Reccomended reading..

[Michel Lemieux]

Recommended reading..

Just found this old book by accident...wow what a read

The man who flew Churchill by Bruce West 1975

The story of an American who flew for Ferry Cooomand Bill Vanderkloot.

What a story.

http://www.moaa.org/TodaysOfficer/Military/Churchhill_1.asp

Bill Vanderkloot, an unassuming, studious American pilot, caught the attention of the Royal Air Force—and became pilot to England’s most cherished leader in World War II.

When he first attracted the personal attention of the Royal Air Force (RAF) top brass in 1942, American William J. “Bill” Vanderkloot could think of no other reason than he was about to be called on the carpet. When he was driven to a backstreet in an RAF car and told to walk down a dark street to a dimly lighted door and knock, he was sure his days as an RAF ferry pilot were numbered.

However, when a man with a familiar round face, wearing a brightly colored dressing gown and blue velvet slippers initialed “P.M.,” smiled and offered him a scotch and soda, he very much needed a drink. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill simply smiled at his befuddled guest and said, “I understand we are going to Cairo.”
“It took about two minutes to pick up my jaw when it dropped to the floor,” recalled Vanderkloot. “Here was the greatest man in the world, and I was going to be associating with him as his pilot. It’s enough to scare you to death.”

For the next three years, Vanderkloot would become the person Churchill called “my young American pilot.” He captained a big, matte-black, converted Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber, called Commando. In it, he flew across dangerous German-held territory to carry the English leader of the Allied powers to secret meetings in faraway places such as Cairo, Moscow, Casablanca, and Algiers.

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