An american pilot impulsively joins his majestys royal air force in. It was filmed with the cooperation of the royal air force, and in early 1941 the f. Ferry pilot royal air force wwii documentary film 34560 duration. A film about an operation of a squadron of 40 avro. Night bombers colour footage raf bomber command during world war 2. Featuring actual aerial combat footage and grables classic musical numbers, a yank in the r. I have photos of him at graduation from cadent pilot training in regina canada. Sold by westworld and sent from amazon fulfillment.
A yank in the raf is a 1941 film starring tyrone power and betty grable. The series is about an american pilot who volunteers to fly for britains royal air force in the wwii years that preceded pearl harbor dec. Tyrone power is a pilots pilot, but he doesnt believe in anything beyond his own abilities. First uk edition hard back binding in publishers original crimson cloth covers, black title to the spine. It stars tyrone power as tim baker, an american pilot who agrees to transport an aircraft bomber across the atlantic to bases in england for use against the nazis.
He gets into trouble by flying a new fighter directly to canada instead of to new york and letting it be towed across as the law demands, but is offered a new job ferrying bombers to war torn england. Dec 9, 2019 movies, posters and books for the flying enthusiast. Along the way he crosses paths with a beautiful yet mysterious american woman and he ends up fighting the japanese. Released in 1942, it is a kind of junior version of the 1938 britishmade hit film a yank at oxford. The surviving members made a contribution later on in the war with their invaluable experience when the war was a.
Uk certificate u duration 85 minutes release date 1955 produced 1955 distributor. Albert herman an american war correspondent and a beautiful british intelligence agent squa. In this wwii film, hotshot american pilot tim baker attempts to gain the admiration and love of carol brown by joining up with the raf while on a trip to england. It follows an american pilot who joins the royal air force. With laraine day, barry nelson, stuart crawford, keye luke. The rafs largest bombing raid so far on paris annotated vertical taken during the major night raid on the renault works at boulognebillancourt, west of the centre of paris. A yank in the raf1941 original theatrical trailer duration. With the united kingdom at war, a yank at eton was filmed entirely. Originally titled the eagle squadron, it is based on a story by melville crossman, the pen name for 20th century fox studio chief darryl f.
This was the year that affordable domestic video recorders first became available in the uk. During one of his stops, by chance he encounters a former girlfriend, carol brown betty. Hoping to impress his nightclubsinger girlfriend carol brown betty grable, tim joins the royal air force, immediately alienating everyone with his cockiness and what the hell. Raf 602 squadron footage from a yank in the raf youtube. It is a fast read, since the three squadrons were around for eighteen months before being absolved into the us army air force in late 1942.
As a preteen in the 1940s, i recall greatly enjoying a series of boys books with this title published in the 1940s, i believe. With mickey rooney, edmund gwenn, ian hunter, freddie bartholomew. This organization was designed to utilize civilian resources for the rapid repair of damaged royal air force aircraft, returning them to the frontline without the use of royal air force engineering resources. As much social as military history, yanks in the raf sheds new light on a littleknown chapter of world war ii and the earliest days of the sometimes fractious. Like many other such warelated films made at the same time, yank has a propagandistic aspect to it. By september 1942, after america had entered the war, these now experienced pilots were transferred to the us air force, bringing their expertise and their british spitfires with them. This was the 26th june 1941 and the purpose of the flight was to take two cameramen from twentieth century fox to film fighting scenes for a film called a yank in the raf. Whilst piloting his avro anson plane based at bircham newton over cawston, near norwich, it crashed. The us hadnt officially entered the war as these 41 films were set into production, so the participation is somewhat halthearted in many of the film from this year. The largest number of aircraft sent to a single target so far 235 were despatched, dropping a record tonnage of bombs.
It is considered a typical earlyworld war ii production. A hero new york cabbie accepts a job to lead a convoy of trucks up the burma road from rangoon to chungking. New episodes start saturday 16th june sofia the first official disney channel africa. A yank at eton is an american comedydrama film directed by norman taurog and starring mickey rooney, ian hunter, and peter lawford.
See more ideas about movies, movie posters and film posters. Originally designed by the parachute pioneer leslie leroy irvin, the r. In london, he bumps into old flame grable, a showgirl doing volunteer ambulance work on the side. All this changes when baker is obliged to fly under combat conditions, whereupon he shows what hes. Most of its 127member staff of editors, reporters, photographers, artists, and cartoonists rotated from desk jobs in yanks main new york office to cover the war overseas and produce twentyone separate weekly editions. Wwii raf film production unit wwii raf film production unit author. Maurice edward hunt aka mickey or mike sgt pilot, raf a yank author.
While on a layover he finds betty grable, an old flame, has joined the raf as a wren in her attempt. Wearing boots completely identified as his own by three letters, ike, the supreme commander of the allied expeditionary forces makes a surprise visit to some hardworking gis on the western front. During world war ii, an american boy named timothy dennis is unwillingly sent to eton college in the uk where he is frequently confused by the many differences between the two cultures. Beginning on june 17, 1942, yank, the weekly magazine published by the u. A yank in the raf is a world war ii film, and since it was made in 1941, its fairly evident from the start that its going to be a feelgood propaganda piece. Based at pinewood studios they appear to have had a pool of qualified aircrews who just adopted aircraft to film various. A yank in the raf is brash pilot tim baker tyrone power, freshly arrived in london. It aims to encompass film illustrating the products and achievements of the british aviation industry. Maurice edward hunt aka mickey or mike sgt pilot, raf a yank. Night bombers raf bomber command ww2 dailymotion video. Has anyone previously done any research upon the film production units work during wwii. Edmund gwenn, who played a school official in the earlier film, has a similar role in this one.