A Salute to Carroll H. Shelby – US Army Air Corps Veteran

[SVT NAJA]

On this Veterans Day 2019, we salute  Carroll Shelby for his service to the United States of America.

Before he was a race car driver  or legendary auto developer – heck, even before he was a great chicken farmer, Carroll was a flight instructor in the US Army Air Corps, training new pilots in Texas just weeks before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of WWll.

Here’s a link that chronicles his life and includes a segment about his service.

http://airportjournals.com/carroll-shelby-from-curtiss-to-cobra/

 

PS: As I recall, Carroll had a model of a P-38 fighter suspended in flight in his Las Vegas office before the move downtown.

[mhr1961]

Thanks for posting that video showing part of Mr Shelby's legacy.  It was also nice to see that Morgan Freeman took time to narrate it. Many people don’t know that Mr Freeman served in the Air Force, he is also a licensed pilot and he does a lot of work voluntarily to support Civil Aviation.

Edited November 12, 2019 by mhr1961

[Mongoose]

5 hours ago, SVT NAJA said:

On this Veterans Day 2019, we salute  Carroll Shelby for his service to the United States of America.

Before he was a race car driver  or legendary auto developer – heck, even before he was a great chicken farmer, Carroll was a flight instructor in the US Army Air Corps, training new pilots in Texas just weeks before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of WWll.

Here’s a link that chronicles his life and includes a segment about his service.

http://airportjournals.com/carroll-shelby-from-curtiss-to-cobra/

 

PS: As I recall, Carroll had a model of a P-38 fighter suspended in flight in his Las Vegas office before the move downtown.