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				Douglas A/B-26 Invader Air Tanker Pilot Memorial



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HIGH FLIGHT

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds...and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of...wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

For Johnny by John Pudney

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Year 2000 - Present
2008 Gerry Marais - SEAT Roark Schwanenberg - Helicopter Pilot Gene Walhstrom - P-2V Greg Gonsioroski - P-2V Zachary VanderGriend - P-2V 2007 Dennis Davis - Helicopter Pilot 2006 Terry Wayne Jacobs - Sikorsky S64 Andrei Pantchenko - Sikorsky S64 Quin R. Stone - A Star 350 Lillian M. Patten - A Star 350 Michael Gene Lewis - A Star 350 Monica Lee Zajanc - A Star 350 George "Sandy" Willett - OV-10A Robert Paul Stone - OV-10A 2005 Jose Victor Gonzales - Bell 206 B-3 John Greeno - Bell 206 B-3 Charles Edgar - Bell 206 B-3 Tom Lynch - P3 Orion Paul Cockrell - P3 Orion Brian Bruns - P3 Orion 2004 Wayne Turner - Dromader 18A Mike Ward - Bell 205	2003 Carl Dolbeare - P2V-7 John Attardo - P2V-7 2002 Steve Wass - C130 Craig LaBare - C130 Mike Davis - C130 Rick Schwartz - PB4Y2 Milt Stollak - PB4Y2 Leonard G. Knight - Aerospatiale Lama 2001 Doug Gilbert - Thrush S-2R Larry Groff - S2 Lars Stratte - S2 Richard Hernandez - Vertol KV-107 Santi Arouitx - Vertol KV-107 Kip Krigbaum - Vertol KV-107 2000 Carl Payne - AT802 Sam Tobias - 337 Leo W. Koponen - 337 Lester Shadrick - Bell 412 David Newman - UH1H Mike Fossett - UH1H
Year 1990 - 1999
1998 Gary Nagel - S2 Duane Williams - CH54 George Converse - CH54 Jose Castillo - CH54 J. D. Donahue - P2V Chuck Key - P2V 1997 John Hirth - PV2 Floyd Hiser - Bell 206 William Babka - PV2 David Kyle - OV10 1996 Lee Sundstro - Dromader 18A	1995 Lisa Nitsch - DC4 Mike Smith - BE-58P Robert Hollins - Hughes 369D Gary Cockrell - DC4 1994 Bob Buc - C130 Joe Johnson - C130 Shawn Zaremba - C130 Bob Kelly - P2V Randy Lynn - P2V
Year 1980 - 1989
1988 Chuck Watkins - BE-58P 1987 Bill Berg - C119 Stephen Harrell - C119 Charles Peterson - C119 Nathan Kolb - P2V Woodward Miller - P2V Donn Johnson - S2 1986 Clarence Lind - S2 1985 James Dunlap - PBY Tim Trudell - PBY	1984 Ed Real - S2 Ted Bell - S2 1983 Bill Smothers - B26 1982 James Eakin - S2 1981 Lou Remsehner - C119 Teddy Sveum - C119 Merton Jackson - T34 1980 Clyde Alfread - DC4 Ron Letnes - DC4
Year 1970 - 1979
1979 Gayle Eaton - S2 Denny Conners - C119 Richard Ray - C119 Charles Colton - B17 Joe LeRoux - B17 Bob Masters - B17 1978 Darwin Kern - DC7 John Turner -DC7 Victor Mortan - DC7 Donald Baxter - DC7 John Davis - DC7 James Lippitt - S2 1977 Paul Bellville - O2 Joe Holstein - O2 1976 Don Goodman - B26 Ed Jinks - B26 Bill Sears - S2 Larry Myers - S2 1975 Alford Adolph - B17 Robert Rzyalinski - B17	1974 Larry Mortinson - PV2 Timothy Chittenden - PV2 John Fletcher - B26 George Stell - PB4Y2 Greg Stell - PB4Y2 Bill Benedict - F7F Mike Fagen - F7F Dick Miller - F7F 1973 Dick Rogers - Bell 206 1972 David Poindexter - B17 Wayne Waller - B17 1971 Harry Owen - TBM Dick Ranck - TBM 1970 Don Campbell - PBY John Carter - PBY Marcel Roberts - TBM Ray Elgin - B17T John Bastian - B17T Robert Holiday - B17 Mark Sloan - B17 Robert Bloomfield - B17
1960 - 1969
1969 Dave Staudt - PB4Y2 Wayne Garkie - PB4Y2 1968 Bob Morrison - TBM 1967 Paul Hanson - B25 Donald Block 1966 John Hennessey - AJ 1964 Lou Parker 1963 Dexter Booth Jr. - TBM Louis Leach - F7F James Mosely - B26 Charles Cline Lester Liston Fredrick Childers Norman Yantze Robert Savaria - P61 John Trumbull George R. Kunkel - TBM	1962 Robert Hill - N3N Alvin Walters - TBM Robert Christopherson - F7F Theodore Schueler William Chevrolt Marice McFadden 1961 Charles Cochrane - TBM Verd Beatty - TBM Arthur Beall - TBM Bernard Evart - F7F Horold Hill - B18 Doyle Keeing - PBY Render Matthews - PBY 1960 Donald Ackers - TBM John Bowman - B-25 James Armstrong - B-25 Charles Franco - B-25 F.W. (Bill) Druehl - TBM
1950 - 1959
1958 Elliot Corbett George Carey J. C. Brehm Patrick Hendricks Carl Milligan - V-35 William Archibald - V-35 Joseph Anthony - PBY Arnell Talbot - PBY Stuart Kilgour - PBY George Jess Donald Doughty Virgil Sanders LeRoy Englert

CANADA

2003 Ben von Hardenberg - Bell 205
2003 W. Eric Ebert - Lockheed Electra
2003 Ian S. MacKay - Lockheed Electra
2001 John Graham - Cessna 310
2001 Grenville Richert - Cessna 310
1992 Dennis W. Percival - Piper Aerostar
1992 Richard W. Cline - Piper Aerostar
1988 John L. Thies - Grumman S2 Firecat
1984 William D. Thompson - Grumman S2 Firecat
1984 Robert S. Roshard - Cessna 210
1984 Richard F. Fofonove - Cessna 210
1982 Simon Beauchamp - Douglas A-26
1979 William R. Quanstrom - Piper Aerostar
1978 Robert J. Smith - Grumman S2 Firecat
1975 Howard Joseph Rowe - Douglas A-26
1974 Eric J. Yuill - Douglas A-26
1974 Lloyd B. Rauw - Douglas A-26

Associated Airtanker Pilots

The information given above, has been taken from the "AirTanker.Org" Web site and highlights the danger, bravery and dedication of the men who form the "Associated Airtankers Pilots Association"

For those of us, who's homes, families and environment you protect.......We thank you and your families

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