There were approximately 6000 individuals who were trained as glider pilots during WWII for one-way missions into enemy territory. Sylvan Ralph Lucier was one of these brave men, and was killed in the line of duty during a training accident. This website collects his family's research on his life and death.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Letter of New Pilot to Mother

C.A. ACZD
Oxnard CAl
April 25, 1942
Dearest Mother,
After a man has soloed for the first time in the U.S. Army Air Corps, he is allowed to wear a little wing in his flight cap. Now that I have soloed, I can wear the wing and I am sending you its mate. It is the tradition here to send the little wing to the girl friend but I much rather send mine to my best friend my mother.
All my love,
Sylvan
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