THE REAL TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH

摘要

The best movie ever made about the Air Force may be "Twelve O'ClockHigh," released in 1949. It is the harrowing storv of the first B-17 bombers in England in World War II and the terrible losses they took before long-range fighters were available to escort them on combat missions over Europe. It had an authenticity seldom seen in war movies. It pushed all the right buttons for airmen, who held it in such regard that the movie became something of a cult film for several generations of Air Force members.