- Author: Tom Gatch, Jr. Author Record # 227554
- Legal Name: Gatch, Thomas Leigh
- Birthplace: Annapolis, Maryland, USA
- Birthdate: 13 September 1925
- Deathdate: 21 February 1974
- Language: English
- Webpages: SFE, west-point.org
- Note: last sighted 21 February 1974 about 1000 miles west of the Canary Islands