Pilot in Hawaii to mark end of WWII dies from coronavirus
Several vintage plane crew members who came to Hawaii to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II were infected with COVID-19, including one pilot in his 80s who later died.
Alfred “Fred” Owen, a pilot with one of two vintage PBY Catalina flying boats that were shipped to Oahu for events around the Sept. 2, 1945, anniversary of the war’s end, succumbed to the virus after returning to the mainland, being hospitalized, released and hospitalized again, officials said. He died Oct. 5.
The Washington state resident, who was in his 80s, flew the Princess of the Stars with fellow pilot Peter Houghton in Hawaii dozens of times taking military, VIPs and media from the Honolulu airport to Kaneohe Bay prior to a series of aerial flyovers tied to the anniversary.
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