12 O'clock High which was made into a pretty good movie with Gregory Peck and a 60s TV series that I thought was pretty cool but I recently saw a few reruns and they sucked in the historically accurate department right down the the cigarettes they smoked.
Back in the day they smoked Luckies and Camels...NOT 100 mm extra lengths that didn't come out until the '60s. Filters didn't show up in any numbers until about 1950 and didn't become popular until the early 60s.
Also shot down evadees and POW camp escapees were grounded upon return to American control. Yet a lot of the TV characters that were shot down and made if back went back into the air upon return.
I had been looking for a copy of the book for decades off and on and found it on Kindle for three or four bucks.
It's a pretty good read and I'm glad I found it.
If you're interested check it out.
As usual it's better than the movie and a LOT better than the TV series.
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