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Getting There: “With Fond Memories of Commando” They flew the most important person in Britain across enemy-patrolled seas and continents, but when they realized they had become celebrities, they separated for the good of the cause. W I L L I A M V A N D E R K L O O T My father met Winston Churchill in London in 1942. They were last together in New York in 1946. Quite a bit happened in between. I first began to understand the stature of Winston Churchill in 1963, when I was in a sixth grade history class. Our assignment was to bring in something—an article, artifact or photograph—that tied our family or community to World War II. All I knew was that my father was a pilot during the war—but like many of his generation, he spoke very little about his experiences. My idea was to bring in his leather flight jacket or his logbook. My father was out of town, but my mother had a better idea. She handed me an inscribed photograph that had been presented to my father, and suggested I bring that to class instead. The next day, our classroom was full of wartime artifacts. One student had a Japanese flag, another his dad’s helmet, and someone even brought a bayonet. Our teacher walked around the class and looked at each student’s item. When she came to me, she picked up the >> _________________________________________________________ Mr. VanDerKloot (billvdk@gmail.com), the son of Churchill’s wartime pilot, is the Peabody Award-winning producer of documentaries and children’s programming. He is based in Atlanta, where he spoke on this subject to the Churchill Society of Georgia. FINEST HOUR 148 / 18
L-R: Radioman Russ Holmes, Co-pilot Jack Ruggles, Capt. Bill Vanderkloot, Flight Engineers Ron Williams and John Affleck. FINEST HOUR 148 / 19
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