COVID-19 stalls Carl Molesworth’s book launch at history museum

Bay View author Carl Molesworth has been fascinated with the life of famed Flying Tiger pilot Bill Reed for over four decades.

But he was only recently able to get around to writing about the highly decorated though ill-fated World War II aviator.

Molesworth is now practicing the same patience he showed in researching and developing the book when it comes to rolling it out to local readers.

He was scheduled to launch “Flying Tiger Ace: The Story of Bill Reed, China’s Shining Mark” at a spring reception at the Skagit County Historical Museum in La Conner.

The COVID-19 pandemic, however, forced...