David Ferrie Archives

Up close and personal with David Ferrie

Jefferson Morley July 12, 2022

Rick Bauer, a reader in Florida, writes to tell of his personal experience in 1965-66 with David Ferrie, the New Orleans pilot who has been the target of JFK conspiracy speculation for decades.

Dave Ferrie watermarked — Pilot in training Rick Bauer (left) with his trainer David Ferrie (photo credit: Rick Bauer)

“I am a graduate of Tulane University in 1966. In the fall of 1965 I commenced flight training paid for by the Department of Defense for students enrolled in various ROTC programs. I was a USN scholarship student at Tulane. My instructor was David Ferrie …. I knew Dave from Sept. 1965 until May of 1966. I passed my Private Pilot’s check ride on March 27, 1966.”

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ICYM: My friend, David Ferrie

Jefferson Morley March 25, 2022

Back in 2014, Rick Bauer shared his memories of David Ferrie, a man who has been the object of JFK conspiracy speculation for decades.

In Oliver Stone’s “JFK” Ferrie was memorably portrayed by Joe Pesci. In real life, Ferrie was fervently right-wing in his politics and hostile to President Kennedy. He knew Lee Oswald from a young age and he seemed to know of a plot against JFK in 1963, though his exact role in the events leading to the assassination are difficult to determine. He died suddenly in 1967.

Comment of the week

Tom S. May 25, 2016

leslie sharp – May 20

RIP, Stephen Roy. You remind us of the immediacy. The Kennedy assassintion will either be relegated to history or it will remain in our consciousness as a cold case murder investigation. Our choice.

leslie sharp – May 24

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RIP: Stephen Roy, respected JFK scholar

Jefferson Morley May 19, 2016

Mr. Roy was the executive director of the Whitman-Hanson Community Access Television Studio for many years. Steve was an accomplished musician. He specialized in researching the JFK assassination and his contributions were recognized in over 13 books.

Source: Stephen Roy Obituary – Weymouth, MA | The Enterprise

Wanted: more quality JFK news reporting

Jefferson Morley June 16, 2014

“Up close and personal with David Ferrie” is the kind of original JFK Facts reporting that JFK conspiracy sites and mainstream news organizations simply do not do. If you want more such reporting with new information, photos and facts, donate here.

JFK Facts Top 5: Readers flock to unanswered NSA questions

Jefferson Morley March 7, 2014

Last week’s post about the possibility of NSA targeting JFK Web sites for “cognitive infiltration”–and the NSA’s refusal to respond to questioning–was the most popular story of the week, followed closely by Rick Bauer’s recollections of his friend David Ferrie.

Gail Raven’s ever-popular recollections about her friend Jack Ruby fell to third place.

And the winners are:

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Crowdsourcing JFK: DiEugenio on the mysterious David Ferrie

Jefferson Morley March 3, 2014

Rick Bauer’s recollections of David Ferrie may prompt readers to ask, how does Ferrie figure in the JFK story? Jim DiEugenio explains in this video from Len Osanic’s “50 Reasons for 50 Years.”

“Many witnesses saw Oswald with Bannister or Ferrie in the summer of 1963,” DiEugenio says.

If you know who these witnesses were, send info, documents, and/or links to JFK Facts.

Joe Pesci as David Ferrie

Jefferson Morley February 6, 2014

Pesci as Ferrie — Joe Pesci as David Ferrie

Facebook reminds me of one of the pleasures of Oliver Stone’s JFK: brilliant actors in complex roles.

Case in point: Joe Pesci as David Ferrie, the very weird New Orleans pilot who flitted in and out of the JFK assassination.

JFK Facts has obtained a never-before published photo of Ferrie that I will post soon.

JFK edited (or the importance of cutting the crap)

Jefferson Morley November 1, 2013

In a post-script to his Q&A interview with JFK Facts, Anthony Summers talks about another important feature of his book, “Not in Your Lifetime“: what he deleted from the previous edition.

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