A Letter Home From A Pilot Lost In WWII

'I’ve been having the time of my life since I’ve been in the air corps'

A letter from John Blakeslee Thomas to extended family in the Rochester, New York area. Postmarked 6 February 1942 at Randolph Field, Texas, it is one of the few artifacts left behind by an American pilot lost in Operation Tidal Wave. John left Cornell University in order to become a US Army pilot. “George” in this letter is his twin brother, a US Marin…