Joseph A. Barkley Jr. (1923-2005), Navy dive-bomber pilot in World War II, test pilot for proving mid-air recovery systems of All American Engineering Co.
Colonel Rayvon Burleson (1920-2003), 30-year Air Force career, Delaware’s first aeronautics administrator.
Major Wallace B. McCafferty (1918-1987), pilot in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, flew 120 combat missions.
Captain Ralph L. Minker (1924- 2008) Youngest pilot in his bomber group, flew 37 missions in B-17 he named “Blue Hen Chick.”
Linda Morelli First female pilot and first airborne-qualified woman in the Delaware National Guard, accumulated more than 5,000 helicopter hours.
John Byrton DeWitt Winder Flew 23,000 accident-free hours, including 96 missions over the Himalayan “Hump” in World War II and 29 years with Atlantic Aviation.