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List Price: $4.98 Our Price: $4.98 Features • Black & White • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 1944 DVD Release : 15 May, 2001 |
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| I came across this film (unknown to me) as a bonus movie from a DVD called "WWII in Color." I knew that Gable had flown 5 missions - but I didn't know he made combat films. The combat footage of this film is very good. Don't miss this if your into original footage.
Here is some info on Gabel's war time experience: In 1942, following Lombard's death, Gable joined the U.S. Army Air Forces. As Captain Clark Gable, he trained with and accompanied the 351st Heavy Bomb Group as head of a 6-man motion picture unit making a gunnery training film. While at RAF Polebrook, England, Gable flew five combat missions, including one to Germany, as an observer-gunner in B-17 Flying Fortresses between May 4 and September 23, 1943, earning the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his efforts. Adolf Hitler esteemed Gable above all other actors, and during the Second World War, offered a sizable reward to anyone who could capture and bring Gable unscathed to him. He left the Army Air Forces with the rank of major. |
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