As I am of advancing years I have been quite touched by the John Cruickshank VC and IAT 1993 threads. Living temporarily on the other side of the Atlantic I attended the delayed Flying Proms at the Military Aircraft Museum last night
at Pungo VA. Not 5 days after the departure of dear John it appears the last US WW2 ace also passed to the firmament above, Don McPherson at the age of 103
Last US WW2 Ace. I had the honour of interviewing
Bill Reid VC about a year before he passed as well as
Gunther Rall who was the third highest scoring ace at 275 and rose to be the first 4* of the modern Luftwaffe. If we do not learn the lessons of the past we are destined to do make the same mistakes again - lest we forget.