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PZ865

PZ865 in 1944, flown by George Bulman.

## History

The last Hurricane ever built (of 14,533), PZ865 rolled off the Hawker production line at Langley, Bucks, in July 1944 with the inscription ‘The Last of the Many’ on her port and starboard sides. Keen to preserve in flight the last Hurricane ever built, Hawkers purchased the aircraft back from the Air Ministry and kept it in storage at Langley.

In 1950, PZ865 was entered in the King’s Cup Air Race by HRH Princess Margaret. Flown by Group Captain Peter Townsend CVO DSO DFC\* it achieved second place. Over the next three years ‘PZ’ participated in several other air races and was modified for racing with the removal of its cannons and the installation of two ‘overload’ wing fuel tanks.

During the 1960s, ‘PZ’ was returned to its wartime camouflage scheme and made numerous display appearances, often in the hands of the famous fighter pilot and test pilot Bill Bedford OBE AFC. It also appeared in the film ‘Battle of Britain’. On Wednesday 29th March 1972, after a complete overhaul, PZ865 was flown to Coltishall and presented by Hawker Siddeley to the BBMF.

For many years the aircraft appeared as ‘The Last of the Many’ but eventually the inscription was removed and put on display in the BBMF headquarters. In 1996, replica 20mm cannons, funded by the Lincolnshire’s Lancaster Association, were fitted to ‘PZ’ to restore the aircraft’s appearance to that of a Mk IIC Hurricane.

In November 2010, PZ865 was sent to Duxford for major maintenance and refurbishment. From 2012 this famous Hurricane wore a new colour scheme, faithfully replicating Hurricane Mk IIC HW840, coded ‘EG-S’, of 34 Squadron, South East Asia Command during 1944, the personal aircraft of Canadian pilot, Flight Lieutenant Jimmy Whalen DFC.

## ==PZ865's connection to the film==

Flown with serials H3421, H3423, & H3424 and squadron codes MI-C, MI-D, MI-G, KV-A, & OK-I

## Notes

1. ↑ Hawker Siddeley’s Chief Test Pilot, Duncan Simpson OBE, strongly believed that PZ865 should be kept flying and he started some astute ‘behind the scenes’ manoeuvring to ensure this happened. Having gained just sufficient permission to deliver the Hurricane to the BBMF, and before anyone could change their minds, he flew the aircraft that same day to Coltishall, the Flight’s home base at the time. According to his own telling of the story, when he had taxied in and shut down by the BBMF hangar he was met by a Flight Sergeant who said, “Afternoon Sir, what have we here?” Duncan replied, “It’s a Hurricane Flight Sergeant – a very special Hurricane – and I’m handing it over to you. Look after it and make sure it’s flying right into the future so that future generations can see it”.
2. ↑ The full story of Jimmy Whalen DFC and the Battle for Kohima is in the RAF BBMF 2012 Yearbook.
3. ↑ OK-1 was the personal Hurricane of AVM Sir Keith Park

## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/theaircraft/hurricanepz865.cfm
2. ↑ https://www.memorialflightclub.com/blog/hurricane-pz865
3. ↑ http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/BoBPG3.htm#Back%20to%20top
JG 418

Aircraft of 6./ JG 418Aircraft of 8./ JG 418
**JG 418** was the Luftwaffe fighter group whose squadrons flew against the RAF during the events of the film.

## Known Squadrons

* 2./ JG 418 - White spinners and codes. Commander unknown.
* 6./ JG 418 - Yellow spinners and codes. Commanded by Major Falke.
* 8./ JG 418 - Red spinners and codes. Commander unknown.
Battle of Britain movie Wiki

Two of the Spitfires that were used during filming

**Welcome to the Battle of Britain movie Wiki!**
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This wiki is about the late 1960s movie **The Battle of Britain** directed by Guy Hamilton.

The script by James Kennaway and Wilfred Greatorex was based on the book *The Narrow Margin* by Derek Wood and Derek Dempster.

The film endeavoured to be an accurate account of the Battle of Britain, when in the summer and autumn of 1940 the British RAF inflicted a strategic defeat on the *Luftwaffe* and so ensured the cancellation of Operation Sea Lion – Adolf Hitler's plan to invade Britain. The film is notable for its spectacular flying sequences, in contrast with the unsatisfactory model work seen in *Angels One Five* (1952). It was on a far larger scale than had been seen on film before and this made the film's production very expensive.

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## Important articles

The FilmKeith ParkA London Underground station, used as a bomb shelter
## Images

A hanger at Duxford is blown up during filming of a Luftwaffe raid
London

**London** is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as *Londinium* and retains its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which since 1965 has largely comprised Greater London, which is governed by 33 local authorities and the Greater London Authority.

## In the Film

Following the accidental bombing of London by Major Brandt's bomber crew, which led to the Royal Air Force's retaliation raid on Berlin, Hitler ordered the Luftwaffe to switch the focus of their attacks to London, despiste objections that the RAF and their airfields had not yet been eliminated.

In a later scene, Park and Dowding discuss the implications of the Luftwaffe's switch to attacking London.

1. ↑ Wikipedia
C.4K-106

## History

Registered to Spitfire Productions as **G-AWHI** between 14 May 1968 and 20 February 1969.

Inherited US registrstion **N90607** from L-749A Constellation c/n 2551 on 23 August 1973..

After time with the Edwards Collection, Wilson Edwards, Big Spring, Texas, the aircraft was passed to Bank of Utah Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT on 6 November 2015.

## Notes

1. ↑ Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft, which were licence built by Spanish Hispano Aviaçion in the 40’ and 50’s, using Rolls-Royce Merlin engines.

## Sources

1. ↑ https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AWHI.pdf
2. ↑ http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N90607.html
3. ↑ http://www.ww.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=33671
Bill Foxley

Bill Foxley as Sqd Ldr Evans

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 aircrew to a wide audience. After the war, in July 1945, he became a Squadron Leader and retired from the Emergency List with this rank in February 1954.

## Early life and World War II

Foxley was born in Liverpool and he joined the Royal Air Force in 1942. On 16 March 1944 he was 20 years old and close to completing his training as a navigator with No 28 Operational Training Unit at RAF Castle Donington. His Vickers Wellington bomber took off at 23:19 on a training flight, but within a minute the flaps dropped down fully at an altitude of 200 feet (60 Metres) causing the nose to pitch up and the aircraft then stalled and crashed. He escaped from the blazing aircraft without injury but then returned to help the wireless operator. He suffered severe burns to his face and hands exiting the burning aircraft through the astrodome on top of the fuselage and the airman he tried to rescue did not survive.

Foxley was put under the care of Consultant Plastic Surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead where he underwent 29 operations to his face and hands. These Included the tubed pedicle procedure which involved cutting a flap of skin from a normally hidden part of the body such as a thigh and then sewing its long edges together to form a tube. The other end of the tube was attached closer to the face to which the pedicle was eventually attached directly. On leaving hospital he was blind in his right eye, still suffering pain from his injuries and had impaired vision in his left eye due to a damaged cornea.

## Later life

Foxley lived in Devon and then in Surrey where he was in close proximity to East Grinstead hospital for further treatment and he worked in facilities management at the Central Electricity Generating Board. In 1969 he appeared in the film *Battle of Britain* (1969) as a pilot with facial burns in a scene with Kenneth More and Susannah York. He was a member of the Guinea Pig Club and gave support to burns victims from subsequent conflicts. He said he often had an empty seat next to him on his train journeys to work as people would move away when they saw his face and hands. He usually then greeted them with "I don't bite, you know". He also set up a charity called Disablement in the City.
C.4K-122

## History

Deliverd to Spitfire productions on 14 May 1968, the aircraft was registered to them as **G-AWHL** until 17 February 1969.

After use by A.C. Shire/20th Century Fox Films for the movie "Patton", the aircraft was displayed in West Germany for movie promotion, 1969-1970.

Owned by Luftsportverein Hellertal, Siegerland, Germany, Aug. 1970-1973, it was displayed Siegerland airfield in JG54 scheme. Passed to Doug Champlin/Windward Aviation, Enid, OK, 1971, and registered as **N109J**, the airframe was fitted with DB601 engine and modified to Bf 109E standard.

Acquired by Champlin Fighter Museum, Mesa, AZ in 1981, and currently displayed as Luftwaffe/0392.

## Use of **C.4K-122** in the film

Flown as Yellow 7, and also as **MI-T** to represent a Hurricane

View from frontView from rear - Note the Supermarine Spitfire on the right, and the two Republic P-47 Thunderbolts in the background.Acquisition note
# Notes

1. ↑ Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft, which were licence built by Spanish Hispano Aviaçion in the 40’ and 50’s, using Rolls-Royce Merlin engines.

## Sources

1. ↑ http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AWHL.html
2. ↑ http://www.warbirdregistry.org/luftregistry/buchon-c4k122.html
United Artists

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**United Artists Corporation** (**UA**), currently doing business as **United Artists Digital Studios**, is an American digital production company. Founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks, the studio was premised on allowing actors to control their own interests, rather than being dependent upon commercial studios. UA was repeatedly bought, sold, and restructured over the ensuing century. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired the studio in 1981 for a reported $350 million ($1 billion today).

On September 22, 2014, MGM acquired a controlling interest in entertainment companies One Three Media and Lightworkers Media, then merged them to revive United Artists' TV production unit as United Artists Media Group (UAMG). However, on December 14 of the following year, MGM wholly acquired UAMG and folded it into MGM Television.

United Artists was revived yet again in 2018 as United Artists Digital Studios. Mirror, the joint distribution venture between MGM and Annapurna Pictures was renamed as United Artists Releasing in early February 2019 just in time for UA's 100th anniversary.

Battle of Britain was released on October 24, 1969 by United Artists.

## Sources

1. ↑ Woo, Elaine (September 29, 2011). "Mo Rothman dies at 92; found new audience for Chaplin". *Los Angeles Times*. https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-0929-mo-rothman-20110929,0,5684307.story. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
2. ↑ Cole, Robert J.. "M-G-M is Reported Purchasing United Artists for $350 Million" (in en). https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/16/world/m-g-m-is-reported-purchasing-united-artists-for-350-million.html.
3. ↑ McNary, Dave (December 14, 2015). "Mark Burnett Named President of MGM Television". *Variety*. https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/mark-burnett-named-president-of-mgm-television-1201661210/. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
4. ↑ Company entry on Wikipedias
5. ↑ List of United Artists films on Wikipedia
William Walton

William Walton in 1937

## Details

**Sir William Turner Walton** OM (29 March 1902 – 8 March 1983) was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include *Façade*, the cantata *Belshazzar's Feast*, the Viola Concerto, the First Symphony, and the British coronation anthems *Crown Imperial* and *Orb and Sceptre*.

Born in Oldham, Lancashire, the son of a musician, Walton was a chorister and then an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford. On leaving the university, he was taken up by the literary Sitwell siblings, who provided him with a home and a cultural education. His earliest work of note was a collaboration with Edith Sitwell, *Façade*, which at first brought him notoriety as a modernist, but later became a popular ballet score.

In middle age, Walton left Britain and set up home with his young wife Susana on the Italian island of Ischia. By this time, he had ceased to be regarded as a modernist, and some of his compositions of the 1950s were criticised as old-fashioned. His only full-length opera, *Troilus and Cressida*, was among the works to be so labelled and has made little impact in opera houses. In his last years, his works came back into critical fashion; his later compositions, dismissed by critics at the time of their premieres, were revalued and regarded alongside his earlier works.

Walton was a slow worker, painstakingly perfectionist, and his complete body of work across his long career is not large. His most popular compositions continue to be frequently performed in the 21st century, and by 2010 almost all his works had been released on CD.

### Connection to The Film

He was commissioned to compose a score for the film, but the film company rejected most of his score, replacing it with music by Ron Goodwin. A concert suite of Walton's score was published and recorded after Walton's death.
General Weygand

**Maxime Weygand** (French pronunciation: ​[vɛɡɑ̃]; 21 January 1867 – 28 January 1965) was a French military commander in World War I and World War II.

Born in Belgium, Weygand was raised in France and educated at the Saint-Cyr military academy in Paris. After graduating in 1887, he went on to become an instructor at the Cavalry School at Saumur. During World War I, Weygand served as a staff officer to General (later Marshal) Ferdinand Foch. He then served as an advisor to Poland in the Polish–Soviet War and later High Commissioner of the Levant. In 1931, Weygand was appointed Chief of Staff of the French Army, a position he served until his retirement in 1935 at the age of 68.

In May 1940, Weygand was recalled for active duty and assumed command of the French Army during the German invasion. Following a series of military setbacks, Weygand advised armistice and France subsequently capitulated. He joined Philippe Pétain's Vichy regime as Minister for Defence and served until September 1940, when he was appointed Delegate-General in French North Africa. Weygand favoured only limited collaboration with Germany and was dismissed from his post in November 1941 on Hitler's demand. Following the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942, Weygand was arrested by the Germans and imprisoned at Itter Castle in Austria until May 1945. After returning to France, he was held as a collaborator at the Val-de-Grâce but was released in 1946 and cleared of charges in 1948. He died in January 1965 in Paris at the age of 98.

## General Weygand's connection to the film

Weygand was refered to by Winston Churchill, during the speech that is heard over footage of the beaches at Dunkirk.
C.4K-99

## History

Constructed in 1958 as a HA-1112-M1L by Hispano at Spain, the aircraft was taken on Strength/Charge with the Ejercito de Aire.

From 14 May 1968 to 20 February 1969, the aircraft was registered to Spitfire Productions Limited as **G-AWHM**, and used in the filming of the movie Battle of Britain.

Owned from 23 August 1973 to 17 October 2006 by Wilson C. Edwards, Big Spring, TX as **N90604**. After Platinum Fight Sales announced the airframe was sold to an overseas buyer, registration N90604 was cancelled on 8 January 2016.

Transported by ship to the UK, arriving circa 19 February 2016, the aircraft was contracted to Air Leasing, Sywell Aerodrome, Northhampton, Northamptonshire, England for work on the airframe. On 10 November 2016, the restored aircraft was passed to Air Leasing Ltd, The Spitfire Blister, Hall Farm, Sywell Airport, Sywell, Northampton, regaining it's **G-AWHM** registration.

## Notes

1. ↑ Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft, which were licence built by Spanish Hispano Aviaçion in the 40’s and 50’s, using Rolls-Royce Merlin engines.

## Sources

1. ↑ http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=232
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=11771
3. ↑ http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/BoBPG3.htm
C.4K-169

Colour depiction of C.4K-169 as it appeared during filming of Battle of Britain.

## History

Entering EdA service at the end of 1960, C.4K-169 is known to have been flown by 471 Escuadron, until it was struck off charge in 1965, before becoming one of the aircraft acquired by Spitfire Productions, for use in the film Battle of Britain, gaining UK registry **G-AWHT**.

After filming, the aircraft was shipped to the United States, and registered to the Confederate (nomw Commerative) Air Force as **N9939**, and displayed regularly until Don Whittington flew too low at CAF Airsho 76, resulting in the prop catching the ground and the aircraft sliding onto the grass. Sold to Harold Kindsvater in 1988 and rebuilt, the aircraft flew again as **N109W** on 4 October 2000.

Acquired by the Air Training Academy at Heringsdort in 2009, the aircraft suffered a taxiing accident in 2013, which damaged the engine and propeller. This prompted conversion into a Bf 109G-12 two seat trainer, complete with DB605 engine in place of the Rolls Royce Merlin, by MeierMotors at their hanger in Bremgarten. Now registered **D-FMGZ**, this aircraft was re-flown in August 2016, and has since been re-fitted with a Merlin engine unit.

## Notes

1. ↑ Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft, which were licence built by Spanish Hispano Aviaçion in the 40’ and 50’s, using Rolls-Royce Merlin engines.
2. ↑ At one point during it's CAF ownership, 169 was photographed wearing it's US Serial, and the Yellow 11 markings originally worn by C.4K-75
3. ↑ 169 was one of three Buchons selected, along with C.4K-112 and C.4K-105, to join nine Spitfires and the B-25 camera plane for filming in France.

## Sources

1. ↑ http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/BoBPG2.htm
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Aeroplane Database - November 2020. Page 69.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/BoBPG3.htm
4. ↑ Aeroplane Monthly - January 2015 edition. Page 7
5. ↑ Aeroplane - August 2017 edition. Page 9
6. ↑ Aeroplane - November 2020 - Page 37
Derek Cracknell

Derek Cracknell was born on October 14, 1935 in Fulham, London, England. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Lifeforce (1985), Aliens (1986) and Krull (1983). He died on May 4, 1991 in Hammersmith, London.

## Derek Cracknell's connection to the film

Assistant director for the filming in Spain. When the garishly painted *N6578D* arrived at Tablada airbase in Spain in early afternoon of 18 March 1968, Cracknell remarked "It's a bloody great psychedelic monster!" The aircraft was henceforth dubbed the *Psychedelic Monster*.

## Sources

1. ↑ IMDB entry
2. ↑ Wikipedia entry for the film
Isla Blair

**Isla Blair Glover** is a British actress and singer. She made her first stage appearance in 1963 as Philia in the London debut of *A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum*.

## Early life and education

Isla Blair was born in Bangalore, India, on 29 September 1944. Her father, Ian Baxter Blair-Hill, was a British tea planter of Scottish descent. Blair's interest in performing arts first became apparent when, at the age of two, she gave an impromptu singing performance on the boat ride from India to England. She went on to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to prepare for a career in acting.
PM631

PM631 in flight

## History

PM631 was part of the mixed batch of 600 Mk.XI and XIX reconnaissance aircraft ordered from Vickers-Armstrongs and built at Reading under the auspices of the Chattis Hall and Aldermaston factories. It was constructed late in 1945 and delivered to No.6 MU Brize Norton on 6th November that year. Her history from then on is somewhat hazy, one set of records indicating that she remained at Brize Norton until 29th July 1950, being transferred to No.9 MU Cosford, where she remained until July 1951, and the other suggesting that before arriving at Cosford she had served with No.203 Advanced Flying School from 6th May 1949 until 13th January 1950, when she returned to No.6 MU. She is then thought to have moved to Cosford on 30th June 1950, remaining in store until 1st July 1951 apart from a short period at Buckeburg! However, both sets of records agree that on 2nd July 1951 PM631 was dispatched to the Short Bros and Harland operated Meteorological Research Flight at Hooton Park, which moved to Woodvale on 13th July.

Here PM631 was used for THUM (Temperature and Humidity) Flights until June 1957, the last Spitfire sortie being flown by PS853 on 10th June, following which the task was taken over by de Havilland DH98 Mosquitos. The three Spitfires in the flight were dispatched to the newly created Memorial Flight at Biggin Hill and eventually got away on 14th June, the flight being officially formed on 11th July. The aircraft has remained with the BBMF ever since, apart from a spell at Binbrook in early 1964, when it was used for combat trials against the Central Fighter Establishment BAC Lightning’s! The point of this unusual exercise was to gain information on the dog fighting ability of the Lightning as it was thought possible that they may have to be deployed against North American P-51D Mustangs in Indonesia.

Used in 'The Battle of Britain' film in 1968. For the 1984 display season PM631 was painted as **DL-E** and carried invasion stripes to represent a Mk.XIV of No.91 squadron circa 1944, to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

These markings were retained for the 1985 season and on 5th March 1986; Sqdn Ldr Paul Day used PM631 for the first official RAF Spitfire flypast over central London since the ban imposed following SL574’s accident in 1959. The route took the aircraft along the Thames to fly over Tower Bridge, Whitehall and the Houses of Parliament during the 85-minute sortie from its Coningsby base.

Grounded since 2014 due to a gear problem and the scarcity of spares, on 4th December 2018, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight engineers carried out engine runs, as preperation for 631's return to flight.

## Use of **PM631** in the film

Flown with serials **N3317** / **N3320** and codes **AI-L**/**DO-N**

## Sources

1. ↑ https://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/theaircraft/spitfirepm631.cfm
2. ↑ http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/PM631.htm
3. ↑ https://www.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/battle-of-britain-memorial-flight/news/spitfire-pm631-gets-closer-to-returning-to-flight/
Arnold Picker

Jew not Jew entry inage

**Arnold M. Picker** (September 29, 1913 – October 11, 1989) was a United States film industry executive, mayor of Golden Beach, Florida and the number one enemy on Richard Nixon's list of targets.

## Early life and education

Picker was born in New York City. He had two brothers, Eugene Picker (father of David Picker) and Sidney Picker. He was of Jewish descent. Picker attended the City College of New York and the London School of Economics.

## Career

Picker began his career by following in his father's footsteps. In 1935, he started with Columbia Pictures, where his father had been an executive, and later became head of international distribution. He then joined United Artists where his nephew, future UA president David worked, and in 1961 he was made an executive vice president in charge of all production. His brother Eugene joined UA the same year. His motion picture career ended and political career began when President Lyndon B. Johnson named him to the International Commission on Education and Cultural Affairs.

In 1972, Picker served as the finance chairman of Senator Edmund S. Muskie's presidential campaign and in 1976 he worked as a top fundraiser for Henry M. Jackson's campaign. Picker was singled out by President Richard M. Nixon's reelection strategists as the top target of a list of 20 people on Nixon's Enemies List. This list came to light during the Watergate scandal. Picker was elected mayor of Golden Beach, Florida in 1979.

Although his career in the motion picture industry ended in the 1960s, Picker continued to be an active force in the field. He helped establish the Washington-based American Film Institute. He later served as chairman of the board of the National Center for Jewish Film. The center at Brandeis University is dedicated to restoring Yiddish film classics. He also helped found the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center based at Florida International University.

## Sources

1. ↑ Jew not Kew profile 2365
2. ↑ Wikipedia
Big Wing

The **Big Wing**, also known as a Balbo, was an air fighting tactic proposed during the Battle of Britain by 12 Group commander Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory and Acting Squadron Leader ouglas Bader. In essence, the tactic involved meeting incoming Luftwaffe bombing raids in strength with a wing-sized formation of three to five squadrons. In the Battle, this tactic was employed by the **Duxford Wing**, under Bader's command.

The name "Balbo" refers to Italo Balbo, an Italian air force officer and patriotic national leader famous for leading large formations of aircraft on long distance flights before the war.

## Big Wing in the film

The Film features a discussion between Leigh-Mallory, 11 Group commander Keith Park and head of Fighter Command Sir Hugh Dowding, during which Park remarks on the tactic's lack of effectiveness is dealing with Luftwaffe bomber formations, or defending the airfields of 11 Group.

Later on, there is a scene in which Dowding and Park discuss the Luftwaffe's decision to concentrate on bombing London, which would place the bomber force within range of 12 Group, leading Dowding to remake that this would give 12 Group a chance to show what they can do.

## Sources

1. ↑ Classic Warbirds
2. ↑ Lewin, Ronald (1980). *Ultra Goes to War*. New York: Pocket Books. pp. 86. https://archive.org/details/ultragoeswar00rona.
3. ↑ Jablonski, Edward (1971). *Airwar*. **1**. Manhattan: Doubleday. pp. 119.
4. ↑ Robinson, Anthony (1979). *The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aviation*. London: Marshall Cavendish. pp. 848.
Patrick Wymark

**Patrick Wymark** (11 July 1926 - 20 October 1970) was an English stage, film and television actor.

## Early life

Wymark was born **Patrick Carl Cheeseman** in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, the son of Thomas William Cheeseman and Maria Agnes (née Olsen), daughter of Carl Olsen, a Finnish seaman. He had an older brother, John William Cheeseman (born 1924). He was brought up in neighbouring Grimsby and frequently revisited the area at the height of his career. He was educated at St Mary's Catholic School and Wintringham Boys' Grammar School in Grimsby, before being conscripted into the Royal Navy during World War II and serving as a midshipman in the Mediterranean. On being discharged, he received a government grant to read English at University College, London, where he performed in the university's dramatic society.

## Career

Wymark dropped out of university to train at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and making his first stage appearance in a walk-on part in *Othello* in 1951. He toured South Africa the following year and then directed plays for the drama department at Stanford University, California.

After moving to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Wymark played a wide range of Shakespearean roles, including Dogberry in *Much Ado About Nothing*, Stephano in *The Tempest*, Marullus in *Julius Caesar* and Bottom in *A Midsummer Night's Dream*. Other stage credits included the title role in *Danton's Death* and, with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Ephihodov in *The Cherry Orchard*. His theatre roles also included Bosola in a RSC production of John Webster's *The Duchess of Malfi* in 1960.

In television, Wymark was best known for his role as the machiavellian businessman John Wilder in the twin drama series *The Plane Makers* and *The Power Game* (which were broadcast from 1963 to 1969), which led to offers of real company directorships and the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1965. However, Wymark was a gentle person in real life and was, by his own admission, ignorant of business matters. He considered the character of Wilder a "bastard" and was described by his wife Olwen as "the most inefficient, dreamy muddler in the world." In the mid-1960s, Wymark was considered as the replacement for William Hartnell in the title role of *Doctor Who*.

Wymark's film appearances included: *Children of the Damned* (1964), *Operation Crossbow* (1965), *Repulsion* (1965), *Where Eagles Dare* (1968), *Witchfinder General* (1968), *Battle of Britain* (1969), *Doppelgänger* (1969), *The Blood on Satan's Claw* (1970) and *Cromwell* (1970)

## Sources

1. ↑ Patrick Wymark. *BFI*. Retrieved on January 12, 2015.
2. ↑ Person Details for Carl Olsen in household of Edward Andersen, "England and Wales Census, 1881" — FamilySearch.org. Familysearch.org. Retrieved on January 12, 2015.
3. ↑ Life. The Patrick Wymark Boardroom. Retrieved on June 24, 2018.
4. ↑ [1]
Adolph Malan

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**Adolph Gysbert Malan**, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar (3 October 1910 – 17 September 1963), better known as **Sailor Malan**, was a South African fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force (RAF) who led No. 74 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain. He finished his fighter career in 1941 with 27 destroyed, 7 shared destroyed and 2 unconfirmed, 3 probables and 16 damaged. At the time he was the RAF's leading ace, and one of the highest scoring pilots to have served wholly with Fighter Command during the Second World War.

After the war, Malan became leader of the Torch Commando, a liberal anti-authoritarian organisation that opposed the introduction of the apartheid system.

## ==Adolph Malan's connection to the film==

The character of *Squadron Leader Skipper* played by Robert Shaw was based on Malan.

## Sources

1. ↑ Price, Alfred (1997). *Spitfire Mark V Aces, 1941–45*. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85532-635-4.  Page 65
2. ↑ Fick, Albert (1952-10-15). SAILOR MALAN FIGHTS HIS GREATEST BATTLE - OCTOBER 15 1952.
3. ↑ Interview with director Guy Hamilton in the documentary 'A Film for the Few', which was included with the 2004 Special Edition DVD release of the film
C.4K-121

## History

According to Axis Classic Wings, this aircraft was acquired by the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group, Genesco, NY. Rebuilt with DB601N engine, it is listed as being stored in Texas. However, the airframe is not listed on the Surviving Messerschmitt Bf 109s Wikipedia page.

## Notes

1. ↑ Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft, which were licence built by Spanish Hispano Aviaçion in the 40’ and 50’s, using Rolls-Royce Merlin engines.

## Sources

1. ↑ http://axis.classicwings.com/Luftwaffe/messerschmitt/HA1112.htm
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_surviving\_Messerschmitt\_Bf\_109s
Denton, Kent

**Denton** is a village in the civil parish of Denton with Wootton, and the Dover District of Kent, England.

The village is 7 miles (11 km) northwest from the channel port of Dover, and 30 miles (48 km) east-southeast from the county town of Maidstone. The A260 Barham to Folkestone road runs through the village, and the major A2 London to Dover road is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east. Wootton, the other parish village, is 1 mile to the southeast.

To the southwest of the village is the Grade II\* listed Jacobean timber framed Tappington (or Tappington-Everard) Hall which dates to the 16th century. The house is where the cleric Richard Barham (1788–1845), under the pen name Thomas Ingoldsby, wrote *The Ingoldsby Legends*.

Field Marshal Lord Kitchener was created *Baron Denton, of Denton in the County of Kent*, on 27 July 1914.

The village features in the film as the location where Colin Harvey and his wife argue about her relocating closer to his posting.
PS915

PS915

## History

Built at Southampton in 1945, Spitfire PR Mk XIX PS915 entered service just too late to see service in World War Two, joining 541 Squadron at Benson in June 1945 before moving to the PR Development Unit to take part in tests of new cameras.

In April 1947 she was assigned to No 2 Squadron at Wunstorf in Germany, flying ‘Cold War’ strategic reconnaissance sorties in connection with the East/West divide of Europe and during the Berlin Airlift of 1948/49. She was returned to the UK in 1951 and, after a period in storage at Cosford, joined the Temperature and Humidity Monitoring (THUM) Flight at Woodvale in 1954.

In 1957, PS915 became a founder member of the Historic Aircraft Flight, the forerunner of the BBMF, being flown to Biggin Hill from Duxford on 11th July 1957 by Wing Commander (later Group Captain) Peter Thompson DFC. However, she was quickly retired to gate-guardian duties, serving in that capacity for nearly 30 years at West Malling, Leuchars and Brawdy.

She re-joined the BBMF in 1987 after being refurbished to flying condition by British Aerospace (Warton Division) and modified to take an ex-Shackleton Griffon 58 engine with a specially-manufactured reduction gear driving a single propeller.

The amazing performance of this ultimate mark of the Spitfire is demonstrated by the fact that the world altitude record for piston engine aircraft is still held today by a PR XIX. Flying out of Kai Tak, Hong Kong, in February 1952, Flight Lieutenant Ted Powles AFC climbed his Spitfire PR XIX to a recorded 51,550ft! These aircraft truly represents the ‘top end’ of piston-engine aircraft development and demonstrate the potential in Reginald Mitchell’s original, brilliant Spitfire design.

Spitfire PS915 underwent a full ‘major plus’ refurbishment with the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARCo) at Duxford.

### RAF Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight

* Arrived Salmesbury for restoration, June 1984.
* First flight, November 20, 1986.
* Flew in 1996 as "JF319".
* Repainted in 1998 as PS915/UM-G.

## Use of **PS915** in the film

Static example with serial **N3328** and fuselage codes **AI-R**

## Notes

1. ↑ This is now the standard power plant configuration on the BBMF Mk XIX Spitfires.

## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Warbird Registry
2. ↑ BBMF
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C.4K-172

C.4K-172 undergoing an engine test

## History

Built in 1958, the aircraft was taken on charge with the Ejercito de Aire (Spanish Air Force). Following it's military service, this aircraft was among the examples acquired by Spitfire Productions.

Along with five other examples, C.4K-172 was restored to taxying status at Tablada Airfield, and used for filming in Spain during April 1968. After the Spanish location filming was completed all six taxying aircraft were purchased by the Victory Air Museum at Mundelin, Illinois, USA.

On 30 March 1982, the aircraft passed to Robert Lamplough, London, with registration **G-BJZZ**, only to suffer a ground loop on landing at Biggin Hill, Kent in May 1982, resulting in registration G-BJZZ being cancelled as permanently withdrawn from use on 21 December 1983. Restored to static display condition at the Theatre of War, it was placed on display with Theatre of War, Whitehall, London, under the ownership of Paul Raymond

Owned by Charles Church, with registration **G-HUNN**, from 29 April 1987 to 17 May 1988, when it was transferred to Charles Church Displays Ltd, The Barn Office, Roundwood, Micheldever, Winchester, Hampshire. Registration G-HUNN was cancelled on 9 October 1991, and a certificate of airworthiness for the aircraft, now registered **NX109GU**, was issued on 17 December that year.

Photographed by Ken Videan at the EAA Oshkosh meeting in 1993, the aircraft was acquired by the Cavanaugh Collection Inc, Addison, TX as **N109GU** on 9 December 1994, spending three months in early 1995 at Fort Chaffey, Arkansas for film work.

## Notes

1. ↑ Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft, which were licence built by Spanish Hispano Aviaçion in the 40’ and 50’s, using Rolls-Royce Merlin engines.
2. ↑ C.4K-107, C.4K-121, C.4K-131, C.4K-134 and C.4K-135.

## Sources

1. ↑ http://axis.classicwings.com/Luftwaffe/messerschmitt/HA1112.htm
2. ↑ http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/C4K-172.html
3. ↑ http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/BoBPG3.htm
4. ↑ http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=3185
5. ↑ Aeroplane - November 2020. Page 68.
The Narrow Margin

## Summary

The Battle of Britain saved the country from invasion. If the RAF had been defeated all the efforts of the British Army and the Royal Navy would hardly have averted defeat in the face of complete German air superiority. With all Europe subjugated, Germany and Japan would later have met on the borders of India.This remarkable book traces the varied fortunes of the Royal Air Force in the 1930s, and shows how it readied itself for the mighty German onslaught in the summer of 1940 and won a great victory by the narrowest margins. It provides a comphrensive account of the Battle of Britain, including the day-by-day summaries of the battle. It is illustrated with photographs and maps, an appendix of the aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and by the Luftwaffe with schematic drawings, also a list of all pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain from July 10 to October 31 1940.

Written by Derek Wood and Derek Dempster, this book was used as the basis for the movie script, written by James Kennaway and Wilfred Greatorex.
Susannah York

**Susannah Yolande Fletcher** (9 January 1939 – 15 January 2011), known professionally as **Susannah York**, was an English actress. Her appearances in various films of the 1960s, including *Tom Jones* (1963) and *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* (1969), formed the basis of her international reputation. An obituary in *The Daily Telegraph* characterised her as "the blue-eyed English rose with the china-white skin and cupid lips who epitomised the sensuality of the swinging sixties", who later "proved that she was a real actor of extraordinary emotional range".

York's early films included *The Greengage Summer* (1961) and a Golden Globe-nominated role in *Freud: The Secret Passion* (1962). She went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and win the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* She also won the 1972 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for *Images*. Her other film appearances included *Sands of the Kalahari* (1965), *The Killing of Sister George* (1968), *Battle of Britain* (1969), *Jane Eyre* (1970), *Zee and Co.* (1972), *Gold* (1974), *The Maids* (1975), *Conduct Unbecoming* (1975), *Eliza Fraser* (1976), *The Shout* (1978), *The Silent Partner* (1978), and *Superman* (1978). She was appointed an Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1991.

## Sources

1. ↑ UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020 (United Press International - January 9, 2020) Susannah York in 1939
2. ↑ "Births". *The Times* (11 January 1939). "FLETCHER. – on Jan. 9, 1939, at 18, Walpole Street, S.W.3. to Joan, wife of Peel Fletcher – a daughter"
3. ↑ Michael Billington, Susannah York obituary, *The Guardian*, 16 January 2011
4. ↑ Olga Craig, Ben Leach and Roya Nikkhah, "Actress Susannah York has died, aged 72", *The Telegraph*, 15 January 2011
5. ↑ 'Susannah York', Film Obituaries, *The Sunday Telegraph*, 16 January 2011
London Fire Brigade Museum

The **London Fire Brigade Museum** (temporarily housed at The Workshop, Lambeth High Street) covers the history of firefighting since 1666 (the date of the Great Fire of London). The museum houses old fire appliances and other equipment.

## Overview

The museum was located in Winchester House, the former home of Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw, who was Superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. It was the London Fire Brigade headquarters until 1937 when King George VI opened a new building on the Albert Embankment on the south bank of the River Thames.
The building at Winchester House closed its doors to the public in September 2015 and the collection was audited and put into storage pending the opening of a dedicated new museum.

In July 2015, members of London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority agreed to make the provision of a new museum, as well as a fire station, a condition of the sale and redevelopment of the Brigade's old headquarters on Albert Embankment in Lambeth.

## Current status

It is estimated it could be 2023 until the new museum opens but in the meantime there are still opportunities for the public to view the historic collection. These include temporary exhibitions across London, outreach visits and educational talks and lectures and events to commemorate the 150th anniversary celebrations.

The former address of the museum was London Fire Brigade Museum, Winchester House, 94A Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 0UG.

## London Fire Brigade Museum's connection to the film

The museum supplied the firefighting equipment shown throughout the film.

1. ↑ Wikipedia
C.4K-131

C.4K-131 (OO-MAF)

## History

Constructed as a HA-1112-M1L by Hispano at Spain, this aircraft was taken on Strength/Charge with the Ejercito de Aire with s/n C.4K-131. Following withdrawal from service, it was one of many examples acquired by Spitfire Productions.

In 1971 it passed to Earl Reinert, Victory Air Museum, Mundelein, IL.

On 12 August 1979, the aircraft was photographed by Paul Thallon at Victory Aircraft Museum, Mundelein, IL.

Photographed by Glenn Chatfield on 6 June 1980, the aircraft later passed to an unknown owner as **OO-MAF**.

## Notes

1. ↑ Photographed by Robert Roggeman on 19 June 2010
2. ↑ Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft, which were licence built by Spanish Hispano Aviaçion in the 40’ and 50’s, using Rolls-Royce Merlin engines.

## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://m.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=126734
Kent

**Kent** is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces the French department of Pas-de-Calais across the Strait of Dover. The county town is Maidstone. It is the fifth most populous county in England, the most populous non-Metropolitan county and the most populous of the home counties.

Kent was one of the locations of the Battle of Britain.

## Kent's connection to the film

The village of Chilham in Kent became the base of operations for the radio controllers in the film. Denton, another Kent village, and its pub, The Jackdaw Inn, features in the film as the location where Colin Harvey, played by Christopher Plummer, and his wife, played by Susannah York, argue about her relocating closer to his posting. The Jackdaw Inn has a room devoted to an extensive collection of RAF Second World War memorabilia.
S. Benjamin Fisz

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**Szlomo Benjamin Fisz** (1922 – 17 November 1989) was a Polish film producer and writer, known for *A Town Called Bastard*, *Aces High*, *Battle of Britain*, *The Heroes of Telemark* and *Hell Drivers*.

## Biography

Before his film career, Fisz emigrated to the United Kingdom and became a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

Fisz entered the British film industry after the war. He began producing with four films directed by Cy Endfield. In the 1960s he began producing films about World War II, though efforts to make a film about Orde Wingate did not come to fruitation.

## Filmography

* *The Secret* (1955)
* *Child in the House* (1956)
* *Hell Drivers* (1957)
* *Sea Fury* (1958)
* *On the Fiddle* {1961)
* *The Heroes of Telemark* (1965)
* *Battle of Britain* (1969)
* *A Town Called Bastard* (1971)
* *Aces High* (1976)
* *A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square* (1979)
* *The Jigsaw Man* (1983)

## Sources

1. ↑ Benjamin Fisz BFI entry
2. ↑ Benjamin Fisz entry on Rotten Tomatoes
Brandon Loud-Santiago

Brand (Lori, Ronnie Anne, Rita, Maria, Carlota, Seychelles)

Bwand (Emilia, Heidi)

Brando (Lorenzo, Toni)

Lorenzo Loud-Santiago (oldest brother)

Julia Loud-Santiago (oldest sister)

Juan Loud-Santiago (older brother)

Desmond Loud-Santiago (older brother)

Ramona Loud-Santiago (older sister)

Laura Loud-Santiago (younger sister)

Rory Loud-Santiago (younger sister)

Randall Loud-Santiago (younger brother)

Cody Loud-Santiago (youngest brother)

Esme Loud-Santiago (youngest sister)

Lynn Loud Sr. (maternal grandfather)

Rita Loud (maternal grandmother)

Arturo Santiago (paternal grandfather)\

Maria Santiago (paternal grandmother)

Ronnie Anne Santiago-Loud (paternal aunt)

The Loud Siblings (maternal aunts and uncles)

The Loud Family

The Loud Cousins

The Casagrande Family

Seychelles Gracian (future spouse)

Brandon Loud-Santiago is the sixth child and fourth son of Lori and Bobby Loud-Santiago.
Major Falke

**Major Falke** is the commanding officer of Luftwaffe fighter squadron 6./ JG 418

## Trivia

The cigar-chomping Major Falke was a role inspired by wartime *Luftwaffe* ace Adolf Galland, who at the age of 30 was to become the youngest man to hold the rank of general in the *Luftwaffe*. One scene in the film is said to have been based on a meeting between Galland and Göring: when Göring asks Falke what he needs, Falke answers: "A squadron of Spitfires!" In his autobiography, Galland said he actually told Göring, "I should like an outfit of Spitfires for my squadron."

## Sources

1. ↑ Aeroplane Monthly - November 2020 edition. Page 66
2. ↑ Mosley, Leonard (1969). *Battle of Britain: The Story of a Film*. London: Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-02357-8.  p. 99.
3. ↑ Galland, Adolf. (1953.). Die Ersten und die Letzten *(The First and the Last) (in German).*. Munich: Franz Schneekluth-Verlag Darmstadt, First edition. ISBN 978-2-905643-00-1. . p. 28-29.