Donald Gough

Age: 56

Summary: accomplished aerobatic pilot and former captain with Trans World Airlines (TWA) at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California who was among one of 230 passengers and crew members reported missing and feared dead in the fiery crash of TWA Flight 800 when the ill-fated Boeing 747 jumbo jet mysteriously exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Long Island, New York shortly after takeoff from New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport while he and his wife Raili Anneli Gough were traveling to France after they had decided to fly standby on Finnair for their vacation in Finland, where they planned to visit family and friends.

Cause of Death: Killed in TWA Flight 800 airplane accident

Born: July 31, 1939

Died: July 17, 1996

Location: East Moriches, New York