The McConnell Story

Massachusetts, 1941, medical corps private McConnell (Alan Ladd), pursued by MP's for taking unauthorized flying lessons, has been rescued by Bob (Robert Ellis), whose mom (Sarah Selby) is clueless but whose sister (June Allyson) gets wise, early in the bio-pic The McConnell Story, 1955.

Air Force Gen. Otto Weyland in his prologue makes no reference to his own credentials, letting Alan Ladd introduce himself, aided by a mechanic (Frank Ferguson) and flight instructor (Dabbs Greer), in The McConnell Story, 1955, as Korean War flying ace Joseph C. McConnell, who died in 1954.

Texas, 1942, Army med student "Mac" (Alan Ladd), who dreams of flying, is inattentive in class (taught by Edward Platt), then returns home with big news for wife "Butch" (June Allyson), who has news of her own, in The McConnell Story, 1955, based on the life of Korean War flying ace Joseph C. McConnell.

A man's plans to settle down and raise a family are upset by the Korean War in The McConnell Story (1955) starring Alan Ladd.