[eastforker]

Gable’s first combat mission occurred on May 4, 1943, when Gable accompanied 351st group commander Lt. Col. William A. Hatcher on a late afternoon familiarization mission before the 351st became operational. Flying squadron lead with Capt William R. Calhoun of the 303rd Bomb Group, RAF Molesworth, against the Ford and General Motors plants at Antwerp, Belgium, Hatcher and Gable's B-17 was nicknamed The 8 Ball MK II (s/n 41-24635). Gable fired a few rounds from a machine gun mounted in the radio room and suffered a minor case of frostbite from wearing leather gloves in the extreme cold.

Adolf Hitler esteemed Gable above all other actors; during the Second World War he offered a sizable reward to anyone who could capture and bring Gable unscathed to him

[eastforker]

Asking admin to please correct title USAAF.

[KC_Lion]

Clark Gable was the real deal.

[rlmorel]

Gable was, by all accounts I have seen, a very standup military man and was ready to do his job without all the celebrity.

Harder in practice than it is in theory, though.

[Davy Crocket]

Another Great American!

[Snickering Hound]

Shot most of the footage himself.

In a B-17 over Germany. Several missions. In 1943.

[Liz]

I believe Jimmy Stewart became a general.......and received numerous military honors.

[BBell]

Afterward, the crew noticed the fifteen holes in the aircraft, and Gable noticed his boot. Brushing off concern with reporters, Gable claimed, "I didn't know it had happened. I didn't know anything about it until we had dropped eleven thousand feet, and could get off oxygen and look around. Only then did I see the hole in the turret."

He should just said "I don't give a damn".

[mywholebodyisaweapon]

My dad and a lot of other guys met and knew Gable from his time in Florida. Said he was the greatest guy you could ever want to know, had no pretense whatsoever and taught them how to tie a necktie in his signature way. Gable was still torn up about Lombard, understandably.

Stark contrast with Jeanette McDonald.

[tubebender]

My 2 older brothers were drafted in June & July 1942. The older one was assigned to a engineering battalion and was shipped to England where he was involved in D Day and the crossing of the Rhine. The next one had tried to enlist in the Army Air Corp and was turned down but after he was drafted and served basic training was assigned flight school and became a Bombardier on a B17 and shipped to Molesworth Eng where he flew 17 missions over France & German before they were shot down on Aug 15 1944 over Weisbaden Gr and spent the rest of the war as a German POW. Both bothers came home, married and had raised a family and died of old age...

[SMGFan]

Grandson has died at 30.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/clark-gables-grandson-clark-gable-iii-dead-at-30-says-report