Kinda enjoy the old films so Bogie, Grant, Fonda, Cagney etc are favorites.
But I kinda have a soft spot for the old B24 pilot, Jimmy Stewart.
Never acted in a war film, but played a combat pilot in real life. He didn't have to do it but felt it was his resposibility. Enlisted before Pearl Harbor and after winning an Oscar. Needless to say his movie bosses were not happy.
B17 instructor pilot
B24 pilot and Squadron CO 703rd BS, 445th BG, 8th AF
Group Operations officer 453rd BG
Lead the 445th BGs first mission to Keil, Germany December 13, 1943 and ended up flying 20 or so combat missions including to Berlin on March 22, 1944 and was flying on D-Day as well.
Image is from the recent book "Jimmy Stewart-Bomber Pilot" by Starr Smith.
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