Pilot Graves & Memorials

Addison Baker

1907–1943 (age 36)

Arlington National Cemetery

Addison Baker was a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot and Medal of Honor recipient who died in World War II.

Joseph Duckworth

1902–1964 (age 62)

Riverside Cemetery

Joseph Duckworth was a Savannah resident and military pilot who lived from 1902 to 1964.

Rudolf Anderson

1927–1962 (age 35)

Woodlawn Memorial Park

Rudolf Anderson (1927-1962) was an American U-2 pilot shot down during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Francis Gary Powers

1929–1977 (age 48)

Arlington National Cemetery

Francis Gary Powers was a Jenkins-born U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union who lived from 1929 to 1977.

John H. Rosswog

1904–1982 (age 78)

Pilot Butte Cemetery

John H. Rosswog (1904-1982) was a Washington resident who lived to age 78.

Duane Horsman

1937–1991 (age 54)

Pilot Mound Lutheran Cemetery

Duane Horsman (1937–1991) rests at Pilot Mound Lutheran Cemetery after a life spanning the mid-twentieth century.

LeRoy Homer

1965–2001 (age 36)

Flight 93 National Memorial

LeRoy Homer was an American airline pilot and first officer on United Flight 93 who perished while helping passengers re...

Bill Bower

1917–2011 (age 94)

Arlington National Cemetery

Bill Bower (1917–2011) was the last surviving pilot of the Doolittle Raid from Ravenna who is buried at Arlington Nati...

Aleksandr Ivanovitsj (ljottsjik) Smirnov

1920–2009 (age 89)

Troyekurovskoye cemetery

Aleksandr Ivanovich Smirnov (1920-2009) was a pilot born in Tarusa County and buried at Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Russ...