Darlings,
Your swell letter came today, as usual. Thelma’s and your letters are always on the dot.
Well, darlings, your son has completed his basic flying. I do’od it. Boy! Am I ever happy. Our captain is such a swell guy.
We are the only flight out of six that has completed all our time. That’s a feather for our Captain’s hat. He is very strict but just-everyone likes him.
It was our last day with our instructors today. Our poor instructor sighed and said “Well I’ll get four more dodos in a week. Wonder what they will be like.” He certainly is a swell fellow.
Some instructors just love to have everyone pop to when they come in but, Antonuca just pokes his head in the door and says, “Let’s go Jago!” He is the best flyer of the whole bunch. The other instructors know that too. Even though he is only 21 he has more flying time than all the others.
When he parted – he shook my hand and said, “When you come back in a P40 check me out in it will you?” Gosh! I idolize that guy. He has never said a harsh word to me-and I needed it plenty of times. I hope I get an instructor in Advanced who is just half as good.
I have my wristband on all the time dad. It’s really a honey-everybody wishes they had one. One Jew boy had enough nerve to ask me if I wanted to sell it-leave it up to those darn Jews. You should’ve heard the answer that guy got.
Well, darlings, tonight will be New Year’s Eve. It won’t be very exciting-that’s for sure but, I’m not kicking.
Say, mom, didn’t I tell you that I received that wonderful package of yours. It’s so nice to have a cookie every once in a while.
Well darlings, I will close my letter now.
So long.
Your loving son,
Jim