𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐀 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐎𝐟 𝐁-𝟏𝟕 𝘽𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝘼 𝙁𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝘿𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙒𝙖𝙧 𝙄𝙄🔶🔶🔶 A hard-as-nails general (Gregory Peck as General Savage) takes over a B-17 bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.   n this story of the early days of daylight bombing raids over Nazi Germany, General Frank Savage (Gregory Peck) must take command of a "hard luck" bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets. Actual combat footage is used in this tense war drama. A decade after this movie the 12 O'clock High TV series came out and ran for 2 1/2 years.  This was an excellent TV series in itself. Stars:   Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill   and many other fine actors. A bit of movie trivia. 01:  This film is used by the US Navy as an example of leadership styles in its Leadership and Management Training School. The Air Force's College for Enlisted Professional Military Education also uses it as an education aid in its NCO academies. It is also used as a teaching tool for leadership at the Army Command and General Staff College and for leadership training in civilian seminars. It is used at the Harvard Business School as a case study in how to effect change in organizations.  02:  This film is frequently cited by surviving bomber crew members as the only accurate depiction from Hollywood of their life during the war.  03:  Many of the detailed accounts in the movie are true, and based on the experiences of veterans Bartlett and Lay. The scene where the 918th ignores the radio recall and presses on to bomb the target is true. The 94th BG, based at Bury St. Edmunds, ignored a recall order on their way to Brunswick, Germany, and pressed on to the target alone, their accompanying groups having turned back. The Group commander later said they had fought most of the way to the target, and lost 1/3 of their aircraft at that point. Instead of a reprimand, the 94th Group was given the highest group award, what is now known as the Presidential Unit Citation. The account where the pilot fought the wounded co-pilot's thrashing for hours was also true, and the pilot was awarded a Medal of Honor for saving his crew.  04:  The B-17 bomber crash landing at the airstrip near the beginning of the movie was not a special effect. Stunt pilot Paul Mantz was paid $4,500 to crash-land the bomber. Mantz, of course, walked away from the wreck. Until the 1970s, that was the largest amount paid to a stuntman for a single stunt.