My father was in the Army Air Force in England during WW 2. So, as a kid, I always had a keen interest in any Air Force movie. I saw them all; from Air Force with John Garfield to 12 O'Clock High with Gregory Peck, which became the standard bearer for that genre of Hollywood films. But this Playhouse 90 production is superior to 12 O'Clock high because it gets right to the meat and potatoes of warfare in the sky; men are scared from the beginning to the end of every mission. My father said he was scared on every mission from beginning to end, and then he was transferred to the D-Day group that took in the paratroopers over Normandy. He said he wasnt scared on that trip because the guys in the plane were jumping into the night void and he was safely on the plane. He said he felt ashamed coming back to the base in England after the drop. And then he went on to be part of the Battle of the Bulge. He said he got over it real fast when he was in the German forest during the winter. All he wanted then was dry socks. He went back to being scared again, which is what this film is all about. There would have to be something drastically wrong with you not to be scared going into a bombing raid or an invasion of Normandy. This film captures that dynamic completely. I didnt know Robert Cummings had it in him, but he did a great job and was perfectly cast; unlike a previous Playhouse production of 12 Angry Men, in which I thought he was miscast. This film is not to be missed and is a classic of WW2. Be sure to catch it.