
"Can relax with a cool one, and a well deserved rest,"
"This is heaven, my son....You've passed your last test!"
Author Unknown
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