My wife is one of Col. Heflin's four daughters. Like many WWII vets, Heflin never discussed his Carpetbagger role, but it is fairly well documented in this and several other websites. Fortunately, I have all of his flight records, efficiency reports, etc. and will be preparing a manuscript for publication in 2012. I already have pending for peer review a manuscript that primarily picks up after his Carpetbagger period and focuses on his significant role in Project Alberta, the effort to weaponize the atomic bomb technology. His story exposes the Tibbets narrative as woefully incomplete.
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