18th Fighter Wing Association

18thFWA MEMBER'
HONOR ROLL

( List includes former registered members of 18FWA only )

Abernathy, Richard
95-295-12 Died March 1997

Ames, Roger J.
97-422-12w Died September 2000

Bordley, Arthur B.
95-289-67 Died October 1996

Brazill, William R.
95-110-67 Died September 1996

Burpee, Charles D. Jr.
95-159-67 Died September 1997

Buzze, Frank C.
95-252-12 Died August 19, 2001

Cherbonneaux, Jim W.
95-212-39 Died February, 1998

Coghlan, Jack V.
95-285-12 Died June, 2000

Corn, James T. 'Charley'
95-248-67 Died November 1996

Crawford, Jack H.
95-264-12 Died June, 2000

Crotzer, Dr. Malcolm C.
95-181-18 Died January 1999

Eckstein, John E.
95-058-18 Died August 2000

Farr, Daniel E.
95-172-12 Died September 1995

Frese, Lawrence R.
97-441-67 Died December 13, 2001

Gabreski, Francis S. `Gabby'
99-581-18 Died January 31, 2002

Gemeny, John G.
95-243-12 Died June 2000

Gilchrist, John D.
95-079-12 Died July 1996

Graves, Theron J.
97-426-12w April 24, 1998

Harris, Brooklyn
96-324-67 Died July 1998

Henley, Edwin R., 'Bones'
95-220-12 Died January 1997

Hodges, Edward F.
95-002-67 Died February 1998

Humer, Ross T.
97-414-12w Died April 1997

Lee, James W.
95-145-67 Died May 1997

Lewer, Richard C. - SAAF
95-199-02 Died September 1995

Mathews, James L.
96-362-70w Died March 1997

McNeil, Thomas C.
95-023-39 Died June 1997

Flying West

I hope there's a place, way up in the sky,
Where pilots can go, when they have to die.
A place where a guy can buy a cold beer,
For a friend and comrade whose memory is dear.

A place where no doctor or lawyer can tread,
Nor a management type would 'ere be caught dead
Just a quaint little place, kind of dark, full of smoke,
Where they like to sing loud and love a good joke;
The kind of a place where a lady could go
And feel safe, protected by the men she would know.

There must be a place where old pilots go,
When their pain is finished, and airspeed gets low.
Where the whiskey is old, and the women look young.
And songs about flying and dying are sung,
Where you'd see the fellows who'd flown west before,
And they call you by name as you came thru the door,
Who would buy you a drink if your thirst should be bad,
And relate to the others, "He was quite a good lad!"

And then through the mist, you'd spot an old guy
You had not seen in years, tho he'd taught you to fly.
He'd nod his old head, and grin ear to ear;
And say, "Welcome, son, I'm pleased that you're here".
"For this is the place where true flyers come,"
"When the journey's over and their war has been won"
"They've come here at last, to be safe and alone"
"From the government clerks and management clones"
"Politicians and lawyers, the Feds and the noise,"
"Where all hours are happy, and these good ole boys"
"Can relax with a cool one, and a well-deserved rest,"
"This is heaven, my son - you've passed your last test!"

By Capt. E. Hamilton Lee

18thFWA MEMBER'
HONOR ROLL

( List includes former registered members of 18FWA only )

Nickerson, Joseph H.
99-505-12 Died September 2000

Orth, Robert C.
96-331-18 Died August 18, 1989

Reid, James F.
95-277-67 Died September 1995

Rieman, John G.
96-348-12 Died March 14, 1998

Rollag, Stanley A.
95193-12 Died February 1998

Sandlin, Robert E. 'Sandy'
97-449-39 Died October 1999

Satenstein, Marvin
95-018-67 Died Mid-2000

Selva, Anthony
95-106-12 Died June 1999

Shepard, Thomas J.
95-087-12 Died October 1996

Shuler, Lucien B.
95-126-67 Died March 9, 2001

Simon, Julius A. "Cy".
95-357-44 Died April 10, 2001

Tarr, Milton F.
95-214-67 Died August '96

Taylor, Milton B.
95-151-67 Died November 2000

Thompson, James R.
95-192-18 Died March 6, 2000

Weber, Nelson T.
95-261-67 Died March 15, 1998

Van der Spuy, Alex, 'Topper'
95-224-02 SAAF Died Jan. 1996

Will, Thomas H.
95-063-67 Died April 1999

`Status Report'
is the newsletter of the 18th Fighter Wing Assoc.
6713 113th Place S.E, Bellevue, WA, 98006-6431.
Summer Phone: 425-228-2966
(Winter Phone (AZ) 480-984-7965)

Basic 18FWA Membership Dues $24 per year.

18FWA is a non-profit wartime veterans organization, whose goal is to perpetuate the legacy and history of the 18th Fighter Wing, to enhance the camaraderie of it's members through periodic reunions, and to foster the tradition of patriotic service to our country and its people. It is published quarterly, solely for the private use of 18FWA members, and no portion may be used or reprinted without specific written permission from the Editor, or from the President of the 18th Fighter Wing Association.