The love of flying was always a driving force in Robert Timmer s life as he grew up in the 1920 s and 30 s in the West Michigan town of Wyoming Park. It would lead him to leave his family and sweetheart (before the bombing of Pearl Harbor) to join the Royal Canadian Air Force, and eventually serve as a pilot with both the RAF and the USAAF during WWII. In his biography of one man s all too short life, author Nicholas Timmer gives the reader a well-researched glimpse into what it took to prepare a raw recruit to ultimately fly a cumbersome B-24 Liberator with the famed Ted s Travelling Circus of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. From basic training to the courageous bombing of the Ploesti oil fields, the author paints a clear picture sometimes humorous, sometimes heart-rending of the fortitude and sacrifice it took to be an airman. There were many heroes in the air war to end Fascist aggression. This is one of their stories.

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Originally from Wyoming Park, Michigan, Nick Timmer graduated from Western Michigan University and began teaching in Marshall, Michigan. While there, he served as middle school principal and superintendent. He earned his Ph.D. at Michigan State University and his career path included time at Kentwood Public Schools and Kent Intermediate School District, both in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He and Michele have six children and seven grandchildren. He has traveled to all parts of the world, loves to golf collect books, garden and spend time with children and grandchildren.

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