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One of Our Aircraft is Missing Overview:

One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942) was a Action - Drama Film directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and produced by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Stanley Haynes and John Corfield.

Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best WritingMichael Powell, Emeric PressburgerNominated
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

By Beatrice on Aug 23, 2014 From Flickers in Time

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Written by Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell 1942/UK British National Films/The Archers First viewing/Amazon Prime Instant Video This was the first film to carry the joint credit “Written, Produced and Directe... Read full article

Powell and Pressberger's One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

By Rick29 on Jun 26, 2014 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

I suspect that The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death, and Black Narcissus are the films that spring to mind when most movie buffs think of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressberger. However, the filmmaking duo explored the theme of war more than any other. It's present--either directly or indirectly... Read full article

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One of Our Aircraft is Missing Quotes:

Tom Earnshaw, Copilot in B for Bertie: We want to get back, raid or no raid. Now look here, Mrs. de Vries, I don't...
Jo de Vries: Are you in command of this party?
Sir George Corbett, Rear Gunner in B for Bertie: No, no, no, he's just a Yorkshireman.
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One of Our Aircraft is Missing Facts
The character Sir George Corbett (played by Godfrey Tearle) was reported to be fashioned after the real life Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson. In 1939 he joined the RAF at age 55. He died in 1940 when his airplane crashed in France.
This film's opening prologue inter-title states: "B. for Bertie crashed on Sunday Morning, 0431, but our story starts some sixteen hours earlier . . . . . . "
The extra squadron members were all active members of the RAF (XVI) squadron.
The film has no musical score at all (a rarity). The opening titles play over the sound of the bomber's engines.
This film's closing epilogue states: "That was going to be the end of our story. BUT - first, the Actors . . . - and then the Technicians - . . . all of them wanted to know what happened afterwards to the crew of the B for Bertie. So - three months later - . . . THE NETHERLANDS WILL RISE AGAIN!"
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