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Mosquito Squadron is a 1969 British war film made by Oakmont Productions, directed by Boris Sagal and starring David McCallum. The raid echoes Operation Jericho , a combined RAF– Maquis raid which freed French prisoners from Amiens jail in which the Mosquitos took part.
The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its airframe was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", [4] or "Mossie". [5] [6] In 1941, it was one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world. [7]
The use of RAF de Havilland Mosquito aircraft provided an authentic detail to The Purple Plain although for flying sequences, as pictured here, models were used. The Purple Plain is regarded generally as historically accurate with good production values and attention to detail, and depicts the native Burmese in a respectful manner.
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 de Havilland Mosquito is a British two-engine multi-role combat aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied air forces during World War II. Of the 7,781 aircraft built, 30 survive today, five of which are airworthy.
Winter in Wartime (Dutch: Oorlogswinter) is a 2008 Dutch war film directed by Martin Koolhoven, from a script he co-wrote with Mieke de Jong and Paul Jan Nelissen, [2] based on Jan Terlouw's eponymous 1972 novel. The film was hugely successful in the Netherlands, out-grossing competing films like Twilight and The Dark Knight. Additionally, it ...
The Oslo Mosquito raid (25 September 1942) was a British air raid on Oslo, Norway that was sanctioned by the Exiled Norwegian government in London [1] during the Second World War. The target of the raid was the Victoria Terrasse building, the headquarters of the Gestapo .
The attacking force consisted of RAF de Havilland Mosquito F.B.VI fighter-bombers of No. 140 Wing RAF (comprising No. 21 Squadron RAF, No. 464 Squadron RAAF, and No. 487 Squadron RNZAF). The aircraft flew in three waves of six aircraft, with two reconnaissance Mosquito B.IVs from the Royal Air Force Film Production Unit to record the results of ...