Jet Pilot Page #7

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I can make 'em with vodka.

- Are they as good?

- All right if you don't mind

the Russian breath.

What's that?

Knocks everything over within 15 feet.

Where ya been?

I went back to the house.

Back to the house?

What for?

You think I'm gonna go back

to Russia without that nightgown?

Oh!

Well, he's off.

Godspeed.

Amen.

What is it, Sergeant?

Oh, sir.

I'm worried about this F-94.

Number 479. It took off from here

about a half hour ago.

Colonel Shannon? What about him?

Well, it looks like he's heading

for Siberia instead of Palmer Field.

Siberia?

Hello, Air Force Jet 479.

This is Fighter Control.

Fighter Control calling

Colonel Shannon in 479.

This is Colonel Shannon in 479.

Go ahead, Freddie.

Colonel Shannon,

do you know where you're going?

According to our radar,

you're headed west over the Bering Sea.

Yes, I know where I'm going.

So long, Freddie.

He says he knows where he's going.

Did you hear that, Anna?

Looks like the soup has hit the fan.

I'm surprised we got this far

before they found out.

Every jet outfit in Alaska

is probably scrambling to head us off.

They'll never catch us.

I'm more afraid of our jets.

Why?

You better stop

dropping down a little.

What for?

At this altitude, you'll be

showing up on the Soviet radar net

in less than five minutes.

What about it?

Your radio transmitter's

on the wrong frequency.

So I can't identify myself

if they intercept us.

They won't shoot

if we lower our landing gear.

Oh, yes, they will.

Okay, I'll go down on the deck.

I have one of my own.

What am I saying?

Refusing an American cigarette.

Why did you let him

destroy that plane?

If he hadn't,

our fighter and the flak would.

Why didn't you shoot our fighter down?

I told Shannon to, but he said

he didn't come over here to start a war.

War? What war?

That's idiotic.

Why didn't you shoot Shannon?

I didn't have anything

to shoot him with.

Nonsense. You have been taught

to kill without weapons.

I thought of that.

Then why didn't you do it?

I couldn't make up my mind at the moment

which was the most valuable to us

the plane or my husband.

Is that why you decided in his favor?

No. He's one of the best jet men

in the United States.

You couldn't ask

for a better encyclopedia.

And you're one of the best in this country,

and I cannot believe the Americans

got much information out of you.

Of course not.

But this is different.

- Why?

- The man's in love with me.

There's nothing he wouldn't do for me.

You believe he's completely

under your domination?

Haven't I proved that?

Vassily, I am glad to see you again.

This is my husband,

Colonel Shannon,

late of the United States Air Force.

Colonel Shannon, it's a rare privilege

to welcome an American Air Force officer

to the Soviet Union, however late.

You're the first, but I hope

you will not be the last.

I hope so too.

And I salute your courage...

and your judgment.

It's quite a story.

Would you like to hear it?

No, no, I've heard all about it.

My interest in you

is going to be purely technical.

You've had a long day's travel.

You must be a little tired.

I haven't been getting

much rest lately.

Show this gentleman to his quarters.

I'll call on you tomorrow

around 10:
00.

Okay, sir.

Well, go ahead.

After you, sir.

Go on!

You go first.

We insist.

What's the matter

with these guys?

Well, they were told to follow us.

How can they follow us

if you tell them to go ahead?

Oh.

Pardon me.

Why are they following us?

I'm afraid your movements here

will be more or less restricted.

Maria.

Olga.

Who was that?

Don't you remember

that famous woman sniper?

The one who killed

over a hundred Germans?

That's her.

Well, is that the way

you reward your heroes?

Well, the trip she made to the States

had rather a strange affect on her.

It did?

When she came back,

she started shooting at Russians.

Right in there, sir.

The door is unlocked.

Not quite as nice as your place

in Palmer Field.

Palmer Field.

Are you sorry you left it?

Would it do any good if I were?

No.

Why worry about it?

Come on.

My quarters are over there.

Your quarters?

I received very definite orders

to that effect before I left Moscow.

What's wrong?

You're my wife, aren't you?

Yes, but orders are orders.

What are they up to?

Are they trying to put pressure on me?

Well, you haven't been

too cooperative.

I've been talking my head off.

That's true.

But so far, you haven't told us

anything we don't know.

Well, it's not my fault.

There's a lot of stuff

I seem to have forgotten.

I can't make it out.

I usually have a pretty good memory.

I may see you tomorrow.

Well, wait a minute.

Why?

This is all so sudden.

I'm gonna miss you.

Don't worry. You'll have

a batman to look after you.

A batman?

What do I want with a batman?

He'll come in and he'll cook for you

and clean up, do your laundry

and so forth.

And so forth? Shall I let him

wash that nightie of yours?

Did I put that in your suitcase?

Oh, don't let the batman touch it.

Please hide it somewhere for me.

Hide it?

He'll steal it.

A nightgown?

You can't buy anything

like that in the Soviet.

I wouldn't lose it for anything.

I'm not even going

to wear it anymore.

I don't blame you.

I'll bring it over to you after dinner.

You'd better not.

You mean I can't come

and see you if I want to?

Not unless I receive orders

to that effect.

And you can't come and see me?

No.

I won't stand for it.

I don't know what else you can do.

I'll complain to Washington.

Well, it looks like Shannon

still has everything under control.

Did you hear

from the State Department?

The Russian government says

they have no record...

of a Colonel James Shannon being found

in Siberia or elsewhere as yet.

I guess that means Shannon

hasn't reached the end of his rope.

When are you gonna

raise the ante?

Ten days, two weeks.

We might offer as high

as half a dozen Soviet agents

in exchange for Jim.

Well, I think

it ought to be done right away.

Why?

Well, he might run out

of stuff to tell 'em.

You heard what that Russian dame said.

To them, pressure means torture

or worse.

I'd like to know

what that drug is that they use.

We know what it is.

The same stuff

they gave Cardinal Mindszenty?

Mm-hmm.

Worst part of it,

they've improved it.

Now it even makes you forget

that you've forgotten.

We've been making excellent progress

with Colonel Shannon.

Until yesterday,

I've been completely satisfied

in regard to his sincerity.

What happened?

Well, I brought up the matter

of the parasite fighters.

He said he had

no experience with them.

That's quite possible.

I don't think so.

We know they've perfected

their method of hooking back

onto the mother bomber,

which could only have been done

by experts of his type.

He never mentioned

any such work to me.

I still think

you might be able to help us.

How?

Perhaps you can persuade him

to show us their method.

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