Daughter who finds the letters and finally "meets" her deceased father through reading about his adventures.

The author of all the letters and depictions of what life was like in training and fighting in WWII.

Frank Thompson's pilot who carried out the "perfect ditch" and saved his entire crew. He is still alive on the east coast, living with his wife at 96 years old.

United States

Biography

History

Family

English

Book

Movie

Television

Tennessee

Other

There are flashbacks of letters during WWII and then present day as the author tracing history and the steps of her father.

The story takes place in several places: training bases in the US and England.