Friday Evening
Dear Mom + Dad,
I finally received a letter from you today, the one that was written Sunday evening. 5 days in the air mail, that is pretty sad. It probably was held up here trying to find me as it didn’t have the full address only my preliminary one. I also received one from Emily so I imagine that things will begin to pop with regularity now.
Well I have good news to report. I am now officially an aviation cadet. Yes I passed my recheck today and I slid through. I still don’t know what my classification will be now but I imagine it will be pilot. It took me 4 trials to pass. The Captain I had the last time was the main reason for my passing. He gave me a break and said if I could read the 20/20 line with both eyes instead of the usual one he would pass me. Well I did and he kept his word. I was just so near passing all the time I guess he figured it was safe to wave me through. I was in perfect shape outside of this minor defect. Now I’m a full fledged cadet. I wait now until they classify me according to the results of the test I took. I imagine the classification will come out around Monday. I’m fairly certain it will be that of pilot as that is what they classify the majority of the boys as.
I still can make bombardier or navigator yet. It is very hard to tell but I’m fairly certain it will be pilot.
I’m very happy about the whole thing as I wanted to make it and I have succeeded barring unforeseen incidents. I now have a tough nine months ahead of me but I don’t mind. I feel that I will like it very much especially after I get started. It will also be something that will be of practical use in the future too. If I like aviation enough I will have the best training possible for in later life. I have everything to gain and nothing to lose. It will also postpone my foreign duty for over a year, much better that I could do otherwise. I don’t mind that but if I can avoid it and still be doing a service to my country I’m happy. You see what I mean!
Incidentally things sure look good as far as the war is concerned. This thing may end a lot sooner than I had hoped for.
Well I guess that’s the dope for now. I’m sending this air mail as I know you want to hear my fate. I sure hope it doesn’t take 5 days.
Love
Bob
Bob
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