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The Haunted Airman is a psychological thriller film first aired on BBC Four on 31 October 2006. Adapted from Dennis Wheatley 's 1948 novel The Haunting of Toby Jugg , it was directed by Chris Durlacher and starred Robert Pattinson in the title role, with Rachael Stirling and Julian Sands in supporting roles.
The Rüsselsheim massacre was a war crime that involved the lynching and killing of six American airmen by townspeople of Rüsselsheim during World War II.. The incident happened on August 26, 1944, two days after a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber of the United States Army Air Forces was shot down by heavy anti-aircraft fire over Hanover.
Year Country Main title (Alternative titles) Original title (Original script) Director Battles, campaigns, events depicted 2010 United States Canada
The Borkum Island war trial followed the aftermath of the execution of seven United States Army Air Forces airmen by Wehrmacht soldiers stationed on the island of Borkum. [2] On August 4, 1944, Boeing B-17G-75-BO 43-37909 of the 486th BG, crashed into Borkum Island, the site of a German military base.
Leonard George Siffleet (14 January 1916 – 24 October 1943) was an Australian commando of World War II. Born in Gunnedah, New South Wales, he joined the Second Australian Imperial Force in 1941, and by 1943 had reached the rank of sergeant.
Drama. Hungarian immigrant workers during World War II in Nazi Germany. 1978 Italy The Inglorious Bastards (G.I. Bro / Counterfeit Commandos) [4] Enzo G. Castellari: American soldiers escape military prison and aide French resistance on mission to steal Nazi V-2 prototype gyroscope 1978 Poland Operation Arsenal: Akcja pod Arsenałem: Jan Łomnicki
The "Great Escape" was a World War II mass escape from the German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III.It resulted in the murder of 50 recaptured escapees.. It was the basis of The Great Escape, a book by Paul Brickhill describing the escape and The Great Escape, a film based on the book.
Alan Eugene Magee (January 13, 1919 – December 20, 2003) was a United States airman during World War II who survived a 22,000-foot (6,700 m) fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress. [1] He was featured in the 1981 Smithsonian Magazine as one of the 10 most amazing survival stories of World War II.