Sky High (1951)

When he is told that he is to spend three more years as a tailgunner goofball GI Herbert Pumice thinks that a promotionwhich he has little to no chance of gettingwill get him out of the job he hates He asks his girlfriend Sally who owns the base café for help She goes to the base commander Col Bakerwho she knows has a crush on herto help out Herbert Col Baker schedules a promotion hearing for Herbert that Friday He naturally fails it miserably and then learns that Col Baker is going out on a date with Sally Meanwhile the base military intelligence officer discovers that Herbert is a deadringer for the head of a spy ring intending to sabotage a new automated plane and gets Herbert assigned to infiltrate the gang Complications ensue