USAFA Class Histories

PAUL DRUCKER (Deceased)

Paul Drucker came to the USAF Academy straight out of Long Island, NY. We were in the same squadrons, first 11th and then 16th, all four years at the Academy. Following graduation Paul, Chief Nacrelli, and I drove our new cars down to Rockne, TX for Lloyd and Penny Probst wedding in Lloyd€™s hometown. We spent several days in the Texas €œHill Country€ south of Austin, quite a cultural change for a couple of €œYankees€ who never appreciated then-President Lyndon Baines Johnson much.

We also used some our graduation leave at Chief€™s home in Chester, PA and on the Jersey shore with Chief and Lee Adams. Paul was an enthusiastic, bright man who loved people. Being from New York, he was also a fast talker so we let him be our spokesman when the cops broke up our beach party one night near Wildwood.

Paul was killed on July 29, 1968 while on a test flight in a RF-4 at Kadena AB, Okinawa. He had flown 220 combat missions and was presented the Distinguished Flying Cross and thirteen Air Medals. He was survived by his wife, Clairerose, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. Peter Drucker.