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Flight Lieutenant (aka Flight Captain and He's My Old Man) is a 1942 American drama war film starring Pat O'Brien as Sam Doyle, a disgraced commercial pilot who works to regain the respect of his son against the backdrop of World War II.
The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) Flight Lieutenant (1942) City Without Men (1943) The Boy from Stalingrad (1943) Faithful in My Fashion (1946) Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947) Millie's Daughter (1947) Sword of the Avenger (1948) Shadow of the Eagle (1950) Fugitive Lady (1951) The Golden Hawk (1952) Scarlet Angel (1952) The Pathfinder (1952 ...
[4] [5] He had baled out with his parachute on fire and was badly burned and hospitalized for 2 months by the Germans during which time he was promoted to full flight lieutenant before being sent on 1 October 1942 to Stalag Luft III in the province of Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan (now Żagań in Poland). [6] [7]
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The film is a significant reworking of Rattigan's 1942 play Flare Path. Rattigan, then a Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant, was posted in 1943 to the RAF Film Production Unit to work on The Way to the Stars and Journey Together. [4] The title The Way to the Stars is often assumed to have been taken from the Latin motto of the RAF, Per ardua ad ...
As a result of an injury to Finucane, arising from an accident while drinking to celebrate the squadron's success of 18 September, Thorold-Smith was promoted to flight lieutenant and given command of one of No. 452 Squadron's flights. [17] On 6 November, several miles from Cap Gris-Nez, he shot down a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter and a Bf 109. [9]
John Francis Jackson Flight Lieutenant Jackson in North Africa, 1941 Nickname(s) "Old John" Born 23 February 1908 Brisbane, Queensland Died 28 April 1942 (1942-04-28) (aged 34) Port Moresby, Territory of Papua Allegiance Australia Service / branch Royal Australian Air Force Years of service 1936–1942 Rank Squadron Leader Unit No. 23 Squadron (1939–1940) No. 3 Squadron (1940–1941 ...
He remained busy, appearing in Flight Lieutenant (1942) starring Pat O'Brien and Glenn Ford. Dalio next portrayed a Frenchman, Focquet, in the film The Pied Piper (also 1942). In this film, Monty Woolley portrayed an Englishman trying to get out of France with an ever-increasing number of children ahead of the German invasion.