1.0a genealogist's sketchbookhttps://nltaylor.net/sketchbookNat Taylorhttps://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/archives/author/natrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8zVQLPKgpF"><a href="https://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/archives/114">cousin Wilbur and the ‘Scrubbed Goose’ (NSFW [!])</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/archives/114/embed#?secret=8zVQLPKgpF" width="600" height="338" title="“cousin Wilbur and the ‘Scrubbed Goose’ (NSFW [!])” — a genealogist's sketchbook" data-secret="8zVQLPKgpF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Posting Wilbur’s Air Service Command patch got me to go back over the fragments of his war memorabilia to flesh out his service. He was in England from February 1944 to July 1945, rigging parachutes at an Eighth Air Force Liberator base in Norfolk, but we didn’t know where. It now looks like he was […]https://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/scrubbed_goose_det.jpg