Jimmy Stewart flew a B17 in WWII, I forget how many missions but it was a bunch. What made these idiots think he was a communist(which is what all the DUmmies are)?
Jimmy Stewart retired from the Air Force Reserve as a Brigadiere General.
None in the B-17. He had been a B-17 Instructor pilot in the US, but his operational missions were in the B-24 Liberator.
You probably know these things, calex59. I posted just to inform other FReepers who might not know anything about Brigadier General James M. Stewart, who also had a bit of a Hollywood career.
I think he flew 25 missions over Germany. If I'm not mistaken that was the number of missions a bomber pilot or crewman had to complete before he could go back to the states. I think Clark Gable also flew on quite a few missions over Germany. I say "flew on" missions because I don't think he was an actual pilot or co-pilot. Stewart, Gable, Fonda, and quite a few of the WWII era Hollywood actors were involved in combat or some other type of actual military service during WWII instead of just using their celebrity status for things like making film clips and public appearances urging Americans to buy war bonds.
Interestingly, John Wayne, who during and after the war starred in many war movies as a heroic fighting man, was classified 3-A by his draft board on the request of his film studio. A 3-A classification amounted to a draft deferral during that war, and he never served in any branch of the military.