JANUARY–DECEMBER 1942. Travels to Washington to seek reinstatement in Air Corps, but key Roosevelt cabinet members strongly oppose, as does much of the press, and Roosevelt says no. Repeated attempts to find position in aviation industry also fail, despite a lucrative association during the late twenties and early thirties with Transcontinental Air Transport (“the Lindbergh Line”) and as highly paid consultant with Pan American Airways. In spring finally finds work, with government approval, as consultant to Ford’s bomber development program, outside Detroit at Willow Run, and family moves to
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