''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' (stylized onscreen as ''......one of our aircraft is missing'') is a 1942 British

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, mainly set in the

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. It was the fourth collaboration between the

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writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and the first film they made under the banner of The Archers. Although considered a wartime propaganda film and made under the authority of the Ministry of Information as part of a series of film productions specifically aimed at morale in the United Kingdom, it is elevated by the story and production values above the usual jingoistic fare.Powell 1986, p. 388. Today, ''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' is considered one of the "best of British films of the era". A reversal of the plot of Powell and Pressburger's previous film, '' 49th Parallel'' (1941), ''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' has the British trying to escape with the help of various locals. In the ''49th Parallel'', the

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stranded in

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argued and fought amongst themselves, while the British fliers in this film work well together as a team.

Plot

The crew of an

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bomber are forced to bail out over the

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near the

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after one of their engines is damaged during a nighttime raid on

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. Five of the six airmen find each other; the sixth goes missing. The first Dutch citizens they encounter, led by English-speaking school teacher Else Meertens, are suspicious at first as no aircraft is reported to have crashed in the Netherlands (the abandoned bomber actually reaches England before crashing). After much debate and some questioning, the Dutch agree to help, despite their fear of German reprisals. Accompanied by many of the Dutch, the disguised airmen, led by the pilots, bicycle through the countryside to a football match where they are passed along to the local burgomaster. To their astonishment, they discover their missing crewman playing for one of the teams. Reunited, they hide in a truck carrying supplies to Jo de Vries. De Vries pretends to be pro-German, blaming the British for killing her husband in a bombing raid (whereas he is actually in England working as a radio announcer). She hides them in her mansion, despite the Germans being garrisoned there. Under cover of an air raid, she leads them to a rowing boat. The men row undetected to the sea, but a bridge sentry finally spots them and a shot seriously wounds the oldest man, Sir George Corbett. Nevertheless, they reach the

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. They take shelter in a German

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, where they take two shot-down enemy aviators prisoner, but not before one sends a radio message. By chance, two British boats arrive first. Because Corbett cannot be moved, they simply tow the buoy back to England. Three months later, he is fully recovered, and the crew board their new four-engine heavy bomber, a

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Cast

As appearing in screen credits (main roles identified): *

Hugh Burden Hugh Archibald Nairn Burden''The Daily Telegraph'', 25 July 1962 (3 April 1913 – 16 May 1985) was a British actor and playwright. Hugh Archibald Nairn Burden was the eldest son of Harry Archibald Burden, a colonial official, and Caro Cecil n ...

as John Glyn Haggard, pilot of B for Bertie *

Eric Portman Eric Harold Portman (13 July 1901 – 7 December 1969) was an English stage and film actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles in several films for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger during the 1940s. Early life Born in Halifax, ...

as Tom Earnshaw, second pilot *

Hugh Williams Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams (6 March 1904 – 7 December 1969) was a British actor and dramatist of Welsh descent. Early life and career Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams (nicknamed "Tam") was born at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex to Hugh Dafydd Anth ...

as Frank Shelley, observer/navigator * Emrys Jones as Bob Ashley, wireless operator *

Bernard Miles Bernard James Miles, Baron Miles, CBE (27 September 190714 June 1991) was an English character actor, writer and director. He opened the Mermaid Theatre in London in 1959, the first new theatre that opened in the City of London since the 17th ce ...

as Geoff Hickman, front gunner *

Godfrey Tearle Sir Godfrey Seymour Tearle (12 October 1884 – 9 June 1953) was a British actor who portrayed the quintessential British gentleman on stage and in both British and US films. Biography Born in New York City and brought up in Britain, he was t ...

as Sir George Corbett, rear gunner *

Googie Withers Georgette Lizette Withers, CBE, AO (12 March 191715 July 2011), known professionally as Googie Withers, was an English entertainer who was a dancer and actress with a lengthy career spanning some nine decades in theatre, film, and television. ...

as Jo de Vries *

Joyce Redman Joyce Olivia Redman (7 December 1915Jonathan Croall, "Redman, Joyce Olivia (1915–2012)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Jan 201available online Retrieved 1 April 2020. – 9 May 2012) was an Anglo-Irish a ...

as Jet van Dieren * Pamela Brown as Els Meertens *

Peter Ustinov Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov ; 16 April 192128 March 2004) was a British actor, filmmaker and writer. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits ...

as Priest *

Alec Clunes Alexander Sheriff de Moro Clunes (17 May 1912 – 13 March 1970) was an English actor and theatrical manager. Among the plays he presented were Christopher Fry's ''The Lady's Not For Burning''. He gave the actor and dramatist Peter Ustinov h ...

as Organist *

Hay Petrie David Hay Petrie (16 July 1895 – 30 July 1948) was a Scottish actor noted for playing eccentric characters, among them Quilp in ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' (1934), the McLaggen in ''The Ghost Goes West'' (1935) and Uncle Pumblechook in '' Great ...

as Burgomaster *

Roland Culver Roland Joseph Culver, (31 August 1900 – 1 March 1984) was an English stage, film, and television actor. Life and career After Highgate School, he joined the Royal Air Force and served as a pilot from 1918 to 1919. After considering other c ...

as Naval Officer *David Ward as First German Airman *Robert Duncan as Second German Airman *

Selma Vaz Dias Selma Vaz Dias, also known as Selma Cohen-Vaz Dias (23 November 1911 — 30 August 1977), was a British actress, writer, and painter. Dias was born in Amsterdam to Jacob Vaz Dias and Hana Hamburger. She had a brother, Salomon. She moved to the ...

as Burgomaster's wife (as Selma Van Dias) *

Arnold Marlé Arnold Marlé (15 September 1887 – 21 February 1970) was a German actor who appeared largely in British films and television programmes. Stage work His theatre work included appearances on the London stage, and a year-and-a-half-long run on Br ...

as Pieter Sluys *

Robert Helpmann Sir Robert Murray Helpmann CBE ( Helpman, 9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian ballet dancer, actor, director, and choreographer. After early work in Australia he moved to Britain in 1932, where he joined the Vic-Wells Ballet (n ...

as De Jong *

Hector Abbas Hector Abbas (9 November 1884 – 11 November 1942) was a Dutch film actor who appeared mainly in British films after emigrating to the United Kingdom. Partial filmography * ''The First Men in the Moon'' (1919) * ''A Prince of Lovers'' (1922) * ...

as Driver *James B. Carson as Louis *Willem Akkerman as Willem *Joan Akkerman as Maartje *Peter Schenke as Hendrik *Valerie Moon as Jannie *

John Salew John Rylett Salew (1902 (some sources state 1 January 1897)14 September 1961) was an English stage film and TV actor. Salew made the transition from stage to films in 1939, and according to Allmovie, "the manpower shortage during WWII enabled ...

as German Sentry *William D'Arcy as German Officer *

Robert Beatty Robert Rutherford Beatty (19 October 1909 – 3 March 1992) was a Canadian actor who worked in film, television and radio for most of his career and was especially known in the UK. Early years Beatty was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, O ...

as Sgt. Hopkins *

Michael Powell Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. Through their production company The Archers, they together wrote, produced and directed a serie ...

as Despatching Officer (also a director-producer) *

Stewart Rome Stewart Rome (born Septimus William Ryott; 30 January 1886 – 26 February 1965) was an English actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 and took the stage name of Stewart Rome ...

as Cmdr. Reynold

Production

The title "One of Our Aircraft Is Missing" is taken from a phrase that was often heard in contemporary news reports in the UK after a bombing raid, "one r often moreof our aircraft failed to return", which originally served as the working title of the screenplay but was then altered to a less-downbeat form. Although the screenplay was not completely developed by the time of production, Powell considered it "half-finished ... it remained (that way) for most of the production." One of the reasons for continual revisions to the screenplay were the constant advances in wartime technology that were occurring. The Admiralty informed the producers and directors of the use of "lobster pots", floating steel platforms, hitherto unknown to the public, that had been anchored in the North Sea to facilitate rescue of downed airmen. When Powell learned of this innovation, he pointedly rewrote the screenplay to include this refuge as the means to deliver the crew to safety. With help from the Ministry of Information, permission to use these platforms was obtained.Powell 1986, p. 390. The actors that were gathered for the film included recognised stage and screen talents such as Eric Portman, Hugh Williams and Godfrey Tearle as well as newcomers such as

making his film debut. Although mainly centred on male roles, Powell encouraged Pressburger to create a number of significant female characters. The result were strong, credible roles for both Pamela Brown and Googie Withers as female Dutch Resistance leaders.Arthur, Nigel
"...One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942)."
''BFI Screenonline'', 13 February 2012. Retrieved: 18 May 2012. The main leads,

, Eric Portman, Hugh Williams, Emrys Jones, Bernard Miles, and Godfrey Tearle, formed the crew of "B for Bertie" and introduced themselves and their characters' positions on board the bomber in a progressive sequence that was filmed, like most of the aircraft interiors, in a Vickers Wellington "shell" supplied by the RAF, with working features such as lighting and electrically powered turrets.Powell 1986, p. 393. To maintain an aura of authenticity, actual RAF bombers on "ops" (operations) were filmed but the aerial scene of the bombing of

was created using a large-scale model at

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. The giant Wellington replica actually covered the entire studio floor and was rigged with lights and fitted for effects shots including explosions. On screen, the effect was striking and realistically duplicated the flight and bombing raid carried out at the start of the film.Powell 1986, p. 391. Much of the outdoor sequences set in the

were shot at

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in Lincolnshire, with many of the town's landmarks visible, for example, Shodfriars Quay and the railway swing bridge. Notably, there is no scored music, Powell deliberately strove for "naturalism" relying on natural sounds that would be heard by the characters.Powell 1986, p. 389. However, the Dutch national anthem, ''

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'', is heard during the film as part of the campaign of

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by the population, and the film finishes with the

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on screen while the opening bars of the anthem are sung by a choir. ''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' was cut by 20 minutes for its original American release.

Reception

Box Office

According to ''Kinematograph Weekly'' the film was one of the most popular at the British box office in 1942, after ''Mrs Miniver'', ''First of the Few'', ''How Green was My Valley'', ''Reap the Wild Wind'', ''Holiday Inn'', ''Captains of the Clouds'', and ''Sergeant York'' and before ''Hatter's Castle'' and ''Young Mr Pitt''.

Awards

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger were nominated for the

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for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, and

Ronald Neame Ronald Neame CBE, BSC (23 April 1911 – 16 June 2010) was an English film producer, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. Beginning his career as a cinematographer, for his work on the British war film ''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing ...

(photography) and C. C. Stevens (sound) for Best Effects, Special Effects."The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners."
''oscars.org.'' Retrieved: 22 June 2013. Powell's nomination was his only Academy Award nomination – Pressburger won an Academy Award for '' 49th Parallel'' and was nominated for '' The Red Shoes'' as well."'One of Our Aircraft is Missing'."
''britmovie.co.uk''. Retrieved: 10 January 2010. ''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' joins other British war films as one of the most "well-remembered, accomplished, and enjoyed" realist films of the period. In 2014, ''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' was included in a set of war films packaged together and sold to raise funds for The

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veterans organisation.Robson, Leo
"Thelma Schoonmaker: the queen of the cutting room."
''FT Magazine'', 9 May 2014. Retrieved: 10 May 2014.

In popular culture

''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' is mentioned in the ''

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'' episode "The Lion Has Phones". When Lance-Corporal Jones tries to ring up GHQ, he mistakenly gets the cinema, whose operator tells him the film is on. There is a mention of Eric Portman and Googie Withers. A poster for the film is on display at the cinema. Correspondingly, in the episode of ''Dad's Army'', "Time on My Hands", Pike knows how to open a parachute because, he says, he's seen it done in ''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing''. The episode "Sons of the Sea" also contains numerous elements from this film. In the

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film '' From Russia With Love'', after dispatching an attack helicopter sent by

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'' *"One of Our Olives Is Missing", 1967 episode of ''

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'' *"One of Our Chickens Is Missing", 1969 episode of ''

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'' *"One of Our Probes Is Missing", 1972 episode of ''

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References

Notes

Bibliography

*Aldgate, Anthony and Jeffrey Richards. ''Britain Can Take it: British Cinema in the Second World War''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2nd Edition, 1994. . *Barr, Charles, ed. ''All Our Yesterdays: 90 Years of British Cinema''. London: British Film Institute, 1986. . *Clarke, James. ''War Films'' (Virgin Film Series). London: Virgin Books Ltd., 2006. . *Dolan, Edward F. Jr. ''Hollywood Goes to War''. London: Bison Books, 1985. . *Furhammar, Leif and Folke Isaksson. ''Politics and Film''. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971. . *Hardwick, Jack and Ed Schnepf. "A Viewer's Guide to Aviation Movies". ''The Making of the Great Aviation Films'', General Aviation Series, Volume 2, 1989. *Macnab, Geoffrey. ''J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry''. London: Routledge, 1993. . *Murphy, Robert. ''British Cinema and the Second World War''. London: Continuum, 2000. . *Powell, Michael. ''A Life in Movies: An Autobiography''. London: Heinemann, 1986. .

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