Why did Charlie Blanchard in “Fun with Dick and Jane” (1977) not get to fly in the Pacific fleet in 1945?

serpa

Ed McMahon ... Charlie Blanchard http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076059/ Ed McMahon wanted to become a US Marine Corps fighter pilot. Prior to the US entry into World War II, the Army and Navy required 2 years of college for entry into its pilots program. Ed McMahon enrolled into classes at Boston College. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, the military dropped the college requirement for pilot training, so McMahon dropped out of school and applied to the Marines. His primary flight training was in Dallas and was followed up by fighter training in Pensacola where he received his carrier landing qualifications. He spent the next 2 years as a flight instructor training other Marine pilots. McMahon finally received orders to the Pacific fleet in 1945, but those orders were cancelled after the Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ending the war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_mcmahon He did fly in the Korean War! above link Nov 12 09, 4:58 PM

BRY2K

Right on, serpa...GREAT work pal. Nov 12 09, 5:22 PM