Claude Weaver III DFC, DFM & Bar (August 18, 1923 – January 28, 1944) was an American pilot who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.

Weaver dropped out of Classen High School and travelled to Windsor, Ontario, where he enlisted into the Royal Canadian Air Force on February 13, 1941.

17 Elementary Flying Training School in Stanley, Nova Scotia, graduating at the bottom of his class.

On July 24, Weaver shared a sixth victory with a fellow pilot, downing a Junkers Ju 88 bomber.

Before he had a chance to destroy his plane, Weaver was arrested by Carabinieri and listed as missing in action by his squadron.

Using forged papers to fool German guards, the pair travelled about 300 miles to Allied lines.

When he was roughly 20 miles from Allied positions, Weaver sprained his ankle, yet he managed to ride a mule to British lines on September 25.

[1][2] On December 30, Pilot Officer Weaver shot down a Bf 109, his first victory in over a year.

[1][2] One week later on January 28, Pilot Officer Weaver was shot down over France by German fighter ace Heinz-Gerhard Vogt.

In 1994, Claude Weaver III was inducted into the Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame.

Additionally, his brother, Corporal David O. Weaver, was a United States Marine who was killed in March 1945 during the battle of Iwo Jima.