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633 Squadron is a 1964 war film directed by Walter Grauman and starring Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, and Maria Perschy.The plot, which involves the exploits of a fictional World War II British fighter-bomber squadron, was based on the 1956 novel of the same name by former Royal Air Force officer Frederick E. Smith, which itself drew on several real RAF operations.
The United States Air Force's 633rd Air Base Wing is the host organization for Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.Its headquarters are at Langley Air Force Base.The unification of support for Langley and Fort Eustis was directed by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission.
March AFB, CA George AFB, CA Langley AFB, VA: 1948–1952, 1991–2010. Redesignated 633d Communications Squadron. Designated 1st Operations Squadron from 1955 to 1963. See 1st Fighter Wing
Frederick Escreet Smith (4 April 1919 – 15 May 2012) [1] [2] was a British author, best known for his 1956 novel 633 Squadron about a Second World War RAF Mosquito squadron undertaking a seemingly impossible mission to bomb a well-protected German factory at the head of a Norwegian fjord. The novel was made into a successful film in 1964.
In the 1960s, Bovingdon was used in the production of four World War II films, The War Lover (1962); 633 Squadron (1964) Battle of Britain (1969) and Mosquito Squadron (1969). Although flying ceased at the airfield in 1969, it was also used to film parts of the flying car scenes in the James Bond film The Man With the Golden Gun starring Roger ...
The 1956 book (and the later film) was undoubtedly inspired by a number of daring low-level raids carried out by Mosquitoes in WW2 including the "Shell House Raid" on Copenhagen,attacks on various Gestapo HQs and the Amiens Raid (which was also the inspiration for the 1968 film "Mosquito Squadron").The book's author Frederick E Smith was an ...
After the filming of 633 Squadron was completed Mahaddie purchased one of the aircraft, Mosquito RS712. [2] He used it to fly back and forth to various locations before selling it 8 years later in 1972. [18] Other films Mahaddie worked on include Operation Crossbow (1965) and Mosquito Squadron, the 1969 sequel to 633 Squadron. [18]
The 333d Special Operations Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was active from July 1968 through March 1970 at Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam.In 1985, the wing was consolidated with the 333d Bombardment Group as the 333d Special Operations Wing.