| Honorific Prefix: | Major |
| Elwood T. Driver | |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Trenton, New Jersey U.S. |
| Death Place: | Reston, Virginia, USA |
| Nickname: | Woody |
| Allegiance: | United States of America |
| Serviceyears: | 1942-1962 |
| Rank: | Flight Commander |
| Unit: | Tuskegee Army Air Field |
| Spouse: | Shirley Martin |
| Children: | 1 |
Elwood "Woody" T. Driver (August 20, 1921 – March 26, 1992) was an American aviator who served as a Tuskegee Airman during World War II. He flew 123 missions and he is given credit for one confirmed kill. In 1978 President Jimmy Carter nominated Driver to be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board.
Elwood Driver was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He had three siblings. While attending Trenton State College, he earned his pilot's license.[1] He graduated from college in 1942. Later he attended New York University and earned an MS in safety engineering.
Driver married Shirley Martin in 1960. He had one son, Timothy, from a previous marriage.
Driver signed up for the Army Air Corps in 1942. He became a Tuskegee Airman and was sent to the European Theatre where he recorded an aerial combat kill over Anzio, Italy. He retired from the Air force as a Major in 1962.
Driver worked with the National Transportation Safety Board beginning in 1967. In 1978, he was nominated to be a member of the Safety Board and served from 1978 to 1980.[2]
Driver held a board of director position at Howard University.[3]
In 2006, a Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to Tuskegee Airmen, including Driver.[4]
On May 26, 1992, Driver died at his home in Reston, Virginia from liver cancer.[5]