Stork was co-pilot of the 10th of 16 B-25 Mitchell Army Air Corps
bombers which took off from U.S.S. Hornet in the Doolittle Raid on
April 25, 1942, which was portrayed in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
(1944). After bombing a chemicals plant he flew his plane onto occupied
China until it ran out of gas. He parachuted to safety and was soon
repatriated to the States. After the war he made a name as a Hollywood
make-up artist.