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Archie Donahue: WWII Ace PilotBy Jon Guttman | Aviation History | 2 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post Now retired with his wife Mary in Texas, Donahue still keeps in touch with his old squadron mates, both from VMF-112 and VMF-451. The culmination of his aviation career came at Galveston on October 9, 2003, when he was inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. He is also being honored by the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas, which after repairing its damaged FG-1D Corsair refinished it in the markings of the VMF-112 F4U-1 that Donahue flew in May 1943. Subscribe Today
On October 14, 2004, Archie Donahue penned a few words of wisdom for future generations in his University of Texas engineering book: “The more you learn about mankind the more you marvel at the patience of God. The fighter pilot’s last resort: Hope. “What we have learned in our time is history. It must be passed on so that it will not be relived.” Aviation History research director Jon Guttman wishes to thank Archie and Mary Donahue, VMF-112 ace John B. Maas Jr. and VMF-451 veterans Charles H. Hodson and Philip S. Wilmot for their help in researching this story. For further reading, try: The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign, by John B. Lundstrom; and Corsairs and Flattops: Marine Carrier Air Warfare, 1944-1945, by John Pomeroy Condon. This article by Jon Guttman was originally published in the July 2007 issue of Aviation History Magazine. For more great articles, subscribe to Aviation History magazine today! Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6Help HistoryNet by bookmarking to
            Tags: Aerial Combat, Air Sea, Aviation History, Historical Figures, World War II
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2 Comments to “Archie Donahue: WWII Ace Pilot”
I met Maj. Donahue at an airshow in Stratford, Connecicut in 2005 at Sikorsky Airport across the street from a closed U.S. Army tank plant that was the Vought-Sikorsky then Chance Vought plant where F4U Corsairs were made during WWII. He was quite an interesting man and I have an autographed photo of him and VMF-212 that was shoen in the Aviation History article. A fellow Connecicut National Guardsment that I worked with made tail sections for the Corsair at the plant during WWII. THe gentlemen is also in the famous photo of Igor Sikorsky making the first VS-300 helicopter flight in 1939.
By Robert H. Avino on Dec 18, 2008 at 9:03 pm