History Film / OneOfOurAircraftIsMissing

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Frank is disguised as a (rather tall) Hollander women when the crew is moved between towns. Being an actor, he takes it in stride.

* ImportationExpansion: Inverted; twenty minutes were cut from the original American release.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Not that whacky. Though they're fooled several times by the Resistance, the Germans are portrayed as a real threat, and the film opens with a report of several Dutch resistance members being executed.

* LaResistance: Initially suspicious, but they wind up helping the airmen out.
* LesCollaborateurs:
** Jo de Vries pretends to help the Germans so that she can help the resistance.
** Meanwhile Cornelius, the Burgomiester's son, is an unrepentant collaborator with the Nazi occupiers, which bites him in the ass later.

* IHaveNoSon: The Burgomiester's reaction when Cornelius runs back home, after being tricking into delivering a stack of record albums to his Nazi friends, all with fake labels concealing the fact they play Holland's national anthem.

* ThoseWackyNazis:

* LesCollaborateurs: Jo de Vries pretends to help the Germans so that she can help the resistance.

* ThoseWackyNazis

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* LesCollaborateurs: Jo de Vries pretends to help the Germans so that she can help the resistance.
* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: Surprisingly averted; director Michael Powell deliberately encouraged the casting of women as [[ActionGirl resistance leaders]].
* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: The film contains no musical score. Michael Powell strove for "naturalism" and only used diegetic sounds.

''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' is a 1942 British [[WarMovies War Movie]], set -- and filmed -- [[DuringTheWar during]] UsefulNotes/WorldWarII by Creator/MichaelPowell and Emeric Pressburger. Regarded as one of the best British films of the era, the movie features the trials of a shot-down British bomber crew who attempt to escape German-occupied UsefulNotes/{{Holland}} with the aid of The Resistance.

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''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' is a 1942 British [[WarMovies War Movie]], set -- and filmed -- [[DuringTheWar during]] WorldWarII by Creator/MichaelPowell and Emeric Pressburger. Regarded as one of the best British films of the era, the movie features the trials of a shot-down British bomber crew who attempt to escape German-occupied Holland with the aid of The Resistance.

!!This film provides examples of:

* CoolOldGuy: Godfrey Tearle as the rear gunner "Sir George Corbett" is at least 20 years older than the rest of the crew. He is based on [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Sir Arnold Wilson]], a former colonial governor and MP, who joined the RAF even though in his 50s, stating "I have no desire to shelter myself and live in safety behind the ramparts of the bodies of our young men."

* ThoseWackyNazis

* CreatorCameo: Michael Powell as the air dispatcher

'''''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing''''' is a 1942 British [[WarMovies War Movie]], set - and filmed - [[DuringTheWar during]] WorldWarII by Creator/MichaelPowell and Emeric Pressburger. Regarded as one of the best British films of the era, the movie features the trials of a shot-down British bomber crew who attempt to escape German-occupied Holland with the aid of The Resistance.

* ThoseWackyNazis

''One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' is a 1942 British [[WarMovies War Movie]], set - and filmed - [[DuringTheWar during]] WorldWarII by Creator/MichaelPowell and Emeric Pressburger. Regarded as one of the best British films of the era, the movie features the trials of a shot-down British bomber crew who attempt to escape German-occupied Holland with the aid of The Resistance.

''One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' is a British [[WarMovies War Movie]], set - and filmed - [[DuringTheWar during]] WorldWarII by Creator/MichaelPowell and Emeric Pressburger. Regarded as one of the best British films of the era, the movie features the trials of a shot-down British bomber crew who attempt to escape German-occupied Holland with the aid of The Resistance.

* BackedByThePentagon: The RAF lent Powell a real Wellington fuselage to film the scenes inside "B for Bertie".

''One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' is a Britsh [[WarMovies War Movie]], set - and filmed - [[DuringTheWar during]] WorldWarII by Creator/MichaelPowell and Emeric Pressburger. Regarded as one of the best British films of the era, the movie features the trials of a shot-down British bomber crew who attempt to escape German-occupied Holland with the aid of The Resisitance.

* FateWorseThanDeath: It's the opinion of the Resistiance that the Nazi occupation is this.

* LaResistance: Initially suspicious, but they wind up helping them out.

* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: Surprisingly averted; director Michael Powell deliberately encouraged the casting of women as [[ActionGirl resistiance leaders]].

''One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' is a Britsh [[WarMovies War Movie]], set - and filmed - [[DuringTheWar during]] WorldWarII. Regarded as one of the best British films of the era, the movie features the trials of a shot-down British bomber crew who attempt to escape German-occupied Holland with the aid of The Resisitance.

* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: Surprisingly averted; director Michael Powell deliberately encouraged the casting of women as [[ActionGirl resistiance leaders]].