megan
20th Nov 2022, 03:48
The movie "Devotion" is due for release on 23 November, produced by a crew involved in the making of "Top Gun". Posted in remembrance of one of us.
The story is of the first Black American, Ensign Jesse LeRoy Brown, to graduate as a pilot in the USN and details his service in the Korea conflict. He sustained bullet damage to his F4U Corsair and had to make a forced landing. Trapped in the cockpit and on fire his wingman Thomas J. Hudner Jr force landed his aircraft nearby and attempted to extricate him from the cockpit without success, Brown passing away during the night. For his actions Hudner was awarded the Medal of Honor. Brown received the DFC, Air Medal and Purple Heart. On 17 February 1973, the Navy commissioned the Knox-class frigate USS Jesse L. Brown (FF-1089),
The movie producers gathered a fleet of six flying F4U Corsairs so I'm thinking there should be some flying scenes of note.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/575x740/br0_831cb80699fc01244e6615303e5cc39f85c724fd.jpg
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x813/br_788097f268fce9bcda2ca6022efbe99c1156272a.jpg
The story is of the first Black American, Ensign Jesse LeRoy Brown, to graduate as a pilot in the USN and details his service in the Korea conflict. He sustained bullet damage to his F4U Corsair and had to make a forced landing. Trapped in the cockpit and on fire his wingman Thomas J. Hudner Jr force landed his aircraft nearby and attempted to extricate him from the cockpit without success, Brown passing away during the night. For his actions Hudner was awarded the Medal of Honor. Brown received the DFC, Air Medal and Purple Heart. On 17 February 1973, the Navy commissioned the Knox-class frigate USS Jesse L. Brown (FF-1089),
The movie producers gathered a fleet of six flying F4U Corsairs so I'm thinking there should be some flying scenes of note.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/575x740/br0_831cb80699fc01244e6615303e5cc39f85c724fd.jpg
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x813/br_788097f268fce9bcda2ca6022efbe99c1156272a.jpg