Luft wrote:
1954 VF-61 NAS Oceana, various carriers. We were reading "I Flew for the Fuehrer" Being obviously a Kraut, my handle for life became Luft, shortened after a time from Luftwaffe. (Pfeiff = pipe, so jet fighters). In family I am Grandpa Luft. Thanks.
My mother was born in Berlin in 1914 and left for England at the start of the war with my brother and sister (my father was already in England), I was born in Scotland and when I was 10 years old immigrated to the USA with my parents. During the Veietnam war I served in the Army in Schwetzingen Germany 17 miles out of Heidelberg, best tour of duty to have. I loved Germany and its people.