Aviation (even military aviation) is so safe now that it's hard to understand how risky it was during WWII. At my dad's funeral (he was 75), I learned he was the only member of his cadet class to survive the war. He flew P-47s in China.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Curley McLain via Mercedes > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2018 3:54 PM > To: Mercedes_Discussion_List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Curley McLain <126die...@gmail.com> > Subject: [MBZ] Pensacola > > 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. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
