The Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola is free to visit, and WELL worth
the time. It also houses a sizable research library for all things
related to Naval Aviation. The Museum has the pilot's log book from on
George H.W. Bush, an ordinary Navy pilot. He was the pilot of torpedo
bombers. From my reading, it appears that torpedo bomber crews had the
shortest life expectancy of any Naval Aviator, at least until late in
the war, when Japanese ships became more scarce. It took guts to fly
into fire that broght down most torpedo bombers before they returned to
the ship. The last time he was shot down, he was the only survivor of
his group, according to the article linked below.
RIP President Bush
http://time.com/5468640/george-hw-bush-military-service-navy/
I say he was an ordinary pilot because he did what most of his
generation did. Went off to rid the world of murderous dictators.
That was ordinary. He was an ordinary pilot. But what his generation
did as a whole, was extraordinary! Being president makes him extraordinary.
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