#flashbackfriday i don't believe in coincidences. i believe all things happen with purpose; this is my spiritual belief. here is a story. meet herbert m. heilburn, age 91. i met him yesterday (and asked to take his picture) while doing a shoot at lunken a
#flashbackfriday i don't believe in coincidences. i believe all things happen with purpose; this is my spiritual belief. here is a story. meet herbert m. heilburn, age 91. i met him yesterday (and asked to take his picture) while doing a shoot at lunken air field in #cincinnati. i was with some friends who had asked me to photograph them next to a historic b-17 bomber that was flying in for airport days at the historic art deco terminal. my friend has a cool motorcycle custom painted with pin-up girls and classic artwork of planes that graced aircraft in WW2. herbert asked to see the bike, and he told us his story. herb flew was a b-17 #pilot flew numerous bombing missions over nazi germany. at that time, he was escorted through missions by the all black tuskeegee airmen of the 332nd fighter squadron - they flew p-51 mustangs. 50 years later, he sought out the men who had protected him during his mission with the intent of thanking them. he went to the tuskeegee airmen annual meeting. there he met john h. leahr, who was part of the 332nd. the kicker: not only were they from the same hometown (cincinnati, ohio) but they had attended the same grade school - and appeared standing together in a 3rd grade photograph taken in 1928. john was the only black child in a class of 41 children. herb and john agreed that racial segregation had kept them apart, and they vowed to share their story with the american people in an effort to improve interracial understanding. you can read herb's and john's story in the book they wrote: Black and White Airmen: Their True Story.
#flashbackfriday i don't believe in coincidences. i believe all things happen with purpose; this is my spiritual belief. here is a story. meet herbert m. heilburn, age 91. i met him yesterday (and asked to take his picture) while doing a shoot at lunken a
#flashbackfriday i don't believe in coincidences. i believe all things happen with purpose; this is my spiritual belief. here is a story. meet herbert m. heilburn, age 91. i met him yesterday (and asked to take his picture) while doing a shoot at lunken air field in #cincinnati. i was with some friends who had asked me to photograph them next to a historic b-17 bomber that was flying in for airport days at the historic art deco terminal. my friend has a cool motorcycle custom painted with pin-up girls and classic artwork of planes that graced aircraft in WW2. herbert asked to see the bike, and he told us his story. herb flew was a b-17 #pilot flew numerous bombing missions over nazi germany. at that time, he was escorted through missions by the all black tuskeegee airmen of the 332nd fighter squadron - they flew p-51 mustangs. 50 years later, he sought out the men who had protected him during his mission with the intent of thanking them. he went to the tuskeegee airmen annual meeting. there he met john h. leahr, who was part of the 332nd. the kicker: not only were they from the same hometown (cincinnati, ohio) but they had attended the same grade school - and appeared standing together in a 3rd grade photograph taken in 1928. john was the only black child in a class of 41 children. herb and john agreed that racial segregation had kept them apart, and they vowed to share their story with the american people in an effort to improve interracial understanding. you can read herb's and john's story in the book they wrote: Black and White Airmen: Their True Story.