Obituaries (2 Viewers)

• Jan 27, 2025

• #2,641

Viking1066

Major

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25,405

Jul 19, 2021

WI

 

• Jan 27, 2025

• #2,642

SaparotRob

Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII

18,373

19,910

Mar 12, 2020

Long Island, NY

 

• Feb 1, 2025

• #2,643

MiTasol

Captain

8,762

16,156

Sep 19, 2012

Aw flaming stralia

A very accomplished lady

Pilot/Olympian Iris Cummings Critchell Dies At 104

Iris Cummings Critchell, Olympic swimmer turned pioneering aviator, broke barriers in aviation and mentored future pilots over a 75-year career.

www.avweb.com

 

• Feb 1, 2025

• #2,644

fubar57

General

35,808

24,415

Nov 22, 2009

The Jungles of Canada

 

• Feb 1, 2025

• #2,645

Viking1066

Major

9,903

25,405

Jul 19, 2021

WI

 

• Feb 1, 2025

• #2,646

Airframes

Benevolens Magister

64,004

14,666

Aug 24, 2008

Cheshire, UK

 

• Feb 1, 2025

• #2,647

Snautzer01

Marshal

46,292

62,259

Mar 26, 2007

 

• Feb 1, 2025

• #2,648

Vic Balshaw

Major General

23,241

9,367

Jul 20, 2009

Canberra

 

• Feb 1, 2025

• #2,649

Thumpalumpacus

Lieutenant Colonel

11,627

18,549

Feb 5, 2021

Tejas

fannum said:

Join NASA in remembering the crews of Apollo 1, Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-51L), and Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107).

Ad astra fortiter et immola!

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Nor should we forget the original crew of Gemini IX, Elliot See and Charles Bassett, lost in a weather accident in final training ...

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... and Major Michael J. Adams who took an X-15 into space, but didn't return.

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• Feb 4, 2025

• #2,650

Gnomey

Globetrotting Surgeon General

Staff

Mod

74,275

10,534

Nov 28, 2004

London / Southsea / Royal Deeside, UK

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• Feb 4, 2025

• #2,651

Viking1066

Major

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25,405

Jul 19, 2021

WI

 

• Feb 5, 2025

• #2,652

cammerjeff

Staff Sergeant

1,488

3,594

Dec 26, 2006

Belleville MI

One of the last Tuskegee airman passed last Sunday

https://apnews.com/article/tuskegee-airmen-harry-stewart-jr-78fd504895d7af70d4bb1e2243a54ee6

 

• Feb 5, 2025

• #2,653

Thumpalumpacus

Lieutenant Colonel

11,627

18,549

Feb 5, 2021

Tejas

 

• Feb 5, 2025

• #2,654

Wurger

Siggy Master

Staff

Admin

Mod

117,470

34,515

Jun 19, 2005

Poland

 

• Feb 5, 2025

• #2,655

Viking1066

Major

9,903

25,405

Jul 19, 2021

WI

 

• Feb 5, 2025

• #2,656

fubar57

General

35,808

24,415

Nov 22, 2009

The Jungles of Canada

 

• Feb 5, 2025

• #2,657

Vic Balshaw

Major General

23,241

9,367

Jul 20, 2009

Canberra

 

• Feb 5, 2025

• #2,658

MiTasol

Captain

8,762

16,156

Sep 19, 2012

Aw flaming stralia

 

• Feb 5, 2025

• #2,659

le_steph40

Chief Master Sergeant

4,301

2,686

Jan 18, 2011

Montech

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• Feb 7, 2025

• #2,660

C

cherry blossom

Senior Airman

539

534

Apr 23, 2007

From the Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituar...ne-dumont-comet-line-nazis-french-resistance/

Andrée "Nadine" Dumon, codename "Nadine", who has died aged 102, was a Belgian courier on the Comet Escape Line, who helped save the lives of dozens of Allied airmen, taking evaders through checkpoints and to the South West of France before they were escorted across the Pyrenees.