One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

Review: One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

Director: Michael Powell

Cast: Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Hugh Williams, Bernard Miles, Hugh Burden,

Godfrey Tearle
Godfrey Tearle
Eric Portman
Eric Portman
Hugh Williams
Hugh Williams
Bernard Miles
Bernard Miles
Hugh Burden
Hugh Burden

Plot: During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of Our Aircraft Is Missing". Behind these sombre words hid tales of death, destruction and derring-do. This is the story of one such bomber crew who were shot down and the brave Dutch patriots who helped them home.

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Memories of monochrome England

Memories of monochrome England

Network and the BFI deliver a potent mix of wartime propaganda and post-war crime in atmospheric black-and-white with Blu-ray releases of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) and Lewis […]

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