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Aviation Archives

George Neuner Boyd’s logbook (1941)
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Historical Biographies

circa 1917

George Graham Walker
Shelocta, Pennsylvania

Pilot
(B) 31 Dec 1895
(D) 16 Dec 1952

circa ~ 1930s

Adelbert Boyd Miller
North Mahoning, Indiana County
Pennsylvania

Stinson Detroiter SM-8A Airplane
(B) 19 Mar 1881
(D) 11 Sep 1940

circa ~ 1940s

Claude Edward Butts
Indiana, Pennsylvania

Flight Instructor / Private Pilot Examiner
(B) 31 Aug 1907
(D) 26 Mar 1997

circa 1939 – 1945

Robert Milton Rodkey
Diamondville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Pilot / B-24 Liberator
(B) 11 Sep 1916
(D) 7 Dec 1983

circa ~1942

Don Alpheus Anthony
North Point, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

307th Bomb Group
U.S. Air Force
(B) 14 Dec 1920
(D) 10 Aug 1944

circa ~ 1940s

John Richard Palin Sr
Wehrum, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Pilot / B-24 Liberator
(B) 9 Oct 1916
(D) 2 Dec 1994

circa ~ 1940s

Urban Wilfred Charles Boeh
Blairsville, Pennsylvania

U.S. Navy – Communications Officer
TBM Avenger
(B) 8 Nov 1923
(D) 2 Sep 2009

circa ~ 1940s

Stephen Raymond Checkosky
Rossiter, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Tail Gunner & Radio / B-17 Flying Fortress
U.S. 8th Air Force
(B) 4 Jul 1918
(D) 29 Mar 1988

circa ~ 1940s

Michael James Fayad
Indiana, County

(B) 1 Sep 1911
(D) 13 Sep 1983

circa ~ 1940s

Gordon Richard Barnett
Penn Run, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

(B) 29 Nov 1923
(D) 28 Jan 2014

circa ~ 1940s

John Thomas Braughler
Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania

Navigator / Douglas C-47
(B) 11 Jan 1922
(D) 13 Feb 2015

circa ~ 1942

Boyd Kenneth Reeger
Shelocta, Pennsylvania

U.S. Air Force
(B) 7 Feb 1921
(D) 7 Oct 1972

circa ~ 1940s

Blair Richard Rankin
Coral, Pennsylvania

U.S. Air Force
(B) 15 Feb 1928
(D) 25 Aug 2001

circa ~ 1940s

Theodore Joseph Williams
Blairsville, Pennsylvania

Navigator / Bombardier
B24 Liberator
(B) 2 Sep 1923
(D) 17 Apr 2013

Unknown

Norman Lynne Duncan, Jr.
Indiana, Pennsylvania

(B) 30 May 1921
(D) 8 Aug 1970

7 July 1948

Walter Lawrence Fish
Indiana, Pennsylvania

Private Pilots License
(B) 14 Aug 1922
(D) 27 Oct 1981

circa ~ 1957

Harvey Melvin Crawford
Rochester Mills, Indiana County
Pennsylvania

Prominent Drilling Contractor
(B) 09 May 1965
(D) 14 Sep 1962

August 1959

John Sermon
Homer City, Pennsylvania

Student Pilot Certificate
(B) 27 Jul 1926
(D) 17 Oct 2014

30 September 1965

Kenneth Leroy Huffman
Blairsville, Pennsylvania

Communication Electronics Specialist
U.S. Air Force

(B) 14 May 1947
(D) 15 Aug 2010

circa ~ 1965

Morie “Pete” Earl Keith
Clymer, Pennsylvania

U.S. Air Force – Mechanic
(B) 29 Jul 1946
(D) 16 Feb 1921

circa ~ 1997

Dr. Patricia Hilliard Robertson
Homer City, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Doctor / Astronaut / Flight Instructor
(B) 12 Mar 1963
(D) 4 May 2001