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Twelve O’clock High

During the Second World War, the United States was predominantly aiding Great Britain and their actions against the central power of Europe, Germany. In Twelve O’clock High, directed by Henry King, the American 918th Bombardment Group suffers losses due to miscommunication during air attacks. Early in the movie, during a routine mission, five of the group’s B-17 Flying Fortresses were shot down because of poor strategy and navigation. The head navigator missed a crucial checkpoint during the mission, which caused failure of the planned simultaneous attack. The planes were three minutes late leaving each of the B-17s at variable altitudes, thus the British had to take necessary action and relieve the Group Commander Keith Davenport of his Lieutenant status. Davenport states his compassion for each and ever man under him, “I don’t believe in chopping someone’s head off for one mistake. I don’t think that’s any way to run a group.” The movie f...