American aviator.
Born February 5th, 1919 in Nashville.
Died March 21st, 1943 at 24 years old in Merkel (mid-air collision).
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel