by dewittcountymuseum | May 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Robb Walters Steady hands and steady nerves were skills Rob Walters honed as a member of the U.S. Air Force team charged with loading Air Intercept Missiles onto F-15 fighter jets. Walters drove the trucks that transported missiles at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa,...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Richard Snelson There wasn’t much that Richard Snelson hasn’t done in the field of aviation. Starting out as an electrical engineer at Lockheed Aircraft, Snelson later joined the team at McDonnel Aircraft and worked with the Gemini flight crew to select cameras to be...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Warner Gash Warner J. Gash was among the older volunteers to join the Army Air Force in July 1945. As a gunner and armorer, he arrived on Titian Island with the 483rd Bomb Squadron, with the 20th Air Force. He served with a special unit to launch atomic bombs on two...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ann Herrick – Pilot Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, inspired women across the country to join her in the cockpit as the boundaries of aviation extended beyond an all-male aRecognized in 1948 as one of five University of Illinois...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Major General Frank E. Willis After his graduation from Clinton High School in 1957, Frank E. Willis was appointed to the newly formed Air Force Academy, where he joined the academy’s third graduating class. June 7, 1961, held lasting memories for the cadet. Following...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ernest Thorp – B-17 Bomber Pilot Every generation has its true heroes – those who raised their hands without hesitation and said “I’ll go” in response to a nation in need, leaving loved ones behind as they faced unknown dangers far from home. Before they became...
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