Co-founded by Jo-Anne Wylie and Lisa A. Wylie as well as Charles Dunkle after serving as volunteer "Guardians" on an Honor Flight in 2008 they soon realized the organization’s national office had greater than 300 World War II veterans in the Buffalo area waiting to make this journey to see their memorial.
In 2009,Honor Flight Buffalo became an “official” Hub of the Honor Flight Network serving Erie, Niagara and surrounding counties area veterans. Honor Flight Buffalo was formed in honor and in memory of the Wylie sister’s Dad ~ S/SGT Robert P. Wylie, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II Veteran and Charter Member of the building of the World War Memorial who never had the privilege of seeing his Memorial.