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FLUTY, from 10
to the skies again, along with the thanks of every person on the assembly line that helped produce the aircraft he was flying in combat.
The letter reproduced as a graphic to accompany this story was the one that was sent to the Fluty family after Mack’s death.
It started a chain of events that would end with a very special presentation on the production line to Mr. and Mrs. Fluty, broadcast live throughout the Burbank plant. A very special P-38 began its long journey from the production lines to com- bat in the skies, with another American pilot flying the legacy of Lieutenant Fluty back into the skies — the all-American Boy and Patriot who had given his life in defense of freedom for not only we the citizens of America, but of the world.
As I was writing this issue’s entry for High Desert Hanger Stories, I realized that I could not do this story justice in just
two installments. There is much more to this story to wrap it up in a proper fashion, so I will be adding a “Part Three,” to bring it to a close.
Stories like this, when I sit alone at my desk late into the night, gain a special spirit that many times pulls at my heart and leaves me in a state of despair — but at the same time, drives me to do the best I can to present and share stories of past generation’s sacrifices, so that future gen- erations will not take our freedoms for granted. It’s important to remember the price that was paid by American families, who lost loved ones in such a noble cause as defending the ideals of America.
Next Issue: the final installment of “Lockheed Remembers One of Its Own” — and seeing as we’ll be approaching Easter at that time, I think it’s a very fitting time to remember sacrifice on behalf of others and a testimony to the human spirit.
Until next time, Bob out ...
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Above: Joseph MacKenzie Fluty’s family: his brother John William Fluty;his mother Ellen Edith Hoover Fluty, his father John Luther Fluty, and his cousins William Ira Fluty and James Lemoore Fluty. All of them worked for Lockheed in Burbank, Calif., during World War II. Left: One of the last photos of 1st. Lt. Joseph M. Fluty in Europe during World War II.
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