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

Courtesy photographs
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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