Jimmy Stewart and the WW2 Mission That Almost Broke Him

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[mylife]

The impact is deafening. More than 18,000 feet above the German city of Fürth, the World War II B-24 bomber they call Dixie Flyer has just delivered its full payload onto a German manufacturer,

That’s because a German shell (or flak) has pierced directly through the center of his B-24 Liberator. The whiplash is so intense that only harnesses keep him in his seat. Still, Stewart rises in the air; pilot Capt. Neil Johnson’s hands are briefly shaken from the controls; and for a moment, the entire plane is consumed with smoke as it violently ascends. When Stewart finally gets his bearings, he’s able to look down and see the hole in the aircraft—the edge of it is inches from his boot. Almost two feet in width, the gap offers a clear view through the plane’s fuselage and straight on to the German landscape below.

[llevrok]

Correction. Title is “Hank and Jim”

[Blennos]

I watched a video yesterday of a gentleman’s recollections of his first job in a new car dealership

Sounds interesting. Do you have a link?

[itsahoot]

My favorite is Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation.

There are way to many good ones to have a favorite. He made a great one with June Allison.

[Mean Daddy]

I read an excerpt. I may have to buy it. Currently reading a 3 volume Civil War set by Shelby Foote.

I met Henry Fonda years ago in Omaha. He was good friends with Emmy Gifford. A lady who had started her own theater in the neighborhood I grew up in.