Burt was my roomate while at Columbus, and I did keep up with him for the short time until he was killed in a 1972 crash. Burt went to Ellington after Flight School for transition to the 101. He was from Fargo, ND, and that is where the crash occured. I was out of the country at the time and did not learn of the crash till several weeks after the fact. Burt was a good guy, a good friend and I have thought of him fondly through the years.
In case you are interested, I am attaching the safety report from his crash. I apologize for the quality of the sketches–a copy of a copy of a copy… Fate truly is the hunter in some cases.
— Bill Grubbs (“Buzzard”), July 31, 2012