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My Uncle Eric was a fighter pilot in WWII. He flew Typhoons and Spitfires. He was shot down and killed on April 12th, 1945 over Germany. He trained at Falcon Field in Phoenix, Arizona in 1942 and I now live in Tucson, Arizona. I knew from his parents (my grandparents) that he was madly in love with a girl named Frances in Phoenix and that they wrote many letters to each other. Fifty years later I tracked her down in Phoenix and she still had all his love letters which she gave to me. I am now in the process of writing a book entitled "Finding Frances...Love Letters From a Flight Leiutenant". Maybe there is someone out there who trained at Falcon Field. I have been there and it is still an airfield which sports a "fly in" restaurant...very American :-) I have loads of photographs and various memorabelia, including postcards he wrote from the US to England. He sailed to Canada on a ship and then took a train via Chicago (through Tucson) to Phoenix sending postcards on the way. I have many photographs that he took including an 8 x 10 of the whole class he was with at Falcon Field. I would be great to hear from anyone who knew him. Cathy Harris (nee Hutchin)

Catherine has been contacted to add more to Her uncles story.

You can email Catherine direct on the OldOppos.co.uk website

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