Harold (Hal) Weekley
7/17/1921–9/22/2010
COL. HAROLD (HAL) WEEKLEY (RET.), EAA 169329
and Warbirds of America 2651, died at age 89 in
Austell, Georgia. Hal, a U.S. Army Air Forces B- 17
pilot during World War II, flew many missions
over Germany before being shot down over
occupied France. After bailing out at 20,000 feet,
Hal successfully evaded capture for several weeks
while hidden by the local French people until he
escaped to friendly lines and was returned to the
United States.
After training B- 17 and jet fighter pilots during
the Korean and Vietnam wars, Hal retired from
the Air Force and worked with the FAA as an
operations inspector and accident investigator
for 14 years. He retired in 1981 and served as
captain with the “Skylarks,” a worldwide travel
club, concurrently working for several years as
an aviation consultant and as a volunteer pilot on
EAA’s restored B- 17 Aluminum Overcast. Overall,
Hal amassed more than 20,000 hours in almost 100
types of aircraft.
Friends and family are invited to post obituaries and sign a
memorial guestbook online for Hal and other EAAers who have
“gone west” at www.EAA.org/obituaries. The names and stories
of each person enshrined on EAA’s Memorial Wall in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, are also available here.
IN MEMORY OF
“Not alone into the sunset but into the company of friends who have gone before them.”
Dennis Anderson (EAA 96212),
Pearland, Texas
Russell Anderson (EAA 80390),
Boerne, Texas
Romeo Begin (EAA 12097),
Aguanga, California
N. Bohl (EAA 773196),
Northfield, Illinois
James Calhoun (EAA 522236),
North Palm Beach, Florida
Carl Carr (EAA 8020),
Rockford, Ohio
John Christenson (EAA 1010619),
Cincinnati, Ohio
Alan Clark (EAA 440221),
Nampa, Idaho
Lawrence Crawford (EAA
659575), Douglas, Georgia
David De Carle (EAA 537245),
Punta Gorda, Florida
Joseph Dooley (EAA 178162),
Hutchinson, Minnesota
Edwin Eckert (EAA 376696),
Peoria, Illinois
Homer Ertenberg (EAA 29449),
Punta Gorda, Florida
John Feustel (EAA 440732),
Pine Island, Minnesota
Raymond Field (EAA 7008),
Tipp City, Ohio
Harold Frankel (EAA 302712),
Lake City, Florida
James Freeman (EAA 755778),
Phoenix, Arizona
Arnold Good (EAA 725781),
Jacksonville, Florida
James Goodrich (EAA 595601),
Livonia, Michigan
William Haynes (EAA 734466),
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Bernard Higley (EAA 489616),
Sterling, Illinois
John Hilger (EAA 665241),
Bend, Oregon
Alan Jenny (EAA 603981),
Raleigh, North Carolina
Tom Jense (EAA 485026),
Provo, Utah
Douglas Koss (EAA 138985),
Waukegan, Illinois
Robert Krueger (EAA 488459),
Lewiston, New York
Dominic Macera (EAA 373653),
Westminster, California
Gilbert Malacarne (EAA 789410),
Tunnel Hill, Illinois
Bob Marie (EAA 358606),
Washington, Iowa
Robert Markland (EAA 17012),
St. Petersburg, Florida
Frederick Mudge (EAA 79680),
Flint, Michigan
Kurt Nielsen (EAA 685735),
Traralgon, Australia
Michael Nye (EAA 485002),
Manteca, California
Dan Parsons (EAA 636324),
San Antonio, Texas
John Patterson (EAA 132631),
Nacogdoches, Texas
Jim Penland (EAA 30396),
Newport News, Virginia
Andrew Phillips (EAA 811743),
Carp, Ontario, Canada
Alfred Preissner (EAA 287036),
Chicago, Illinois
Robert Reandeau (EAA 697336),
Sequim, Washington
George Reisinger (EAA
484868), York, Pennsylvania
F. Rogers (EAA 13361),
Paw Paw, Illinois
Bruce Sawyer (EAA 111057),
Dunwoody, Georgia
Lyle Shelton (EAA 376637),
Van Nuys, California
Billy Shurley (EAA 256417),
Marfa, Texas
Harry Smith (EAA 10825),
New Castle, Pennsylvania
Dr. Neal Thorpe (EAA 535088),
Vancouver, Washington
Mario Tonelli (EAA 366810),
Borgaro, Italy
Raymond Ward (EAA 180385),
San Antonio, Texas
S. Whitehead (EAA 1010301),
North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Kathleen Winters (EAA 756678),
St. Paul Park, Minnesota
Robert Zanella (EAA 229315),
Orlando, Florida
George Zion (EAA 85181),
Greenfield, Indiana
Lee Zuver (EAA 72062),
Hiram, Wisconsin
