Patrick O’Grady 2012

O’Grady learned to fly in 1940 while working for Boeing and became an instructor at Coeur D’Alene, Idaho before joining the Air Corps in 1941. He flew with the 6th Ferry Group where he instructed on numerous types of fighters, bombers and cargo aircraft before being sent to the CBI to fly 79 trips “Over the Hump.” After the war he flew with the Air Force Reserve before joining the Oregon Air National Guard. He rose to command the entire Oregon Air National Guard before retirement in 1978. On the civilian side, O’Grady flew with West Coast Airlines from its start, through various mergers until retiring from Republic Airlines in 1982. He had 37,000 accident free hours in over 120 different types of aircraft.

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