Brian D O'Neill is the General Counsel of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, the well-known aviation firm that produced the Curtiss P-40 fighter and the Wright Cyclone engine for the B-17 bomber during WWII. He served in the US Navy as a destroyer gunner officer and shipyard repair officer before becoming an attorney. He lives in East Windsor, New Jersey, and is an enthusiastic student of the history of the Eighth Air Force.