Stewart was not drafted, he enlisted and then got into the Army Air Corpse NOT as a fighter pilot but as a Bomber Pilot. He was then supposed to be a showcase piece, but with the help of a close friend, Hap Arnold, was able to fly in some of the most dangerous bombing missions of the war. Later to be one of the flyers to help set up the bombing raid on D-Day***although d-day was used in a lot of missions with the real name being Overlord***. American pilots had not taken off in the dark till this raid and were nervous about taking off during the early morning hours in order to get there in time, as they had to drop their loads till minutes before trhe landings. So Jimmy tought up a plan on how the pilots should take off at slightly different angles and then form up after all where in the air! So lastly for Jimmy diehards I recomend the book "Jimmy Stewart - Bomber Pilot! A really exzcellent book!
Review of Stars of the Silver Screen
