On 1/3/32, Charles Jnr, the son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped and subsequently murdered. What is the best book on the subject? Who was the murderer, did he receive justice or escape justice? What is your opinion? As an inside, it is ironic that Charles Lindbergh was such a Nazi supporter when the supposed murderer of his son was of German origin.
By: J Boyle - 8th May 2006 at 00:04
But saying that i thought he served his country in a civilian roll in the pacific in some combat missions.
CAL’s biggest wartime contribution may have been flying P-38s with USAAF units in the Pacific and advising them how to stretch their range through various mixture/throttle/prop settings.
BTW: FDR wouldn’t let him take a more active wartime role following his isolationist stance in the “America First” group…and an disagreement over airmail contracts. In 1934, sensing a “big-business” scandal that wasn’t really there, he cancelled existing contracts with reasonably well equipped and experienced commercial operators and handed it to an unprepared and ill-equipped USAAC. Several USAAC planes were lost and pilots killed, while at the same time nearly wrecking an industry CAL had worked a long time to establish. CAL was openly critical of the measure.
FDR had a long memory and such there was no love between them. He would have been happy for CAL to stay at home during the war.
By: Crusader - 5th May 2006 at 21:47
The murderer was called Bruno hauptmann a drifter and carpenter he was executed in 1936.As for lindbergh being a Nazi party sympathiser after the death of his son lingbergh moved his family to Europe and while there took up an invite to see germany’s booming aircraft manufacturing industry.Back home i believe they saw him as a sympathiser it must have been a difficult time for him.But saying that i thought he served his country in a civilian roll in the pacific in some combat missions.
He flew once with 2x2000lb bombs underneath an F-4U, and ‘tested’ a Japanese gun emplacement out of existance.
By: laviticus - 5th May 2006 at 20:59
The murderer was called Bruno hauptmann a drifter and carpenter he was executed in 1936.As for lindbergh being a Nazi party sympathiser after the death of his son lingbergh moved his family to Europe and while there took up an invite to see germany’s booming aircraft manufacturing industry.Back home i believe they saw him as a sympathiser it must have been a difficult time for him.But saying that i thought he served his country in a civilian roll in the pacific in some combat missions.
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