In Memory of….. Col William Grafton Draper.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
Sources: Washington Post Obituary
Command Pilot for Dwight D Eisenhower
Deaths
COL Draper, William Grafton, USAF (ret.).
Suddenly, on Wednesday, November 25, 1964, at his home, 5809 Hartwell St., Camp Springs, Md., WILLIAM GRAFTON DRAPER, husband of Ruth Draper, father of Mary Ann, James Dean, William H. and Priscilla R. Draper; Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Dean Draper; Brother of Mrs. Russell E. Tucker and Mrs. Paul C. Flester.
Colonel Draper rests at the Warner E Pumphrey Funeral Home, 8434 Georgia ave., Silver Spring, Md., where service will be held Monday, November 30, at 9:45 a.m..
Interment Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
William G. Draper (June 28, 1920 – November 26, 1964) was a career military officer and Air Force Aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and graduated from Central High School in Washington, D.C. in 1939. He obtained his CAA private and commercial licenses in 1940, and in 1941 received his instructor's rating at the Wilmington, Delaware airport.
In November 1942 he joined the U.S. Army and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, USAF, and assigned to Air Transport Command ferrying B-17 bombers to England and North Africa. He also piloted with the AAF Transport Group, "Fireball Line," which flew supplies for the China-Burma-India Theater from Miami to Assam, India.
From 1950-1952 he was the personal pilot for General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, and later served as President Eisenhower's personal pilot and Air Force Aide.
"United States Social Security Death Index"
Given Name: William
Surname: Draper
Birth Date: 28 June 1920
Social Security Number: 214-18-8102
State: Maryland
Last Place of Residence:
Previous Residence Postal Code:
Event Date: November 1964
Age: 44
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You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
Sources: Washington Post Obituary
Command Pilot for Dwight D Eisenhower
Deaths
COL Draper, William Grafton, USAF (ret.).
Suddenly, on Wednesday, November 25, 1964, at his home, 5809 Hartwell St., Camp Springs, Md., WILLIAM GRAFTON DRAPER, husband of Ruth Draper, father of Mary Ann, James Dean, William H. and Priscilla R. Draper; Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Dean Draper; Brother of Mrs. Russell E. Tucker and Mrs. Paul C. Flester.
Colonel Draper rests at the Warner E Pumphrey Funeral Home, 8434 Georgia ave., Silver Spring, Md., where service will be held Monday, November 30, at 9:45 a.m..
Interment Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
William G. Draper (June 28, 1920 – November 26, 1964) was a career military officer and Air Force Aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and graduated from Central High School in Washington, D.C. in 1939. He obtained his CAA private and commercial licenses in 1940, and in 1941 received his instructor's rating at the Wilmington, Delaware airport.
In November 1942 he joined the U.S. Army and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, USAF, and assigned to Air Transport Command ferrying B-17 bombers to England and North Africa. He also piloted with the AAF Transport Group, "Fireball Line," which flew supplies for the China-Burma-India Theater from Miami to Assam, India.
From 1950-1952 he was the personal pilot for General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, and later served as President Eisenhower's personal pilot and Air Force Aide.
"United States Social Security Death Index"
Given Name: William
Surname: Draper
Birth Date: 28 June 1920
Social Security Number: 214-18-8102
State: Maryland
Last Place of Residence:
Previous Residence Postal Code:
Event Date: November 1964
Age: 44
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In Memory of….. Col William Grafton Draper.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
Sources: Washington Post Obituary
Command Pilot for Dwight D Eisenhower
Deaths
COL Draper, William Grafton, USAF (ret.).
Suddenly, on Wednesday, November 25, 1964, at his home, 5809 Hartwell St., Camp Springs, Md., WILLIAM GRAFTON DRAPER, husband of Ruth Draper, father of Mary Ann, James Dean, William H. and Priscilla R. Draper; Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Dean Draper; Brother of Mrs. Russell E. Tucker and Mrs. Paul C. Flester.
Colonel Draper rests at the Warner E Pumphrey Funeral Home, 8434 Georgia ave., Silver Spring, Md., where service will be held Monday, November 30, at 9:45 a.m..
Interment Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
William G. Draper (June 28, 1920 – November 26, 1964) was a career military officer and Air Force Aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and graduated from Central High School in Washington, D.C. in 1939. He obtained his CAA private and commercial licenses in 1940, and in 1941 received his instructor's rating at the Wilmington, Delaware airport.
In November 1942 he joined the U.S. Army and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, USAF, and assigned to Air Transport Command ferrying B-17 bombers to England and North Africa. He also piloted with the AAF Transport Group, "Fireball Line," which flew supplies for the China-Burma-India Theater from Miami to Assam, India.
From 1950-1952 he was the personal pilot for General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, and later served as President Eisenhower's personal pilot and Air Force Aide.
"United States Social Security Death Index"
Given Name: William
Surname: Draper
Birth Date: 28 June 1920
Social Security Number: 214-18-8102
State: Maryland
Last Place of Residence:
Previous Residence Postal Code:
Event Date: November 1964
Age: 44
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You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
Sources: Washington Post Obituary
Command Pilot for Dwight D Eisenhower
Deaths
COL Draper, William Grafton, USAF (ret.).
Suddenly, on Wednesday, November 25, 1964, at his home, 5809 Hartwell St., Camp Springs, Md., WILLIAM GRAFTON DRAPER, husband of Ruth Draper, father of Mary Ann, James Dean, William H. and Priscilla R. Draper; Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Dean Draper; Brother of Mrs. Russell E. Tucker and Mrs. Paul C. Flester.
Colonel Draper rests at the Warner E Pumphrey Funeral Home, 8434 Georgia ave., Silver Spring, Md., where service will be held Monday, November 30, at 9:45 a.m..
Interment Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
William G. Draper (June 28, 1920 – November 26, 1964) was a career military officer and Air Force Aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and graduated from Central High School in Washington, D.C. in 1939. He obtained his CAA private and commercial licenses in 1940, and in 1941 received his instructor's rating at the Wilmington, Delaware airport.
In November 1942 he joined the U.S. Army and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, USAF, and assigned to Air Transport Command ferrying B-17 bombers to England and North Africa. He also piloted with the AAF Transport Group, "Fireball Line," which flew supplies for the China-Burma-India Theater from Miami to Assam, India.
From 1950-1952 he was the personal pilot for General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, and later served as President Eisenhower's personal pilot and Air Force Aide.
"United States Social Security Death Index"
Given Name: William
Surname: Draper
Birth Date: 28 June 1920
Social Security Number: 214-18-8102
State: Maryland
Last Place of Residence:
Previous Residence Postal Code:
Event Date: November 1964
Age: 44
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