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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.
On 22 January 1942, Offenberg, now with the rank of flight lieutenant, was conducting a flying training session at about 1,000 feet (300 m) with a pilot who had only recently joined the squadron. A pilot from No. 92 Squadron , seeking to simulate a dogfight , dived on Offenberg's Spitfire but misjudged the distance.
American Airlines Flight 28 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight that crashed on October 23, 1942, in Chino Canyon near Palm Springs, California, United States, after being struck by a United States Army Air Forces B-34 bomber. The B-34 suffered only minor damage, and landed safely at the Army Airport of the Sixth Ferrying Command, Palm ...
Flight lieutenant is the most common officer rank in the RAF; in April 2013, for example, there were 8,230 RAF officers, of whom 3,890 (47.3%) were flight lieutenants. [8] In RAF informal usage, a flight lieutenant is sometimes referred to as a "flight lieuy". A Flight Lieutenant's starting salary is £42,008.48 as of 2019. [9]
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 ...
Plagis was promoted in the field to flight lieutenant on 4 June 1942 and transferred to No. 185 Squadron to command "B" Flight. He shot down two Re.2001s two days later to bring his tally of victories to ten (thereby fulfilling his pledge following Leggo's death), and destroyed a Bf 109 on 7 June. [7]
It was midmorning on Sept. 8 when the crew of a B-25 bomber, 3 men in the Army Air Corp and 1 civilian, reported for their flight to Mitchell Air Base Veterans column: Infamous flight leaves ...
Acting Flight Lieutenant Henry Wallace McLEOD (Can/J.4912), Royal Canadian Air Force. In September 1942, this officer participated in an engagement against at least 20 Messerschmitt 109's . Despite the odds, Flight Lieutenant McLeod so skilfully led his section during the combat that the enemy force was completely broken up.