ADAMS, DAVID L.   ADAMS, VICTOR   ADAMSON   AGLE   AHARONIAN   ALBERTS   ALEXANDER   ALLEN   ALLISON   ALTENHOFEN   ANDREUS   ARCHER   ARCHULETA   ARENS   ARKE   ARMSTRONG   ARNAU   ASHTON   ATKINSON   AUFDERHEIDE   AUSTIN   BACKLUND   BAEHR   BANTZ   BARNES   BARRETT   BARTLEY   BASS   BAUER, JAMES   BAUER, THOMAS   BEASLEY   BEAUVAIS   BECQUET   BEHNKE   BELINA   BELSER   BELTZ   BENNER   BENSON   BENTON   BERGSTRESSER   BERNIER   BERRY   BIEBEL   BIGELOW   BIGGS   BIRD, J   BIRD, G   BLACKLEDGE   BLAESS   BLAIR   BOBBITT   BOBO   BOEHM   BOURCIER   BOWERS   BRADLEY   BRADY   BRAGG   BRAHNEY   BRIDGES   BRIMS   BRITTON   BROOKS   BROUSSARD   BROWN, CHESTER   BROWN, JOHN   BROWNLEE   BRYANT   BURNETT   BUTCHKA   CAHILL   CALLIHAM   CAPORICCI   CARBINE   CASSITY   CATO   CHRISTIANSEN, R.   CIEMNIECKI   CLARK   CLEMONS   CLEVELAND   CLOAR   CLOUSE   COCHRAN   COFFEE   COLEMAN   COLIP   COOMBS   COOPER   COPPERTHITE   CORSON   COURCHAINE   COWAN, JAMES   COWAN, STETSON   COX   CROUCH   CROWE   CRUPPER   CUMMINGS, LAWRENCE C.   CUMMINGS, LAWRENCE R.   DAILY   DAMOTH   DANIELS   DEHMLOW   DELAY   DEVINEY   DICKSON   DIEL   DIGGS   DODGEN   DORGAN   DOW   DOWDY   DUCKWORTH   DUNHAM   DUNN, HARRY   DUNN, RAY   DUNAWAY   DYER   EAGAN   EDER   EDGE   EDWARDS   ELDER   ELKINS   ELROD   ESELGROTH   FARR   FEIGERT   FERREIRA   FERRELL   FERRY   FISER   FITZPATRICK   FLANIGEN   FONK   FOOTE   FORBEY   FORTNER   FOUTS   FOX   FRASE   FREUND   FUNK   FURMAN   GAGNON   GASBARRI   GATCOMB   GATES, BOB   GATES, HERBERT   GILZEAN   GLASGOW   GLASSFORD   GOGUEN   GOLDSTEIN   GOVEN   GRANT   GREEN   GREER   GREGORY   GREINER   GRIFFIN   GRIFFITH   GROVE   GRUVER   GUILMARTIN  




“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died.

Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

General George S Patton, Jr.



THE FADING SOUND OF ROTOR BLADES

AS OUR FRIENDS DEPART ON THEIR FINAL MISSION



This "Final Flight" section is for honoring and remembering those members of the Air Force helicopter family.   Our friends will always be remembered as the great persons they were and for the part they played in our Air Force life.

 

Some may not have been a member of USAF ROTORHEADS however they were friends of members. Had they been given the opportunity they would have been welcomed to the group.

 

NOTE: Those members of the Air Force helicopter family that were lost during armed conflict are honored on the "Armed Conflict" and "SEA KIA/MIA" pages of the website.

 

                

 


Final Flights on this page are listed in alphabetical order with the

date of thier Final Flight listed below thier name.





 


 



~ A ~






Adams, David Lee

(April 29, 1984)

Adams, Victor R.

(June 01, 1981)

Adamson, Derry Allan 

(October 2, 2010)




Acha, Edgardo L.

(January 09, 1984)

Agle, Addison

"Duff"

(May 8, 2010)

Aharonian, Aharon

(May 03, 2013)




Alberts, John Clark

(February 26, 2005)

Albert, Joyce A.

(July 28, 1954)

Alden, Frank A.

(September 08, 1951)




Alexander, Robert F.

(June 24, 2011)

Allen, Joe K.

(September 08, 1951)

Allen, Marsha L.

(September 01, 1982)




Allen, Marvin B.

(December 23, 2013)

Allison, John V.

"Jack" 

(November 02, 2011)

Alston, William

(October 06, 1994)




Altenhofen, Keith

"Inch"

(January 03, 2016)

Amonet, Truman

(November 17, 2007)

Anderson, Donald A.

(June 03, 1954)




Anderson, John R.

(October 10, 1991)

Andreus II, Frank C.

(May 19, 2013)

Angel, Edward C.

(September 26, 1955)




Archer, Andrew J. M.(September 11, 2006)

Archuleta, Tamara

(March 23, 2003)

Arens, Gerald F.

(September 26, 2004)




Arke, Douglas Del

"Doug"

(October 21, 2009)

Armenia, James E.

(August 11, 1966)

Armour, Jeffery R.

(September 03, 1998)




Armstrong, Verne

(August 19, 1952)

Armstrong, William C.

(May 16, 2013)

Arnau, Robert "Bob" R.

(February 24, 2015)




Ashton, Clyde H.

(September 07, 2011)

Atkinson, James D. "Jimmy"

(August 15, 2014)

Augustine, John M.

(January 14, 1991)




Aufderheide, Edward H.

(November, 09, 2012)

Austin, Brett

(March, 19, 2012)





~ B ~






Backlund, Donald R.

(August 29, 1979)

Baehr, Donald G.

(April 03, 2015)

Bantz, James "Jim" C.

(February 09, 2011)




Barker, Robert G.

“Bob”

(17 October, 1984)

Barnes, William Joseph

"Joe"

(July 06, 2006)

Barrett, Lawrence A.

(June 06, 2009)




Bartley, Carl I.

(May 17, 2012)

Bass, Thomas C.

(March 14, 1989)

Bauer, James F.

(April 27, 2006)




Bauer, Thomas A.

(March 14, 1989)

Beasley, Willis R.

"Greg"

(February 15, 2015)

Beauvais, Donald Keith

(January 16, 2012)




Becquet, Eugene

(October 16, 2006)

Behnke, Patrick J.

(July 27, 1982)

Belina, John L.

"Jack"

(April 21, 2013)




Belser, Ritchie H. Jr.

(August 10, 2012)

Beltz, Thomas R.

(October 20, 2011)

Benner, Gregg A.

"Nigel"

(May 25 2015)




Benson, Bill

(November 28, 2012)

Benton, Andrew, Sr.

(December 01, 2008)

Bergstresser Sr, Robert A.  "Bob"

(June 19, 2013)




Bernier, Clarence G.

(September 27, 1985)

Berry, Robert L.

(July 23, 1966)

Beseke, Jeff

(August 14, 1987)




Biebel, William J.

(February 17, 2009)

Bigelow, Daniel J.

(August 11, 2014)

Biggs, Robert D.

"Bob"

(March 03, 2011)




Birch, Richard L.

(January 18, 1963)

Bird, Grant

(December 25, 2008)

Bird, John Frank

(October 21, 2010)




Blackledge, Douglas Faust

(February 06, 2016)

Blaess, Edward M.

(June 15, 2012)

Blair, Donald C., Jr.

(September 29, 2013)




Blewitt, Jim

(June 8, 2007)

Bobbitt, Scott A.

(May 11, 2005)

Bobo, Henry Williams

(July 30, 2011)




Boehm, Charles Edward

(December 05, 2013)

Bourcier, James B.

"Jim"

(August 20, 2011)

Bowers, Robert Neal

(September 02, 2012)




Bradley, Preston E.

(May 15, 2008)

Brady, Edward Denis

(June 23, 2014)

Bragg, Richard Russell, Sr. "Dick"

(February 25, 2011)




Brahney, James H.

(September 11, 2009)

Breitlow, Malte

(March 12, 1989)

Bridges, Ronald G.

(March 17, 1976)




Brims, Richard C.

"Dick"

(May 21, 1986)

Britton, Warner A.

(June 10, 2005)

(Known for Son Tay Raid of

November 21, 1970)

Brock, Ronald E.

(November 04, 1965)




Brooks, Kenneth D.

(January 01, 2006)

Broussard, Louis A.

(May 29, 2013)

Brown, Chester Perkins

"Chet"

(March 13, 2010)




Brown, John W.

(August 06, 2011)

Brownlee, James Russell

"Jim"

(November 19, 2015)

Brunelle, Kevin M.

(September 03, 1998)




Bryant, Harry Winfield

(January 25, 2015)

Burdett, Jay David

(October 10, 1991)

Burkes, Edward E.

(17 November 1953)




Burnett, Nick D.

"Mickey"

(April 03, 2013)

Bush, Ralph

(August 4, 2007)

Butchka, Dick

(July 28, 2007)

(Coast Guard pilot with 37th

ARRS in Da Nang in 1969)




~ C ~






Cahill, Jr., Thomas J.

(March 18, 2016)

Calliham Jr., Andrew J.

(May 20, 2009)

Caporicci, Louis Anthony

(March 18, 2016)




Caraballo, Luis

(September 29, 1981)

Carbine, Paul G.

"Petey"

(November 5, 2013)

Carbonneau, Leo J.

(July 22, 1959)




Carlyle, Steven E.

(September 01, 1988)

Cassity, James S.

(December 30, 2008)

Cato, John P.

(August 19, 2006)




Chancey, Terry O.

(September 29, 1981)

Chathams, Clyde

(June 07, 1960)

Christiansen, Roger H.

(February 22, 2014)




Ciemniecki, Leonard F.

(Septermber 02, 1969)

Clark, Owen L.

(Septermber 16, 2009)

Clemons, Larry

(June 22, 2013)




Cleveland, Marvin A.

(December 13, 1972)

(USAF Exchange pilot with USCG)

Cloar, Clyde Ross

(April 20, 2016)

Clouse, James J.

(February 06, 1970)




Cochran, Theodore S.

(July 05, 2002)

Coffee, Marlon M.

(April 25, 2004)

Coleman, Edward Lee

(December 21, 2006)




Colip, Claude "Bud"

(October 04, 2012)

Coleman, Daniel M.

(May 05, 1958)

Conover, Laurence W.(November 29, 2010)




Conrardy, Richard

(June 11, 1982)

Cook, Darvan

(January, 2006)

Coombs, Dennis C.

(April 11, 1992)




Cooper, Ted Carl

(January 09, 2005)

Copperthite, Harry S., Jr.

(January 01, 1982)

Corson, Howard A. Jr.

(May 24, 2009)




Courtney, Steven E.

(September 01, 1988)

Courtney, Thomas

"Tom"

(September, 19 2006)

Courchaine, James W.

(December 02, 2006)




Cowan, James E.

(June 13, 1997)

Cowan, Stetson R.

(July 5, 2008)

Cowden, Bert E.

(December 31, 1971)




Cox, Richard D.

(November 09, 2014)

Cranmer, Vernon Elmer

(July 28, 1954)

Crouch, Elmer M.

(October 26, 2010)




Crowe, Joseph L.

(February 22, 2003)

Crupper, Jerry A.

(October 09, 1981)

Culver, Everett R.

(May 05, 1958)




Cummings, Lawrence C.  "Larry"

(November 16, 2009)

Cummings, Lawrence R.

(March 15, 2001)

Czarnecki, Steven C.

(December 31, 1968)




~ D ~






Daily, Duane T.

(November 16, 2012)

Damoth, Donald R.

(April 12, 2014)

Daniels, William G.

(April 16, 2015)




Danner, Clay H.

(17 November 1953)

Davis, John

(2001)

Dawson, Jeffrey A.

(September 26, 1975)




Day, Kelly Douglas

(June 10, 2008)

Decatur, Thomas E.

(May 02, 1967)

Dehmlow, Robert J.

(December 15, 2014)




DeLay, Hardy L. III

(July 27, 1982)

Depew, John H.

(July 25, 1958)

Deviney, Alton "Al" H.

(November 05, 2013)




Dewald, Harry J.

(July 25, 1958)

Dickson, Donald

(December 16, 2012)

Dickson, Edward P.

(February 09, 1954)




Diel, Justin Raye

(February 11, 2013)

Diggs, Lee Roy

(December 10, 2009)

Dodgen, Jimmy Lee "D"

(August 10, 2013)




Dorgan, John Francis, Jr.

(May, 13, 2012)

Dow, Jerry Lester

"Bud"

(November 12, 2012)

Dowdy, Robert E.

(April 08, 2003)




Duckworth, Kenneth J.

(June 14, 2010)

Duffy, Joe

(August 21, 2011)

Dunaway, Gordon "Bob"

(July 11, 2015)




Dunham, Norbert Dale

(March 28, 2014)

Dunn, Charles Raymond "Ray"

(May, 05, 2012)

Dunn, Harry P.

(November 14, 2012)




DuPont, Charles J.

(September, 29 2006)

Dyer, Robert L.

(November 20, 2014)





~ E ~






Eagan, Lance A.

(September 15, 1993)

Eaglin, Kenneth W.

"Kenny"

(September 03, 1998)

Eckert, William H.

(September 02, 1998)




Eder, Dale W.

(June 04, 1969)

Edge, William C.

(January 09, 2015)

Edwards, Darwin G.

(November 22, 2003)




Eggert, Wayne W.

(January 03, 1957)

Elder, Donald Ray

(November 02, 2012)

Eldridge, John L.

(May 4, 2008)




Elkins, John Merl

(May 21, 2011)

Ellington, Kurt H.

(October 10, 1991)

Ellis, Dale F.

(June 03, 1954)




Ellis, Everett

(February 09, 1954)

Elrod, John A. II

(April 21, 2004)

Eselgroth, Richard M.

"Gobble"

(May 01, 2014)




Essary, Billy R.

(October 15, 1973)

Evans, William

(February 22, 1955)

Everest, Frank K. Jr.

"Pete"

(October 01, 2004)




Ewton, Harrison H.

"Bob"

(December 29, 2014)






~ F ~






Fauteck, Keneth G.

(March 07, 1959)

Farr, Ned Waldo Jr.

(December 09, 2011)

Feigert, David Jacob

(August 02, 2011)




Ferreira, James A.

(April 07, 1984)

Ferrell, Joseph

(November 25, 2010)

Ferry, Robert G.

"Bob"

(January 15, 2009)




Finely, Richard H.

(November 04, 1965)

Fiser, John E.

(July 14, 2015)

Fitzpatrick, Richard L.

(January 03, 2011)




Flanigen Sr., Edwin Gaw

(June 02, 2012)

Fonk, Frank C.

(June 08, 2012)

Foote, Stuart B.

(Jun 28, 2011)




Forbey, Fred Ward, Sr.

(November 22, 2010)

Fortner, Alywyn M.

"Buddy"

(July 27, 1982)

Fouts, Joe Cabot

(January 05, 2016)




Fox, Cecil E.

(December 25, 2011)

Francis, Buel E.

(October 20, 1953)

Frase, Victor C.

(March 27, 2013)




Freund, Richard George

"Dick"

(May 23, 2015)

Fritz, Bobby R.

(May 02, 1967)

Fritz, Richard Carl

(March 28, 1957)




Fuller, Lyle K.

(February 22, 1955)

Funk, Howard Edward

(April 04, 2016)

Furman, Robert Donald

(August 13, 2010)




~ G ~






Gagnon, Joseph Rowland Edward

(January 13, 2008)

Gaouette, Homer A., III

(March 31, 2001)

Gasbarri, Larry Paul

(September 08, 2011)




Gasque, Francis L.

(July 30, 1953)

Gatcomb, Gerald Albert

(January 26, 2010)

Gates, Herbert G.

(November 24, 2013)




Gates, Robert "Bob" W.

(August 09, 2014)

Gehringer, Ralph

(August 14, 1987)

Geisler, Joseph Patrick

(June 04, 1969)




Gilbert, John R.

(January 15, 1985)

<HH-53C Crash-Hickam AFB>

Gilliam, Edward L.

"Ed"

(May 1, 2008)

He was a great helicopter and

fixedwing pilot, a super person,

and a friend. (Gary Pruitt)

Gilzean, Harvey D.

"Don"

(February 14, 2016)




Glasgow, Warwick H.

"Hardy"

(November 19, 2010)

Glassford, Donald J.

(April 26, 2006)

Goguen, Donald Henry

(August 30, 2013)




Goldstein, William A.

(October 07, 2015)

Gordon, David H.

(29 May 1986)

Gorter, Robert

(December 27, 1963)




Gottfried, Raymond C.

(17 November 1953)

Goven, Richard Charles

(September 28, 2015)

Grant, J. P., Jr.

(September 29, 1981)




Grant, Louis W. "Lou"

(December 14, 2014)

Green, James D. "Bud"

(April 20, 2014)

Greer, Robert W.

(September 27, 2014)




Gregory, Hollingsworth F.

(November 22, 1978)

Greiner, Walter A.

(March 03, 2010)

Griffin, Jimmy Durelle

(March 10, 2010)




Griffith, Rodney S.

(August 21, 2003)

Grimco, Robert L.

(June 11, 1957)

Grove, John

(December 14, 2008)




Gruver, John C.

(April 17, 2016)

Guilmartin Jr., John F.

"Joe"

(March 10, 2016)

Guinn, Julius C.

(06 October 1954)




If you would like to have a Air Force helicopter person honored here or would like to pay tribute to one of the above, please send the information to USAF ROTORHEADS



              



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