@tsarstepan,
My father had my benighted eyes, but begged to be let in., late
41, early 42. I have the letters..
eventually a high colonel in the AAF, but he could never have been a pilot, or me either, which I considered when I was about fourteen. Osso, girl pilot (all need to duck, even before lift off).
the choices we make in so little time..
So perhaps they were simply curbing my natural enthusiasm? 
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