{"id":647,"date":"2017-02-19T20:42:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T02:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aafcollection.info\/comm\/?p=647"},"modified":"2017-02-19T20:42:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T02:42:24","slug":"keep-em-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/2017\/02\/19\/keep-em-flying\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep ’em Flying"},"content":{"rendered":"
Robert Brocklehurst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ABC News aired a story tonight about Bob Brocklehurst, a World War II fighter pilot.  Recently at age 96, he went up again in a P-51 Mustang, the same type of plane he flew in the Pacific Theater during World War II.  Interestingly, he wore a cap that indicated “41-G.”  I recognized that immediately as his graduating class number, meaning he graduated as a fighter pilot in 1941.  I found his picture in the AAF Collection in a class book from Kelly Field, near San Antonio, Texas. <\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Second Echelon, “N” Flight, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 1941<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here he was as a young man above, right.  And here are some excerpts from the news story below.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Brocklehurst took control of the P-51 and performed a loop maneuver.<\/p>\n

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You can see the full video at ABC News. <\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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This class book also contains a profound passage, which by coincidence I admired back in 2014, when I first read it.<\/p>\n

The purpose of a class book may be to give the men a memento of their Advance School Graduation–so, if it does–we deliver in ink, along with their other mementos, a Charge.<\/p>\n

At this time a plan has functioned and again the result is a group of skilled men.  Yet it will not be their skill that will distinguish this class from others but their actions as individuals.<\/p>\n

An insignia is a very shallow thing unless its meaning is so impressed on the individual that the ideal lives and the banner breathes by his actions.  Noble deeds are commendable but uncertain; everyday details of living are things which cast permanent reflections.  Heed!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This passage, “Noble deeds are commendable but uncertain; everyday details of living are things which cast permanent reflections,” and indeed, Mr. Brocklehurst’s own words in the video are worth remembering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ABC News aired a story tonight about Bob Brocklehurst, a World War II fighter pilot.  Recently at age 96, he went up again in a P-51 Mustang, the same type of plane he flew in the Pacific Theater during World War II.  Interestingly, he wore a cap that indicated “41-G.”  I recognized that immediately as … Continue reading “Keep ’em Flying”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,29,18,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-highlighted-item","category-history","category-keep-em-flying","category-recommended-sites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":653,"href":"https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions\/653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aafcollection.com\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}