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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.
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Bill Newton Newton, c. 1942 Nickname(s) "The Firebug"; "Blue Cap" Born (1919-06-08) 8 June 1919 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia Died 29 March 1943 (1943-03-29) (aged 23) Salamaua, Territory of New Guinea Allegiance Australia Service / branch Citizen Military Force (1938–40) Royal Australian Air Force (1940–43) Years of service 1938–43 Rank Flight lieutenant Unit No. 22 Squadron (1942–43 ...
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]
Towards the end of 1942 and into 1943, No. 118 Squadron was regularly on bomber escort duties and often encountered Luftwaffe fighters. [6] On 18 July, on a sortie to Holland, Shepherd destroyed two Bf 109s, one of which shared with another pilot. [3] By this time, his acting rank of flight lieutenant had been made substantive. [9]
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.
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On 7 December 1942 Bethell was a member of a flight flying a low-level ground attack mission in the Alkmaar area of the Netherlands when his Mustang “V for Victor” (serial number AP212) was hit by light anti-aircraft fire while only 20 feet off the ground.