George HW Bush pictured circa 1941Bush joined the Air Force at 18 and flew 58 combat missions during WWIIGeorge HW Bush married Barbara Pierce in 1945Bush poses with his son and future president George W Bush after he made 2nd Lieutenant with the Texas Air National GuardBush is pictured with four of his sons (L-R) Neil, Jeb, George W and MarvinPresident George Bush sits on the White House lawn with spaniel Millie and puppies on 4 May 1989President George Bush, Queen Elizabeth and Barbara Bush shake hands with Mike Gallego, Rick Honeycutt, and Jose Canseco of the Oakland AthleticsBarbara Bush campaigned at her husband's side throughout his political careerPresident Gerald Ford, Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping, US Representative to the PRC George Bush in Beijing on 3 December 1975George and Barbara Bush on the campaign trail for re-electionVice President George HW Bush acknowledges the welcome to Ireland by Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald in 1983President Bush, his wife Barbara and Boris Yeltsin and others at a breakfast meeting in the White House in 1989George and Barbara Bush seen with their daughter and grandchildrenThe new CIA director shares a joke with Richard Nixon at his swearing-in ceremonyPictured in 1979 relaxing after a jogGeorge HW Bush is sworn in as the 41st President of the United States in 1989Fishing on the Kennebunk River in 1990Harnessed to Staff Sergeant Bryan Schell George HW Bush parachutes in celebration of his 80th birthday in 2004