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‘Jerry’s Last Mission’: WWII Fighter Pilot Doc From ‘Undefeated’ Producer Gets U.S. Deal

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EXCLUSIVE: Utopia has acquired U.S. rights to feature documentary Jerry’s Last Mission.Directed by Louisa Merino (Managing to Win: The Story of Strat-O-Matic Baseball) and produced by Melissa Hibbard (The Glass House) and Oscar winner Ed Cunningham (Undefeated), the film tells the remarkable story of a World War II fighter pilot from New Jersey who flew the last combat mission over Japan.On August 14, 1945, fighter pilot Jerry Yellin flew the last combat mission of World War II to attack airfields near Nagoya, Japan, carrying with him instructions to continue the assault unless he heard the word “Utah,” a code signaling the Japanese surrender, which never came.

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