Thanks so much to Sandy & David Murphy (Burl Cowan's Daughter) and Marcia Murphy (Burl Cowan's Grand-daughter)
for providing all of these wonderful images and data!!
Born: March 12, 1918. Died: June 26, 1994 at 74 years old.
Burl's wishes were for his ashes to be spread over the Kee Bird. And they were. This was just prior to the
attempt to salvage the Kee Bird and fly her back.
He was a decorated Veteran with 20 years in the US Air Force where he received a Presidential citation for
sinking two submarines while serving in the Pacific theatre during WWII.
He retired in 1964.
Click here to see Burl's obituary.