National WWII Glider Pilots Association

Legacy Organization of veterans National WWII Glider Pilots Association.


Discover our History, Preserve our Legacy

National WWII Glider Pilots Association emblem 1971-2018    Troop Carrier Command     Tweleth Air Force Wings of WWII Glider Pilots Association                  



SICILY   BURMA   NORMANDY   SOUTHERN FRANCE   HOLLAND   BASTOGNE   RHINE CROSSING   LUZON

If you are a relative of a Glider Pilot we would very much like to hear from you.

Association’s Research Team -

Contact: nww2gpcrt@gmail.com**

When contacting the team please add the Glider Pilots name in the Subject Heading  **With this email address you are able to send a message to all members of the research team, including the curator, of the Silent Wings Museum. Although you will not likely receive a reply from all of them, you will have the benefit of their receiving your email to initiate your request. You may also send a single email to our project manager, Gary Stripling with this address nww2gpcrt@gmail.com. .

Our goal is to help families discover their WWII Troop Carrier relative. We do this at no charge other than asking you to share information and photos you may have so that we may continue our goal of preserving Troop Carrier history and original material for the Silent Wings Museum. We look forward to helping you discover your WWII Troop Carrier relatives history


All GP's who Died in the line of Duty

Daniel W ANDREWS
1943-09-10
Somers Point NJ
John Carson BAILEY
1944-09-17
Troy PA
Clarence BAIN
Researching date of death
Hometown unknown
George W BAKER
1945-07-23
Roseville CA
Alex Park BARRACLOUGH
1943-12-18
Philadelphia PA
Lewin Bennett BARRINGER
1943-01-24
Manhattan NY
Ariel K BAYLEY Jr
1943-11-19
Plattville WI
Lloyd Conley BEAN
1944-07-07
Louisville KY
George BEANSON
Researching date of death
Hometown unknown
Everett LeRoy BENNETT
1943-06-07
Benton WI
Beryl Atwood BLACK
1943-07-09
Buffalo NY
Harold LeRoy BOGGS
1944-12-25
Coffeyville KS
George Gilbert BRANSON
1945-07-28
SC
Gilbert George BRONSON
Researching date of death
Hometown unknown
Claude C BRUCE
1943-01-26
Elmo KS
Orville Merle BUCHHEIT
1943-03-02
Hometown unknown
Alfred C BUCKNER
1944-12-12
Custer MT
Harold Stuart BUNCH
1944-07-13
Lebanon MO
Nelson K BURRUSS
1945-06-08
Shreveport LA
Robert W BURUS
1943-06-07
Hometown unknown
Thomas Adams CALVERT
1945-05-29
Miami FL
Cullen Rupert CAMPBELL
1943-07-10
Lampkin TX
Malcolm Buford CAMPBELL
1944-02-27
Palm Beach FL
Boyd M CANNON
1943-10-28
Boston GA
Carl George CEKOLA
1945-05-07
Monessen PA
Robert CHRISTIANSON
1941-10-26
Hometown unknown
Newton Constant CLINE
1944-05-15
Illiopolis IL
Woodrow W COLE
1944-08-24
Tulsa OK
William H COONS
1944-07-15
Salt Lake City UT
Frank Lee COTROPIA
1944-07-26
Hearnes TX
Tunis Haycraft CRAIG
1945-05-29
Rock Island IL
Harry R CROKE Jr
1944-12-12
Sand Springs OK
Charles H DAVIS
1944-07-13
Southboro MA
Edward M DAZEY Jr
1944-04-19
Beloit WI
Allen DEATHERAGE
1943-03-27
Spokane WA
Chester Lee DESHURLEY
1946-02-27
Newburg MO
Frederick H DILLINGHAM
1943-09-15
Livingston County MI
Frank M DIMOND
1943-03-14
Wilmington CA
William DOUGLAS
1943-06-07
Salt Lake City UT
Kenneth W DRASHER
1944-06-08
Lubbock TX
Arthur B DRAYCOTT
1945-03-03
McLean TX
Daryl Edward DRUMMOND
1945-07-20
Oildale CA
Joe L DUCKWORTH
1943-06-07
Ellisville Jones MS
Charles G DUNCKLE
1943-09-20
Amsterdam NY
Richard Chichester DUPONT
1943-09-11
Wilmington DE
Oscar F DYSON
1943-09-15
Richmond VA
Eldon Everett EADS
1945-07-23
Los Angeles CA
Glen W ECKLEY
1944-05-31
Swanton OH
Roy Kenneth EDEN
1943-05-29
Lansing MI
Ralph Andrew ELSTON
1945-05-14
Chicago IL
Clifford LaVerne EMERSON
1944-06-07
Oneonta NY
Carl J ERICKSON
1943-10-12
Richland WA
Stephen Arther FENICK
1945-07-23
Spangler PA
Bernando FERNANDEZ
1943-01-26
Pinole CA
Raymond FINNEN
1945-03-27
Berlin NH
John Cornelius FLAHERTY
1944-02-18
Millburn NJ
Marvin FLEAK
1945-07-23
Millersport OH
Richard William Austin FLENNIKEN
1943-07-20
PA
Ernest J FORBES
1943-01-26
Red Bluff CA
Philo N FRENCH
1943-01-26
Springfield IL
Percival Ernest GABEL
1943-09-11
FL
John Westley GARDNER
1943-06-24
Los Angeles CA
Thomas Nicholas GEOGHEGAN
1944-02-27
Vancouver WA
David Bernard GOLDIN
1945-02-13
Lawrence MA
Mitchell GRALNICK
Researching date of death
Philadelphia PA
Thomas William GREGORY
1944-06-21
Pittsurgh PA
Preston GRIGGS
1944-07-15
Texarkana TX
Chester L GRIGSBY
Researching date of death
Hometown unknown
Edward GRZESIEK
1945-07-23
Detroit MI
Bernard Bertrum HAAS
1943-11-19
Delhi IA
James Merton HALEY
1945-05-08
Plattsburg NY
Robert Gray HAMILTON
1944-12-23
Dallas TX
Oscar HANDLY Jr
Researching date of death
Lookout Mountain TN
Donn Francis HARRINGTON
1944-10-10
Clinton NY
William C HART
1942-12-16
Orange CA
Robert W HATCHER
1945-04-18
Houston TX
Nicholas John HEISSER
1943-11-02
Cadillac MI
John E HENWOOD
1945-04-13
Parrish FL
London A. HERR
1945-05-07
Chillicothe MO
Luther Henry HOKETT
1944-05-02
Fort Worth TX
Edward A HOLMQUIST
Researching date of death
St. Paul MN
Emil Michael HORKAVI
1943-03-14
Gary IN
Robert Harland HORR
1944-07-07
Ft. Madison IA
Albert Claude HUNTER
1943-06-07
Los Angeles CA
James Edward HYATT
1943-01-25
Shreveport LA
David IHRIG
1943-09-18
TX
Beverly Welford IZLAR
1945-07-24
Hometown unknown
Thomas Justice JONES
1943-06-07
Hometown unknown
Christ KALAMATAS
1943-06-07
Chicago IL
Harry Engert KINNEY Jr
1945-01-28
Bennettsville SC
Benjamin L KLINE Jr
1944-08-24
Hometown unknown
Milton Chamberlain KLUGH
1943-08-01
Hometown unknown
Harold KOLOM
1943-01-26
Chicago IL
Charles J KOSINSKI
1943-06-24
South Bend IN
Forrest F KRAMER
1944-06-08
PA
Wilbur Alfred KRAMER
1944-10-10
N.Bergin NJ
Irving William KROHN
1944-10-13
De Land FL
Karl Frederick KUEHN
1943-12-27
Wauwatosa WI
Lorence Carl LAGERQUIST
1943-08-09
Anoka MN
Herman LANG
1943-01-14
Hometown unknown
Harley Ray LARSON
1945-09-26
Mason City IA
James Fletcher LEACH
1945-01-23
Sweetwater TX
Victor C LEBSOOK
1943-06-07
Hometown unknown
Bruce Thomas LEE
Researching date of death
El Paso TX
Richard Paul LEONARD
1942-07-12
Horicon WI
Frederick Arthur LETHBRIDGE
1944-02-12
Phillipsdale RI
Charles J LEVANDOSKI
1945-05-24
Baltimore County MD
Martin Martin LEVINE
1943-06-07
Hometown unknown
Walter Bert LINDBERG
1945-02-22
Los Angeles CA
Edgar Eugene LLEWELLYN
1943-06-07
Auburn NE
Lawrence LONGBOTTOM
Researching date of death
Philadelphia PA
Sylvan Ralph LUCIER
1944-10-13
Fargo ND
Claude LeRoy LUKE
1942-11-18
Minelo NY
Victor J MALENFANT
1943-12-26
MI
Miles C MATTHEWS
Researching date of death
Hometown unknown
William E MCCARTT Jr
1945-01-03
Johnson City TN
I M MCGLOCKIN
1943-09-15
Hometown unknown
Robert Orr MCLAUGHLIN
1943-09-16
Leechburg PA
James G MELARVIE
1945-03-27
ND
Dan Willard MESHEW
1944-07-27
Shawnee OK
Gustav A MONTEMAYOR
1943-09-16
Janesville WI
Bryan F MOOMAU
1944-07-11
Indianapolis IN
Walker Keith MORGAN
1945-05-14
Wickliffe OH
Elden W MUELLER
1945-02-22
Westoff TX
Wayne L MUELLER
Researching date of death
Hometown unknown
James Eugene MURPHY
1943-03-11
Newark OH
Edward Allen NICHOLS
1943-09-19
Scituate MA
Lawrence Bernard OBERG
1943-06-07
Seattle WA
William E ODELL
1943-06-07
North Newton KS
Douglas Carlton OLAND
1943-06-07
Hometown unknown
Donald Robert ORKNEY
1945-07-22
Hoquiam WA
Thomas W ORNAS Jr
1945-01-03
Hometown unknown
Edward Wallace ORTON
1943-06-07
Orange NJ
Pierpont Bishop PARROTT
1944-02-16
Bronx NY
Harold S PICKER
1945-07-22
Hometown unknown
William Edward PICKER
1945-06-09
Altadena CA
Howard S PIERSON
1945-02-04
Hometown unknown
Fredrick Fredrick RAVBINGER
1945-02-04
Hometown unknown
Zail Eugene ROBERTS
1943-06-07
Zanesville OH
Edgar D ROGERS
1943-07-19
Hometown unknown
Bradford King ROOT
1943-01-25
Rochelle Park NJ
Vincent J ROSE
Researching date of death
Kenosha WI
Harold David ROTH
1943-09-10
Chicago IL
Nuncio A RUSSO
1944-07-13
New York NY
Edward John RUSZALA
1945-07-23
Elizabeth NJ
Charles W SCHULZ
Researching date of death
Hometown unknown
Edward Edward SENDRA
Researching date of death
Hometown unknown
John Hiskey SHAVER
Researching date of death
Hometown unknown
Martin Martin SHAW
Researching date of death
Northbrook IL
LeRoy LeRoy SHIMULEAS
Researching date of death
Twin Falls WI
Robert Earl SICKLES
1943-11-14
Chicago IL
Lloyd E SMITH
1942-12-05
Big Springs TX
William Lewis SMITH
1944-06-22
San Antonio TX
Robert David SNOW
1943-11-14
Ensley AL
Rinaldi Walter SOKOLOSKI
1943-11-19
Naugatuck CT
Truman Derome SPEIGHTS
1943-10-02
Mineola TX
Newton D STANLEY
1945-07-23
Melrose MA
Benjamin Lloyd STEIM
1942-08-21
Kittanning PA
Harold Victor STORM
Researching date of death
Los Angles CA
Robert Taylor SUTHERLIN
1943-09-10
Bloomington IN
Joe S SWINGGI
1944-01-27
Gainsville TX
Jeremiah Burham TAINTER
1944-01-27
Eau Claire WI
Ellsworth Chas TARRANT
Researching date of death
Hometown unknown
Donald Crews TARTE
1943-09-17
Mountain View CA
Francis Joseph TEDERS
1944-11-25
Baltimore MD
Wilber Leon TITUS
1945-07-23
Johnson VT
Keith Wendell TRAVIS
Researching date of death
Detroit MI
Arthur Albert VOGEL
1945-07-23
Menominee MI
Harold N WALLACE
1945-07-22
Hometown unknown
Edward Burleigh WATSON
1944-12-31
Duquoin IL
Charles A WEBER
Researching date of death
Axtell NE
Norman Henry WEBER
Researching date of death
Bellevue KY
Paul William WEESE
Researching date of death
Hometown unknown
Charles L WEISE
Researching date of death
Hometown unknown
Kenneth L WELLS
1944-02-16
Hays KS
Paul WEST
1943-10-24
Seattle WA
James Lee WILLIAMSON
1943-06-07
Coloman TX
Leon Thomas WORKMAN
1943-03-02
Ft. Scott KS
John Edmund WRIGHT
1944-10-25
Nichols NY
A C WYATT
Researching date of death
Houston TX
Richard B YOUNG
1943-02-09
Nashville TN
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