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Bombardier

Bombardier

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 14, 1943

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Drama, War

User Score

54%

Original Title

Bombardier

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Director

Richard Wallace

Description

A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular, if somewhat jingoistic, battle sequence.