Clark Gable wrote letters to the loved ones of fellow fliers KIA

during WW2.

Gable joined the Air Corps after his wife, Carole Lombard, was killed in a plane crash during a war bond drive.

Gable was officially restricted to flying very few milk run missions but would sneak on board other missions. How many missions he flew is unknown but it's estimated they were quite numerous. Hitler had a bounty on him if he could be captured alive. Official sources have it listed he flew 5 combat missions but it's accepted that the number is much higher than that.

Anyway, at one point Gable took to writing bereaved families of men that had been shot down or killed in action.

At first Gable was looked on by his fellow fliers as a spoiled big shot movie star but later gained the respect of the guys he served with because he became one of them. He sought out dangerous missions and cared about the guys he served with.

Another Hollywood type, Jimmy Stewart flew a lot more missions than he was given credit for.

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