World War II Honoree
Civilian on the Home Front
John Wescott Myers
Hometown
Los Angeles, California
Honored By
Paula Lucy Delosh
HELPED DEVELOP THE FIRST AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANE, JOINED NORTHROP AIRCRAFT AS ITS CHIEF ENGINEERING TEST PILOT IN 1941 AND WAS BEST KNOWN FOR TESTING ITS P-61 BLACK WIDOW FIGHTER OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THEN TEACHING MILITARY PILOTS TO FLY IT.