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Robert "Dutch" Holland (James Stewart) is a professionalbaseballplayer with the St. Louis

Cardinals!ote #$.% &'bomber pilot durin* +orld +ar ,, he is also an officer on inacti-e

status in the nited States %ir /orce Reser-e. Durin* sprin* trainin*inSt. 0etersbur* /loridahe is recalled to acti-e duty for # months. He reports to his postin* at Carswell %/& a bomber

base in /ort +orth 1e2asto 3ualify in the Con-air &'45. He arri-es in ci-ilian clothin* because

his old uniforms are those of the old .S. %rmy %ir /orces. 1his is to the *reat displeasure of6eneral Haw7es (/ran7 Lo-e8oy) the commander of S%C. 1he 6eneral9s character is patterned

after the real S%C commander of the time 6eneralCurtis Le:ay.

Dutch is *i-en a staff 8ob with the bombardment win* at Carswell that in-ol-es a lot of flyin*.

He soon has a &'45 crew of his own selectin* a former +orld +ar ,, collea*ue as his fli*hten*ineer and becomes enamored with both flyin* and the role of S%C in deterrin* war. He is

8oined by his wife Sally (June %llyson) who had not bar*ained on bein* an %ir /orce wife and

who stru**les with his repeated absences and the dan*ers of flyin*. ;n any *i-en ni*ht Dutchmi*ht find his aircraft on airborne alert far from the continental nited States in secret only

tellin* his wife when he returns days later. win* at :acDill Dutch decidesto Sally9s displeasure to remain in the %ir /orce rather than return to baseball at the end of his

acti-e duty obli*ation.

;n a full &'=> win* mo-ement e2ercise that in-ol-es flyin* nonstop from :acDill to?o7ota %ir

&aseJapan they encounter se-ere wind and storms. Low on fuel they di-ert to @adena %ir&ase;7inawa. %s they prepare to land Dutch realiAes that his arm in8ury from the &'45 crash

was worse than he thou*ht and it is almost immobile. He is unable to operate the en*ine power

le-ers (throttles) durin* final landin* phase and has to rely on his co'pilot to do so while Dutch

wor7s the fli*ht controls with his left arm and feet.

1his in8ury not only bars him from further flyin* (he is dischar*ed from the %ir /orce (S%/)

shortly after the incident) but also appears to threaten his baseball career. 6eneral Haw7es

su**ests he would ma7e an e2cellent team mana*er.

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