Recent content by wmlaven

Thanks for the great summary on my uncle George Laven - he and my father were brothers. (Hi, Jenny.) As a kid I heard great stories from him - he especially loved the P-38 and told how one could quickly feather one engine and turn on a dime with the powerful yaw on one engine. One of his...

Thanks so much for those photos. Yup, that's my dad and my grandmother.

Thanks again. If you have a link to the P-38 association, please pass it along. I'll check with my cousins about photos to post. I once had one of him with his F-104, but lost it years ago. As I understand he was one of Lockheed's test pilots for awhile, maybe just on the P-38.

Yup, that's my uncle Butz (his childhood nickname because as a baby he reponded when his parents said "butzy, butzy" -- sort of an antidote to his warbird escapades.) When he flew to San Antonio he did a low pass over the field and rolled the plane -- my grandmother fainted on the spot...

I'm looking for info on my uncle, George Laven, a P-38 ace and was happy to find this forum. Any info would be appreciated by me and my cousins (ie his kids).