Missing Pilot

out soon Europa IV – The Long Night Goodbye Nick Armbrister and Andy N Missing Pilot The girl was very nice She had a little daughter And was married But that was fine She was open minded And liked other guys And some gals too I knew she liked me No introductions were needed We got together inside the hangars By the sleeping planes We did a different type of sleeping Taking our time for it mattered Our love was there without words Leaving only memories known to us I’ll keep her name secret And just exactly what we did But know this and know it well She made my journey easier For if I never came back At least she would remember me And always love me Even if she belonged to another He did not even figure In what we did or were We kissed before I climbed the ladder Of my Lockheed P-38 Lightning She was there to see me off When I arrived in theatre I’d name my plane after her If I died in foreign skies I now had a real reason Other than for ‘freedom’... from the forthcoming anti war book Europa IV – The Long Night Goodbye