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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.
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006), known as Glenn Ford, was a Canadian-born American actor. He was most prominent during Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, and had a career that lasted more than 50 years.
Cast Genre Notes The Battle of Midway: John Ford: Propaganda: Academy Award December 7th: The Movie: John Ford, Gregg Toland: Walter Huston, Dana Andrews: Propaganda film: Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject: The News Parade of the Year 1942: Eugene W. Castle: Short documentary: Prelude to War: Frank Capra: Documentary: The first of ...
Gunn's name was amongst those in the list of the murdered prisoners, which was published in the press in the UK and Commonwealth countries when news broke on or about 20 May 1944. [38] See Stalag Luft III murders. Post-war investigations saw a number of those guilty of the murders tracked down, arrested, and tried for their crimes; some were ...
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 ...
James Harry Lacey, DFM & Bar (1 February 1917 – 30 May 1989), known as Ginger Lacey, was one of the top scoring Royal Air Force fighter pilots of the Second World War and was the second-highest scoring RAF fighter pilot of the Battle of Britain, behind Pilot Officer Eric Lock of No. 41 Squadron RAF.
At the end of the war Harry Watt, the film's director, noted with regret that most of the flight officers and crew who appeared in the film did not survive the duration of the war. [14] For example, the front gunner in the film was played by Flight-sergeant Joseph Ronald Bird who lost his life on the 27/28 August 1942 flying as rear gunner of a ...
He was promoted to flying officer on 17 November 1938 and to flight lieutenant on 3 September 1940. [9] Knight was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1941 with the following citation: This officer has shown great personal courage and sound leadership in sweeps over enemy territory.