14 Mar 2013 - 2005 Banquette2005 Championships Awards BanquetTo Honor Russ Kyler
Tonight we honor Russ Kyler: patriot, warrior, friend. Russ was born March 13th, 1924, in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the US Army Air Corps right out of high school at 18 years old in September 1942. Two years later he emerged from the training pipeline as a combat pilot assigned to the famed 56th Fighter Group (“Col. Zemke’s Wolfpack”).
Dave Gianakos Model of Russ Kyler's Aircraft
Russ Kyler and David Gianakos
David Knows how to detail.
Under a protective domeat the Evergreen Museum,in McMinnville, Oregon.
Also under the HUGE protective wing of the Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose".
Joan and Russ Kyler
Russ Kyler, telling about his adventures.
Josie and Earl Aune with Joan and Russ Kyler
Mike Barbee, East Coast Vice President, with wife Barb, from Delaware, OH.
Richard and Elizabeth Heininge, from Aurora, OR.
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