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Long time Volunteer at the New England Air Museum and a terrific guy passed away this week. He was a pilot with the 406th Fighter Group in France. If anybody has ever been to Open Cockpit Weekend at the New England Air Museum, then you probably ran into Dick giving personal cockpit tours of "his" aircraft, the P-47 Thunderbolt.
Hartford Courant:
Richard E. Kyte, 85, of West Hartford, husband of the late Betsy M. Kyte, died Saturday (November 24, 2007) at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford. Born in New Haven, the son of the late George J. and Ellen (O'Neil) Kyte, he moved to West Hartford in 1922. He was educated in the West Hartford Schools and graduated from Kingswood School in 1940. He served with the Army Air Corps during World War II as a P-47 pilot. After the war he returned to West Hartford and graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1947). He was recalled into the Air Force for the Korean War, and continued his service in the Air National Guard. While in the service he was awarded several military awards and medals including the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Silver Clusters and numerous other medals and citations. He was employed as an engineer by various companies until 1961. He became a Charter Pilot until 1966 when he joined the Barnes Group, Bristol, CT retiring in 1987. Mr. Kyte was a member of the Flying Yankee Club, the Hartford Hanger Quiet Birdmen, the New England Air Museum, and the West Hartford Squires. Memorial donations in his memory may be made to the New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT 06096.
Godspeed Dick, we will miss you.
Jerry
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