Spirit’s Haunt

ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE DATES in the past 100 years is December 7, 1941. On that day, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor with a swarm of aircraft, crippling one of the most powerful navies in the world. When the enemy aircraft attacked, Second Lieutenant George A. Whiteman, a native of Sedalia, Missouri, scrambled to his Curtiss P-40 Warhawk at Wheeler Field, Hawaii. As soon as the P-40 started to become airborne, he was downed by the enemy and killed. His legacy still lives on today in the form of Whiteman AFB, Missouri, named in honor of the brave pilot. The base began life as Sedalia Army Air Base on August 6, 1942. Waco CG-4A gliders, Curtiss C-46s, and Douglas C-47s were based there. After the war, the base was…

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