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Aviation Archives
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