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Eric, Gone West
My friend, Eric, has “gone west.” In World War I when a soldier died, his comrades placed his body on a caisson with the others who had died and the caissons passed other soldiers on the way to the rear … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Life in General, Personal
Tagged British cadets, Charlie Miller, Clewiston, combat experience, Embry-Riddle Flight School, England’s darkest hour, Eric Gone West, flight experience, Florida, Luftwaffe, Mosquito, the No. 5 BFTS, Winston Churchill, World War I, “gone west”
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