I remember a thread on here a while back, started by one of our transatlantic pals, that suggested Mr Yeager was a bit of a miserable sod and quite anti British. I was quite surprised by it, but, without meeting the bloke, I would’nt like to comment on that, does anyone actually know the truth about this.
I read his biography a few years ago and was quite taken with it, it’s interesting to think that I spent many happy times at the Cakes and Ale campsite on the old airfield in Leiston where he was based, but I didn’t know it at the time, strange to think that he could have been lying in the grass where we put up our tent.
As far as I’m concerned, he was one of the great heroes of ‘to the edge’ flying, it must have been a bit wierd to play the role of barman in ‘The Right Stuff’ and watch an actor play yourself.
Glad to see the old boy is still going, despite hanging out with those obnoxious Hilton people.
It’s taken some years, but I have the evidence. This appeared on the General’s FB page a few days ago. I’d been following him on FB for awhile. Good thing about FB you can get “close” to your heroes, but unfortunately in this case someone I once admired went from hero to zero in about 24hours. Many Brits commented on this, pointing out firstly the stupidity of it and secondly many in UK respected what USAAF did in WW2. I even posted a picture of the memorial at Leiston to his former FG. Sadly all the comments, polite that they were, that did not accord with his version of history were removed (including mine) and only the anti British comments now remain. still I guess Yeager, or should I say Jeager, is a German name and he just flew for the wrong side. I even found I was barred from commenting further on his FB page. Needless to say I no longer follow him
Anyone want a signed copy of his autobiography? Going cheap. Second thoughts, I’ll just put it on the fire.
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