Reading that article, I had struck by the similarities between General Stewart’s real life experiences and the pilots depicted in the movie “Twelve O’Clock High”.
The ending scene where Gregory Peck’s character has a nervous breakdown was chilling. Evidently not too far-fetched either.
Twelve O’Clock High and Wyler’s The Best Years of Their Lives, along with Memphis Belle were my favorite Army Air Force movies. Wyler actually flew as a civilian film maker in the bombers which had a loss rate of 1 in 4 at that time. The scene in which Dean Jagger comes home from the war and is walking across the field to his home is powerful.