Life as a WW2 Bomber Pilot

By Wilhite Olson Irvin J Wilhite Marilyn and as told to Marilyn Wilhite Olson Irvin J. Wilhite

Every successful man has learned from past mistakes; every generous humanitarian started with a decision to give the first gift. Irvin Wilhite, honored by thousands, is both successful and generous. This is his story. My parachute hadn't been repacked since we left Miami-and we'd given the job of cleaning our room to Italian POW's in Eritrea. I had used it as a pillow, so I was really worried about it opening properly. I remembered all this just as I jumped out into the dark. Pulling the metal ring to open my 'chute, the ring came loose in my hand. I thought wryly, "Yeah, just like I suspected. Those Italian prisoners must have messed with it." I fell faster and faster through the night air, knowing that without an open parachute, I would not survive. I braced myself for the inevitable.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633675858
• ISBN13: 9781633675858
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Tate Publishing
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.4" x 5.5"