He had to keep his fingers relaxed so he wouldn’t lose his feel for the plane.He checked the clock on the instrument panel and put the plane into a left-hand turn, peering into the black murk for the Aldis lamps in the tail of each B-17. Every once in a while, a “dot-dash” flashed in the clouds, ...
Frank collapsed on his cot across from where Walt lay.“Isn’t she? How was your landing?” Walt tossed a baseball up and caught it right over his bare chest.“As you said. Bounced all over the place. Don’t know why the B-17 doesn’t have the tricycle landing gear we trained on in Albuquerque. It’ll t...
Due to the silk shortage, Allie wore Mrs. Novak’s old wedding dress, restyled with Della Carlisle’s expertise and creativity. Walt whispered something in Allie’s ear, and she laughed and pressed her cheek to his.George and Betty shared the dance floor with Ray and Helen and the newlyweds, but why...