Aviator's Wife Tells of Home Front Life During World War 2

Lucille Maris tells of US Army Air Corps enlistment & training of Jim Maris, & his service as a bomber pilot in England.

This work will give you a greater appreciation for the fortitude it takes to not only serve in the military, but to be a partner supporting a member of the military.

The work content provides a personal look in to how couple handled decisions to enlist, to marry, to find housing, & to stay connected with an ocean in between them while the War was raging.

In this documentary-style work, you are treated to about hours of video in which Vickie Maris, instructor, interviews her 93-year-old mom, Lucille Maris, about life as a young bride in the work of World War two in the 1940s. Lucille's husband, Jim Maris, was a pilot of B-24 bombers who flew out Wendling, England in 1944.

You'll also get to view presentations of photographs, drawings, receipts, letters & other memorabilia that were archived by the couple in the work of the war years.

This journey spans from Lucille's early life on an California farm to the time in the late 1930s when he was dating Jim & taking her first flight in a plane with him. Next is the decision to enlist in the US Army Air Corps, & the young couple's decision to marry. While the work is told through the point of view of this aviator's bride, you will also learn about the pilot's experiences as they was in training & combat.

Travel with them as they move from base to base in the work of Jim's flight training, & then learn about Lucille's memories of saying goodbye to her young husband as they waved the wings of his B-24 to her as he stood atop the roof of the Hotel Jayhawk in Topeka, Kansas.

The work includes photographs & tales from Jim's life on base with the 392nd Bomb Group of the 578th Bombardment Squadron. They flew 30 missions out of England, his second being D-Day. Look at memorabilia from his time on a tow target base where they flew A-20s & other aircraft that towed targets for fighter pilots to make use of for in-air shooting practice.

Jim Maris was a life-long pilot & educator. After 23 years of service in the US Air Force, they done his career with 30 years of service at Purdue University. You'll listen to Vickie & Lucille speak about his time at the university where they was called in to establish the department now known as the School of Aviation Know-how.

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