God Is My Co Pilot (film)

God is My CoPilot is a 1945 American blackandwhite war film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Robert Buckner, directed by Robert Florey, and starring Dennis Morgan and Dane Clark. The screenplay by Abem Finkel and Peter Milne is based on the 1943 autobiography of the same name by Robert Lee Scott, Jr. April 12, 1908 February 27, 2006 and tells the story of Scotts involvement with the Flying Tigers and the United States Army Air Forces in China and Burma during World War II.

After a physical examination, despite Scotts assurances that he is fine, the doctor must ground him because of his age, signs of combat fatigue, and other related health concerns. As a result, he must now sitout the largest airraid against the Japanese ever planned in China. As Scott listens through an open window to the mission briefing details, Chennault looks on, studying him, having come to a command decision. Out on the airfield is a brand new P40 fighter that is larger, with more firepower, and a more powerful Allison engine. Chennault tells Scott the aircraft is his for one last mission, a gift from of the old man. Elated, Scott firesup his new fighter and rapidly gets airborne. He quickly climbs skyward to join the squadrons of fighters and bombers formedup and now heading east toward certain victory.In order to provide authentic aerial sequences, the principal photography took place in JulyAugust of 1944 at Luke Auxiliary One airfield in Arizona. The use of Training Command Curtiss P40Es and Fs, Note some one dozen North American B25Gs and various other training aircraft helped create a busy sky, but unfortunately also led to the loss of five airmen in a midair collision. Note With as many as 60 aircraft committed to the production, the film was the most ambitious of its kind in wartime. To portray the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters, the production used Hollywood Zeros, the ubiquitous North American AT6 trainers, painted in camouflage and Japanese markings. ........

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