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Capt. Joseph C.`'Mac'` McConnell, Jr.
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The McConnell Story is a 1955 dramatization of the life and career of United States Air Force (USAF) pilot Joseph C. McConnell (1922–1954) directed by Gordon Douglas. McConnell served as a navigator in World War II before becoming the top American ace during the Korean War and was killed on August 25, 1954, while serving as a test pilot at ...
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The McConnell Story: Directed by Gordon Douglas. With Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore, Frank Faylen. A Korean War fighter pilot hero returns home to test fly the new Sabre jets despite his wife's uneasiness regarding his job.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Gordon Douglas
Based on the real life of a Korean War flying ace, The McConnell Story (1955) stars Alan Ladd as Joseph C. "Mac" McConnell, Jr., and June Allyson as his wife, Pearl. The film opens near the beginning of World War II when McConnell goes AWOL from the army in order to take private flying lessons at a local air field.
Joseph "Mac" McConnell Jr. (Alan Ladd) dreams of piloting airplanes, so much that he goes AWOL from an Army base to take flying lessons. When the military police go looking for him, Mac hitches a...
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- Gordon Douglas
- Drama
- Alan Ladd
In war, McConnell became America's first triple jet ace, downing 16 enemy planes. In peace, he braved the unknown as a test pilot in the jet era's infancy. And The McConnell Story's darting and...
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- Warner Bros. Classics
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Jul 7, 2010 · The mission: keep enemy planes away from helicopters evacuating wounded infantrymen. The destination: the deadly corridor called MIG Alley. Alan Ladd and June Allyson star as real-life jet aviation pioneer Capt. Joseph McConnell Jr. and his devoted wife Butch.
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