The Lady running the lathe taught Bristoe.

My wife’s uncle married a British War bride who during the war did Spitfire repairs by day and ran the spotlights at night during German bombing runs over London and other areas.

She’s buried in a small family cemetery in Louisiana. At her interment the VFW Honor Guard gave her a 21 Gun Salute in farewell. She was a man’s woman.


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