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Men of the Sky

Men of the Sky

Drama, War

20m

July 25, 1942 (83 years ago)

Overview

A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S. Army Air Force pilots receiving their wings from Lt. General H.H. Arnold. An off-screen narrator introduces four of them to us; we see them before the war, during flight training, and in their first assignments as pilots.

ActorAge thenAge now
Tod Andrews

Tod Andrews

Cadet Frank Bickley

Birthday: November 10, 1914

27 November 7, 1972 (57)
Eleanor Parker

Eleanor Parker

Mrs. Frank Bickley

Birthday: June 26, 1922

20 December 9, 2013 (91)
Don DeFore

Don DeFore

Cadet Dick Mathews

Birthday: August 25, 1913

28 December 22, 1993 (80)
Ray Montgomery

Ray Montgomery

Cadet Jim Morgan

Birthday: May 27, 1922

20 June 4, 1998 (76)
Ruth Ford

Ruth Ford

Cadet Gladdens' Sweetheart

Birthday: July 7, 1911

31 August 12, 2009 (98)
Dave Willock

Dave Willock

Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens

Birthday: August 13, 1909

32 November 12, 1990 (81)
Owen Crump

Owen Crump

Narrator (voice)

Birthday: December 30, 1903

38 February 13, 1998 (94)
Henry H. Arnold

Henry H. Arnold

Himself - 'Hap' Arnold

Birthday: -

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