In part 1 of our WWII series, we follow my grandfather's journey through his pilot training right up to arriving in Italy to begin his combat duty.
https://www.earlyaviators.com/ewarren.htm RAW SR OBIT
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/100-years-air-mail
https://disciplesofflight.com/brief-history-of-airmail/
http://aireform.com/resources/faa-history-pages/faa-history-1940s/
https://youtu.be/5eml6lxlmjY Roosevelt Speech
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Air_Force_Base Maxwell Air Field
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/southern-aviation-school/
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/history/p-38.html P-38 Lightning
https://www.tyndallhousing.com/history TYNDALL AIRFIELD, FL
https://www.airplanes-online.com/seymour-johnson-air-force-base.htm SEYMOUR AIR FORCE BASE
https://www.445bg.org/gowen-field---boise,-id.html Goward Field Idaho
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/place/torretta Torretta Air Field Sicily
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/VI/AAF-VI-4.html Army Airforce Bases WWII
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan AT-6 AIRCRAFT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18 AT-18 AIRCRAFT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Ventura RB-34A AIRCRAFT
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/museum-campus/us-freedom-pavilion/warbirds/b-17e-flying-fortress B-17E AIRCRAFT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_AT-9 AT-9 AIRCRAFT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_AT-10_Wichita AT-10 AIRCRAFT
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/consolidated-b-24-liberator-the-loyal-lumbering-lib/ b24
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