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Josef Frantisek: The Battle of Britain's Czech hero; Fighting Back by Martin Sugarman, 2017 pub by Valentine Mitchell - chapter on Jews in the Battle of Britain; details on Zygmunt Klein; Olson, Lynne and Stanley Cloud. A Question of Honor: the Kościuszko Squadron in World War II. New York: Random House, 2003. ISBN 978-0-375-41197-7.
Ronald Adam, who plays the part of a Group Controller, was the Fighter Group Controller at RAF Hornchurch during the Battle of Britain. [7] Squadron Leader Adam was a veteran of both the First and Second World Wars. [8] Kenneth More desperately wanted to play the role of Batchy but was unable to as he had signed to make Appointment with Venus. [9]
The Battle of Britain has a large all-star international cast. The film was notable for its attempt to accurately portray the role of the Germans , with participants in the battle including Group Captain Tom Gleave , Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck , Squadron Leader Bolesław Drobiński and Luftwaffe Generalleutnant Adolf Galland involved ...
Squadron Leader William Geoffrey Foxley (17 August 1923 – 5 December 2010) was a trainee navigator with RAF Bomber Command during World War II who suffered severe burns following a crash. He was notable for the support he gave to other burns victims and for a film appearance that gave awareness of the facial burns suffered by World War II ...
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The 1 ⁄ 15 scale model of USS Nevada used to portray the whole ship in wide shots displayed the fore and aft turrets accurately in a 3-2-2-3 arrangement. A lattice mast (or cage mast) section representing a Tennessee -class or Colorado -class battleship was built on the ground behind the full-scale stern set to give the appearance that the ...
Buckley covers for Catrin by claiming it was the twins who lied. The Secretary of State for War adopts the film as a way to build public support for Britain in the United States, ordering the writers to create a role for a real-life American flying ace. Meanwhile, Ellis is commissioned to document bomb damage far outside London, and is hurt ...
Piece of Cake is a 1988 British six-part television serial depicting the life of a Royal Air Force fighter squadron from the day of the British entry into World War II through to one of the toughest days in the Battle of Britain (7 September 1940). The series was produced by Holmes Associates for LWT for ITV and had a budget of five million ...