![]() They have been going out now for four weeks and two days. Some of the nurses are traveling there by train, and one of them, Evelyn Johnson ( Kate Beckinsale), is telling the other nurses how she first met Rafe while assessing his fitness to fly, and there she first agreed to go out with Rafe. Prior to Rafe leaving, there is a big dance in New York, and many nurses are coming to the event. Rafe asks Doolittle what he would do, and Doolittle says he would go, so Rafe agrees to go as well. ![]() It is strictly a volunteer assignment, and Doolittle tells him it's his duty to talk him out of it. Later, Doolittle tells Rafe that he has been accepted to go to Britain and join Eagle Squadron, a squadron of volunteer American pilots serving with the Royal Air Force in the fight against the Germans. They are called into Doolittle's office where they are reprimanded, but Doolittle is actually quite impressed with Rafe as he reminds him of himself when he was young. Rafe is as very cocky as he and Danny do a particularly dangerous stunt (a game of chicken) that almost kills them (and more importantly to the brass, almost damages the planes). Army Air Corps training field commanded by Major Jimmy Doolittle ( Alec Baldwin). ![]() It's now years later, and World War II is now raging Europe, 25-year-old Rafe ( Ben Affleck) and 24-year-old Danny (Josh Hartnett), both First Lieutenants in the U.S. Just as Danny's father walk away, Danny thank Rafe for stoping him but ran towards his (miserable) father and accompanies him back home. Danny's father counters and explains to Rafe that he fought the Germans in World War I and wishes that he may never want to witness the horrors of war again, especially to Danny. Rafe grabs a board and whacks the dad to stop the beating, protecting his best friend and calls him "dirty German". Danny's father (William Fichtner) comes out and starts screaming at them and smacking Danny. They accidentally start the plane and "fly" it down the runway, almost crashing it until it finally stops. When he lands and goes into his tractor, the two boys sneak into his plane and keep the pretend fight going. As they are playing, Rafe's dad is out dusting the fields in his old cropduster. The movie begins on a Tennessee farm as two kids, Rafe McCawley ( Ben Affleck) and Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett), play in a pretend fighter plane they made, pretending to be shooting down German planes. Spoiler warning: The following contains plot details about
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