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Gunship
- Dan Taunton-Fraser
- Unrepped
- Available
- Action
- Drama
- Scouted
- 76.9
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In 1942, disgraced pilot Jay Zeamer is transferred to the 43rd Bomb Group, where he struggles to reclaim his right to fly and defeat the Japanese in World War II by secretly putting together a group of soldiers for a dangerous reconnaissance mission.
In 1942, disgraced pilot Jay Zeamer is transferred to the 43rd Bomb Group, where he struggles to reclaim his right to fly and defeat the Japanese in World War II by secretly putting together a group of soldiers for a dangerous reconnaissance mission.
In 1942, young rule-breaking Air Force pilot Jay Zeamer is stationed in the Pacific when he takes on a secret project in attempting to rebuild a trashed B-17 bomber and fly his own mission against the Japanese. After his superiors discover his plan, they deem him capable of the dangerous task, and allow him to round up a crew that supports his increasingly high-stakes flights into enemy territory.
Despite directly contradicting orders, a spirited Air Force pilot stationed in the Pacific in WWII impresses his superiors with his resourceful and unlikely ideas, eventually getting the chance to assemble a crew of like-minded airmen to fly risky missions to surprise and undermine an enemy stronghold near Australia.
Film
Film, Action, Biopic, Drama, Period, War, Feel Good/Uplifting, Ensemble Cast, Military, Historical, Airplane, Hero, True Story, WWII
115
R
High
M
Unspecified
24
Attractive
Pearl Harbor, Against the Sun, Fly Boys, Red Tails, The Pacific (TV), Flags of Our Fathers, Red Barron
1942-1943
Locations include: various warplanes (including the B-26 and Fortress), airspace above New Guinea, Australian airstrip, tent, service road, boneyard, jeep, office, port, intelligence hut, hotel in Rabaul, New Britain Island, dive bar, Japanese destroyer, crash site, mess hall, revetment, greenhouse, bungalow, jungle village, banquet hall, army field hospital, and stockade cell.
In 1942, pilot JAY ZEAMER (24) defies orders in hopes of protecting a fellow Allied plane against the Japanese. When Zeamer returns to base, he is transferred to the 43rd Bomb Group for clerical work as punishment. He immediately butts heads with LIEUTENANT COLONEL WEXFORD (50s), who prevents Zeamer from flying.
Meanwhile, in a hotel in Rabaul, HYUN LEE (20s), a Korean comfort woman spies on a nearby POW camp from her hotel room. She transmits information to Allied forces before having sex with Japanese imperial navy fighter pilot ENSIGN YOSHIO OKI (26).
Back on the 43rd Bomb Group’s base, photographer SERGEANT “KODAK” KENDRICK (22) brings back reconnaissance pictures of Rabaul that are hard to make out due to cloud coverage blurring the photo. When Wexford and Zeamer meet with LIEUTENANT GENERAL GEORGE CHURCHILL KENNEY (53), Zeamer suggests flying below the clouds for better pictures. His idea is rejected. That night, though, Zeamer and his friend, CAPTAIN MCCULLAR (25), secretly fly a Fortress to Rabaul. They bomb a Japanese destroyer before returning home.
Zeamer is reprimanded. Wexford demands McCullar return to Rabaul, but he has a plane accident and dies before he can. Zeamer then finds an out-of-service Fortress in the “boneyard” where discarded aircrafts...
Meanwhile, in a hotel in Rabaul, HYUN LEE (20s), a Korean comfort woman spies on a nearby POW camp from her hotel room. She transmits information to Allied forces before having sex with Japanese imperial navy fighter pilot ENSIGN YOSHIO OKI (26).
Back on the 43rd Bomb Group’s base, photographer SERGEANT “KODAK” KENDRICK (22) brings back reconnaissance pictures of Rabaul that are hard to make out due to cloud coverage blurring the photo. When Wexford and Zeamer meet with LIEUTENANT GENERAL GEORGE CHURCHILL KENNEY (53), Zeamer suggests flying below the clouds for better pictures. His idea is rejected. That night, though, Zeamer and his friend, CAPTAIN MCCULLAR (25), secretly fly a Fortress to Rabaul. They bomb a Japanese destroyer before returning home.
Zeamer is reprimanded. Wexford demands McCullar return to Rabaul, but he has a plane accident and dies before he can. Zeamer then finds an out-of-service Fortress in the “boneyard” where discarded aircrafts...