Air Force 1st Lt. Donald F. Ware, son of Attorney and Mrs. Marcus J. Ware, was killed yesterday [15 July 1963] in the collision of a jet fighter plane he was piloting with another jet in the skies above England. Recently, he had been on training maneuvers in Germany and had returned to England less than a week ago.

His parents were notified by telegram from the Air Force. The message did not give details of the accident. The Associated Press at London reported a collision of two planes from Lt Ware's outfit, the 492nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, but the name of the dead pilot was withheld pending notification of the next of kin. It is presumed the report was of the crash involving Lt. Ware's plane.

Both planes were flying over a gunnery range near King's Lynn, Norfolk. The 492nd Squadron is based at Royal Air Force Base, Lakenheath, about 60 miles northeast of London. He had been stationed at Lakenheath since going to England in October of 1962.

Lt. Ware was born March 15, 1937, at Lewiston, attended the former laboratory school on the campus of North Idaho College of Education and attended Lewiston Junior High School. He was a member of the Methodist Church.

His three high-school years were spent at Shattuck School at Faribault, Minn., where he was graduated with high honors in 1955. He was captain of the Shattuck track team. He enrolled at the University of Idaho in 1955 and was affiliated with Delta Tau Delta fraternity on the Moscow campus. It was while attending the University of Idaho that Lt. Ware first became interested in flying and planned on a career in the Air Force, his father said. Ware's father, Marcus, is a member of the law firm of Cox, Ware, Stellmon & O'Connell and is a noted Idaho historian.

The next year he received an appointment to the Air Force Academy. Ware was a member of the second graduating class. He was commissioned a second lieutenant and receiving his navigator wings in 1960. Following graduation, he reported to Bartow Air Base in Florida for primary flight training. He received his pilot's wings at Laredo Air Force Base, Laredo, Texas. After F-100 training at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, he was promoted to first lieutenant in December 1961. His next assignment was to Lakenheath.

Survivors, besides his parents, include a brother Robert, 28, technical advisor in the dramatics department at the University of Nevada at Reno; two sisters: Barbara, 20, who will be a junior at the University of Idaho this fall, and Mary Elizabeth, 13; and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary L. Gorton, who lives with the Wares at 308 N. Prospect Ave.