Eagles by Aircraft/Specialty
the Douglas A-1 Skyraider
Colonel Win E. DePoorter was born on June 24, 1934, in Dodge City, Kansas, though he spent his formative years in Memphis, Tennessee, which he considered his hometown. He entered active duty on March 27, 1957, following his graduation from Memphis State University...
Dieter Dengler was the only United States military pilot to survive capture by communist forces in Laos and successfully escape. Dengler was born in Wildberg, Germany, in 1938. As a young boy in the small town in the Black Forest, he watched fighter aircraft flying at...
Eugene Deatrick has flown more than 50 types of aircraft and logged more than 12,000 flying hours in a lifetime devoted to aviation. Born in 1924 in Morgantown, West Virginia, Deatrick graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1942. He entered the United States...
