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Gertrude Vreeland Tompkins Silver Missing Person Case

Last seen in Inglewood, California on Oct 26, 1944

Victim Details

Jan 24, 2026

Jan 24, 2026

Gertrude

Vreeland Tompkins Silver

113

32

Unknown inches

White

Female

Oct 26, 1944

Inglewood

California

Inglewood

G. Patric Macha

06/27/2026

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Gertrude Vreeland Tompkins Silver, a 32-year-old Women Airforce Service Pilot vanished on October 26, 1944, after departing from Mines Field in Inglewood, California. She was piloting a P-51D Mustang fighter plane on a ferrying mission destined for New Jersey, with a planned overnight stop in Palm Springs, California. Tompkins is the only WASP who went missing during World War II and has never been found.

On the day of her disappearance, Tompkins was part of a group of pilots ferrying n ...
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Last Seen: Oct 26, 1944

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