WWII Air Force Colonel asked pilots “Do you want to live forever?” before he sent them to die in war

Was Glenn Miller's airplane hit by friendly fire, did they hit bad weather, or did the bandleader meet his demise in a Parisian bordello?

The official explanation is the most obvious: Miller and the crew fell victim to bad weather. Flights from Twinwood Farm, the British airfield where Miller departed, had been grounded for several days prior due to fog, and the cloud ceiling had fallen to 1,500 feet on the day in question. Conditions in Paris were just as poor, with local French air controllers formally denying Morgan’s request to undertake the flight. But according to a 2014 episode of History Detectives, commanding officer Colonel Norman Baessell ordered Morgan to make the trip anyway so that Miller could meet up with the rest of his band and perform a concert for the troops.

The haze was bad enough to prompt the notoriously plane-phobic Miller to quip, “Where the hell are the parachutes?” Baessell, according to legend, replied, “What’s a matter with you Miller, do you want to live forever?”

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Video Excerpt from “."The Glenn Miller Mystery | Great Mysteries and Myths of the 20th Century” a Nugus/Martin Production series for Thames TV. Watch entire video at: • The Glenn Miller Mystery | Great Mysteries...

There is a high price to pay for the blood we spill constantly. We can’t just blow everything and everybody up then just die and go to sleep. I know nothing of the easter bunny or santa claus. What I do know is that life is the greatest gift of all. Life is not the type of gift you give to someone and then take it away. You have to forfeit the gift of life. Worshipping or making a slave out of a human being will buy you a ticket back to the sun. Everything is given to us and we throw it away. Do you want to live forever? The Keys to Eternal Life in this World are Simple: No Worship, No Slaves.

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