Feature Letter of January 8th, 2026
Gilroy, Wilbert H.
This is rotten weather again. Last night it snowed, then it turned to slush and since then the wind has blown incessantly from the north. It is rather miserable as it holds up our flying entirely. I have been here 8 days now and in all that time I have only been up 25 minutes. If I recall one of your letters correctly, you said not to hurry too much anyway, so that is certainly carrying out your instructions to the letter....However I am quite busy these bad days on machine guns and wireless. I am wretched on wireless, so that I have lots of room for improvement. And today I heard that I was due to leave here on Sunday next to proceed to Hythe on a course of aerial gunnery and aerial photography, to commence on the 15 Jan and to continue until about the 27th.
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