Boone Tarleton Guyton United States Navy, September 4, 1913 - April 4, 1996 was a Naval Aviation Cadet, experimental test pilot, author and businessman. In a flying career spanning the bi-plane era through the jet age, Guyton was perhaps best known for his test pilot years at Vought-Sikorsky and his participation in the development of the F4U Corsair and various other military aircraft including the OS2U Kingfisher and the radical Vought V-173 flying pancake.Guyton was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, September 4, 1913. His birth certificate incorrectly spelled his first name Bond but was later corrected. His father William Henry Guyton, the Superintendent Transportation, E. St. Louis & Suburban Railroad, died in 1921 before Boone s 8th birthday. His mother, Martha (Windhorst) Guyton raised Boone and his older brother William, much of it during the depression. Boone graduated from East St. Louis High School in 1931.
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