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* 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.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: The film ends with B for Bertie's crew getting ready to take off in a brand new four engine Short Stirling.
* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Generally speaking, Allied aircrews that had been shot down and escaped Europe weren't sent back into combat, for the logical reason that if they were shot down again they might reveal the secrets of the Resistance members that had helped them previously.
* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Generally speaking, Allied aircrews that had been shot down and escaped Europe weren't sent back into combat, for the logical reason that if they were shot down again they might reveal the secrets of the Resistance members that had helped them previously.
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* ImportationExpansion: Inverted; twenty minutes were cut from the original American release.
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* 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.
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* ThoseWackyNazis: Not that whacky.wacky. 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.
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* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with B for Bertie being reported missing, then we see the plane crash into a Dutch power line. The film then jumps back to 15 hours earlier when B for Bertie's crew prepares for their fateful bombing mission.
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* 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.
* 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.
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* 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.
* 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.
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* 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.
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* IHaveNoSon: The Burgomiester's reaction when Cornelius runs back home, after being tricking tricked into delivering a stack of record albums to his Nazi friends, all with fake labels concealing the fact they play Holland's national anthem.
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* RealityHasNoSubtitles: Likewise, none of the Dutch or German dialog is subtitled, enhancing the English crew's sense of isolation and dependence on their Dutch hosts.
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* ThoseWackyNazis: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.
* 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.
* 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.
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* PassiveAggressiveKombat: One of the ways the Hollanders resist the Nazis, aided by their occupiers wanting to maintain a sheen of normality. In one scene a football match is being held, and a Nazi loudspeaker truck announces a limit on the number of spectators. Which is quickly cancelled when ''all'' the spectators stand up to leave, which would leave the players playing to an empty set of stands.
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* LesCollaborateurs: Jo de Vries pretends to help the Germans so that she can help the resistance.
* 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.
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** 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.
* ThoseWackyNazis:
** 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.
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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.
* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: The film contains no musical score. Michael Powell strove for "naturalism" and only used diegetic sounds.
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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.
* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: Surprisingly averted; director Michael Powell deliberately encouraged the casting of women as [[ActionGirl resistance leaders]].
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''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.
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* 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."
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* CoolOldGuy: Godfrey Tearle as the rear Rear gunner "Sir Sir George Corbett" Corbett (Godfrey Tearle) 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."
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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.
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* BackedByThePentagon: The RAF lent Powell a real Wellington fuselage to film the scenes inside "B for Bertie".
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The title has inspired a large number of [[TheJoyOfX snowclones]].
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''One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' is a Britsh 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 Resisitance.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: It's the opinion of the Resistiance that the Nazi occupation is this.
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* BackedByThePentagon: The RAF lent Powell a real Wellington fuselage to film the scenes inside "B for Bertie".
* 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."
* CreatorCameo: Michael Powell as the air dispatcher
* FateWorseThanDeath: It's the opinion of theResistiance Resistance that the Nazi occupation is this.
* 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."
* CreatorCameo: Michael Powell as the air dispatcher
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* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: Surprisingly averted; director Michael Powell deliberately encouraged the casting of women as [[ActionGirl resistiance leaders]].
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''One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' is a Britsh [[WarMovies War Movie]], set - and filmed - [[DuringTheWar during]] WorldWarII.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.
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* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: Surprisingly averted; director Michael Powell deliberately encouraged the casting of women as [[ActionGirl resistiance leaders]].
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''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.
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* AbandonShip: Being forced to bail out of the damaged [[CoolPlane Vickers Wellington bomber]] sets up the whole plot.
* FateWorseThanDeath: It's the opinion of the Resistiance that the Nazi occupation is this.
-->'''Else Meertens''': Do you think that we Hollanders who threw the sea out of our country will let the Germans have it? Better the sea.
* HiddenInPlainSight: The sixth crewmember turns out to be playing on the local football team.
* ImportationExpansion: Inverted; twenty minutes were cut from the original American release.
* LaResistance: Initially suspicious, but they wind up helping them out.
* LesCollaborateurs: Jo de Vries pretends to help the Germans so that she can help the resistance.
* ThoseWackyNazis
* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: Surprisingly averted; director Michael Powell deliberately encouraged the casting of women as [[ActionGirl resistiance leaders]].
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AbandonShip: Being forced to bail out of the damaged [[CoolPlane Vickers Wellington bomber]] sets up the whole plot.
* FateWorseThanDeath: It's the opinion of the Resistiance that the Nazi occupation is this.
-->'''Else Meertens''': Do you think that we Hollanders who threw the sea out of our country will let the Germans have it? Better the sea.
* HiddenInPlainSight: The sixth crewmember turns out to be playing on the local football team.
* ImportationExpansion: Inverted; twenty minutes were cut from the original American release.
* LaResistance: Initially suspicious, but they wind up helping them out.
* LesCollaborateurs: Jo de Vries pretends to help the Germans so that she can help the resistance.
* ThoseWackyNazis
* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: Surprisingly averted; director Michael Powell deliberately encouraged the casting of women as [[ActionGirl resistiance leaders]].