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HOFFMAN LAW GROUP – REAL ESTATE FREEDOM UNLAWFUL DETAINERS

  • Found a letter today from my uncle, Capt. Gus Hoffman, to his father from England, May 11, 1944. He talked about how he missed the home ranch, the mountain air, and how he and his wife hoped to have a daughter upon his next leave home, but how he had recently been promoted to lead his squadron and wanted to do well for his men:
“Flying the lead position at the head of eighteen or thirty-six airplanes is a lot of responsibility and of course the entire mission depends on the lead crew doing a good job. So far I have done a good job, which has made me feel pretty good. My total of missions now is 56. That’s a lot of missions and represents about 185 combat flying hours, which is a long time to be over enemy territory. I’ll have some long tales to tell you when I get home.....Son” 
It was his last letter. The Lord took him to his true home 28 days later on 5/29/44.  His squadron successfully softened the Nazis for the Allied invasion on D-day, only days later. He went down with his B26B after taking massive damage and allowing his crew to parachute to safety. The last photo is his father’s reply which was returned unopened in June.  It is marked : “Missing in action over English Channel”. —Not all heroes wear capes. Let us remember the ordinary men and women who sacrifice for the freedom of others and families they leave behind. 🇺🇸 #notallheroeswearcapes #veteransday
Found a letter today from my uncle, Capt. Gus Hoffman, to his father from England, May 11, 1944. He talked about how he missed the home ranch, the mountain air, and how he and his wife hoped to have a daughter upon his next leave home, but how he had recently been promoted to lead his squadron and wanted to do well for his men:
“Flying the lead position at the head of eighteen or thirty-six airplanes is a lot of responsibility and of course the entire mission depends on the lead crew doing a good job. So far I have done a good job, which has made me feel pretty good. My total of missions now is 56. That’s a lot of missions and represents about 185 combat flying hours, which is a long time to be over enemy territory. I’ll have some long tales to tell you when I get home…..Son”
It was his last letter. The Lord took him to his true home 28 days later on 5/29/44. His squadron successfully softened the Nazis for the Allied invasion on D-day, only days later. He went down with his B26B after taking massive damage and allowing his crew to parachute to safety. The last photo is his father’s reply which was returned unopened in June. It is marked : “Missing in action over English Channel”. —Not all heroes wear capes. Let us remember the ordinary men and women who sacrifice for the freedom of others and families they leave behind.