The McConnell Story

The McConnell Story DVD cover.

Movie (1955)

Starring:
Alan Ladd (Joseph "Mac" McConnell, Jr.)
June Allyson (Pearl "Butch" Brown McConnell)
James Whitmore (Ty Whitman)
Frank Faylen (Sgt. Sykes)

A Korean War fighter pilot hero returns home to test fly the new Sabre jets despite his wife's uneasiness regarding his job.

Piper J-3C-65 Cub

Registration N1423N, c/n 22949 built in 1947.

Boeing-Stearman Model 75

Piper J-3C-65 Cub & Piper PA-11 Cub Special

On the left, J-3C registration N3614K, c/n 22304 built in 1946. On the right, PA-11 registration N4904M, c/n 11-426 built in 1947.

Piper PA-11 Cub Special

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Belly landing sequence.

Messerschmitt Me 163

Me-163A-0 prototype.

Me-163A-0 prototype.

Piper PA-11 Cub Special & Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

North American P-51 Mustang & North American T-6 & Boeing-Stearman Model 75

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

North American F-100 Super Sabre & Douglas C-47 Skytrain

North American F-86F Sabre

Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw

H-19B USAF serial 51-3947, c/n 55-441.

H-19A serial 51-3882, c/n 55-153.

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak

Aircraft of the 614th Fighter-Bomber Squadron painted as Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15s.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

North American F-86H-1-NA Sabre

USAF serial 52-2038, c/n 187-64.

Two De Havilland Canada L-20A Beavers on the left.

North American F-86 Sabre & Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

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See also

• The McConnell Story at IMDb
• The McConnell Story at Wikipedia