
A Wisconsin farm boy becomes a WWII B-17 pilot, leaning on faith and courage amid the trials of the Greatest Generation.
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A Wisconsin farm boy becomes a WWII B-17 pilot, leaning on faith and courage amid the trials of the Greatest Generation.
Young Otto Kerchner dreams of escaping his father's Wisconsin dairy farm and becoming a flier like his hero Charles Lindbergh. When a small airport is built on an adjoining property, Otto trades odd jobs for flight lessons and becomes a pilot at 16. When World War II breaks out, he enlists in the Army Air Corps and finds himself a year later high over Germany at the controls of a B-17. Otto and his crew fly 23 missions untouched, but then his world shatters, and he must draw on reserves of faith...
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Aerial combat and wartime peril; crew losses without graphic gore
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Christian faith central to courage, resilience, and character arc
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WWII patriotism and Greatest Generation values as backdrop
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Wartime hardship, loss, and combat trauma themes
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