PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Anthony on June 20, 2017, 03:35:52 PM
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Charles Lindbergh is an enigma to me. He flew combat missions in P-38's sureptiously in WWII, but was shut down by Roosevelt, for maybe political reasons. Was he a NAZI sympathizer? I don't get it. I've read his books too.
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Charles Lindbergh is an enigma to me. He flew combat missions in P-38's surreptitiously in WWII, but was shut down by Roosevelt, for maybe political reasons. Was he a NAZI sympathizer? I don't get it. I've read his books too.
Prior to WW-II, Lindbergh was requested to return to duty as a Colonel by General Arnold in order to assess the Air Corp's readiness for a war. However he resigned his commission in the summer of 1941 because Roosevelt, his commander-in-chief, publicly questioned his loyalty. This was before there were any combat patrols to be flow.
It was true that Lindbergh and Roosevelt were on opposite sides of the issue of America's place in WW-II. When WW-II broke out, his request for reinstatement to the Air Corp was denied. Lindbergh did work as a consultant for multiple aircraft companies and performed evaluations and troubleshooting in combat as a civilian. The aircraft he worked with included the B-24, Corsair and P-38. After Lindbergh shot down an enemy aircraft in the Pacific, it was General Kenney, not Roosevelt, who ended Lindbergh's flying in the war because he did not want America's great aviation hero killed under his command.
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Prior to WW-II, Lindbergh was requested to return to duty as a Colonel by General Arnold in order to assess the Air Corp's readiness for a war. However he resigned his commission in the summer of 1941 because Roosevelt, his commander-in-chief, publicly questioned his loyalty. This was before there were any combat patrols to be flow.
It was true that Lindbergh and Roosevelt were on opposite sides of the issue of America's place in WW-II. When WW-II broke out, his request for reinstatement to the Air Corp was denied. Lindbergh did work as a consultant for multiple aircraft companies and performed evaluations and troubleshooting in combat as a civilian. The aircraft he worked with included the B-24, Corsair and P-38. After Lindbergh shot down an enemy aircraft in the Pacific, it was General Kenney, not Roosevelt, who ended Lindbergh's flying in the war because he did not want America's great aviation hero killed under his command.
Thanks. I didn't realize it was the general who made the call. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think Lindbergh was able to lead, or at least participate in several combat missions before they pulled the plug.