Bombardier Page #7

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Yes, sir, crying.

Buck, I wouldn't go in there now

if I were you.

But I got to see Burt,

I want to explain what happened.

It's going to be awful hard

to make her understand now.

Why don't you wait for a while?

Chick, I want you to know that

I didn't...

Listen, Buck, I believe you.

But there's going to have to be

an investigation,

and the Board is going to insist on

knowing all the facts.

Captain Oliver.

Captain Oliver, the charges against

you have been duly considered.

This Board of Inquiry

and Major Davis have investigated

the evidence purporting to show

that your oxygen equipment failed.

You have been found not guilty

as charged. Thank you, gentlemen.

The Board is dismissed.

Hey, Chick, I don't suppose

it would mean much to say

I appreciate all you've done for me

in this mess.

Forget it, nobody whitewashed you.

The Board did what was right.

There couldn't be any other verdict.

Perhaps, but it doesn't make it

any different.

Every time I fly over that area,

I think of that...

That kid tumbling through space.

You didn't try to see Burt

before she left? No, I...

What you said that day, Chick,

was very true.

I guess I was a little punch drunk,

wanting to talk to her

right after it happened,

and finally, when my sights cleared,

I couldn't talk, not to anybody.

Except you, maybe.

Funny, I always could talk to you.

When do you expect her back?

I don't know, she's going to be gone

a couple of weeks, I guess.

I'll be gone then.

Your mind's made up?

Yep, definitely. I want to be

transferred away from here.

OK, fella, I'll recommend it to

Washington. I'm going to miss you.

You're a great guy, Chick.

Used to be a great pilot too.

Always kind of hated to see

material like Chick Davis

wasted on an aerial kindergarten.

Maybe someday you'll find

it wasn't wasted. So long, Buck.

Goodbye, Mr Chips.

Oh, Buck, I just heard

the good news. That's swell.

Thanks, Charlie.

Oh, I did what you asked me to do -

I sent her the flowers and wrote

that letter we talked about.

Heard from her?

No. Letters are

funny things, Chaplain.

If you wait for them,

they don't seem to come.

I guess if a letter really wants to

find a guy,

it'll catch up with him, somewhere.

THEY SING:

And now, a moment of silent prayer.

What?

The Japs

are attacking Pearl Harbor!

Well, I guess you all heard.

This is it.

We've got a big job to do,

we'll do it.

Gentlemen, there's a date

we'll always remember...

..and they'll never forget.

Bombs away.

Come over in formation, drop the

remainder of the bombs in train.

Chick and Chaplain Craig explained

to me exactly what happened

in the plane that day

and I'm sure you'll never quite

realise how sorry I was

to find you'd gone when I came back.

Is that the letter you've been

threatening to write to Buck?

Could be. Did you tell him

I was a full colonel?

I'm telling him everything.

Here it is. All trained combat crews

are being dispatched

to active duty with Colonel Davis.

Yes, it's Colonel Davis

now in command of the group.

You'd better stop typing.

You may be leaving something out of

there you really ought to tell Buck.

I think I'm covering everything.

Burt, have you ever... Have I ever

called you Burt before?

No, but I like it.

Yeah, I kind of like it too.

Burt, have you ever thought

of getting married?

Oh, yes.

You have? Well, certainly.

So have I.

You know in every fella's life...

er...that is nine out of ten men,

they've...

there was always...

Do I sound like I'm proposing?

Vaguely.

Yeah, I was afraid of that,

but what I started to say was I...

Those parachute flares arrived yet?

Four weeks ago.

Yeah.

Four weeks ago -

should have known that.

What I was going to say, I might

as well get it off my chest...

Chick, I...

I think you're a wonderful guy.

You're so much like a man

I knew when I was a little girl...

I see what you mean.

You mean your father.

That's right.

That's done it.

I got to see a man

about an aeroplane.

Sarge, did you order

a couple of extra 50s?

Yeah, put them in my ship.

I wonder if I've forgotten anything.

You forgot to salute, didn't you?

Yes, sir.

I made it, sir.

After I was washed out, I got

a transfer. How did that happen?

Oh, I don't know, sir,

I guess brains and hard work,

and what do you think, sir?

I'm going WITH you,

I'm your armament man.

Oh, is that so?

Well, that's amazing.

I'm glad to hear it, Sergeant.

Thank you, sir.

Gee.

What are you doing, Sarge,

a little light housekeeping?

Yeah, I think I get me some of

them little bitty chintz curtains.

Why don't you get a canary?

Listen, bub, when I get in there,

there ain't going to be

no room for no canary.

Chito, honey, where are you going?

Please, darling,

where can I write to you?

It is a military secret

especially for women.

Well, baby,

if you just give me a hint.

Col Davis said we're going to Equis.

But where is Equis?

W X Y C, Equis marks the spot.

Oh, X marks the spot.

Chito, you can't take with you.

That's what I keep trying

to tell her.

The base is back that way.

I know, darling, I know.

Sergeant, I want to personally

to give this to Captain Oliver.

What is this? I'll explain later.

Captain Oliver, how do you

know I'm going to see him?

Oh, you know something I don't know,

huh?

Well, Colonel, you always

wanted to go to combat,

you must be the happiest man

on earth.

Yes, Burt, I've waited a long time

for this.

Chick, give those Japs hell.

Sometimes I resent

being so broadminded.

Shoving off, Lieutenant.

ENGINE STARTS:

Jim, we're shoving off!

I don't like to say goodbye.

So long, sir.

CHICK!

Major Oliver, sir,

reporting for duty.

Major, huh, they don't care who

they promote nowadays, do they?

That's what I was thinking, Colonel.

Anyway, thanks for sending for me,

Chick.

Don't thank me till you find out

what your mission is. When?

Tonight, surprise attack.

Good, you pitch 'em

and I'll catch 'em.

Come on, fella,

I'll get your organised.

Hey, Jordan!

Couldn't be Pete Jordan, could it?

Technical Sgt Pete Jordan, sir,

I keep getting fancier stripes all

the time. I can't figure out who...

Have a talk with me sometime, Pete,

something tells me it's the same

bird who got me the oak leaves.

Quite a mind reader, aren't you?

Sergeant? Yes, sir.

Load Major Oliver's ship

with incendiaries. Yes, sir. Hey,

don't I get to play with these demos?

No demolition bombs for you, Buck.

No, I need you to fly that ship low,

they like those Jap targets.

I remember when you

didn't like fireworks. Pay off for

them over here.

I figure you take off 35 minutes

before the main squadron.

You'll be on your own, of course.

Uh-huh. These targets will be widely

separated. By the time we get

there I want to see plenty of flame.

By the time you get there

it'll look like the Chicago Fire.

Hey, Sarge, when you get cooped up

in that tail gun position,

what are you going to do

about the juice? Swally it.

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