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3''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 Dutch resistance.
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5The title has inspired a large number of [[TheJoyOfX snowclones]].
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8!!One of Our Tropes Is Missing:
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10* AbandonShip: Being forced to bail out of the damaged [[CoolPlane Vickers Wellington bomber]] sets up the whole plot.
11* AndTheAdventureContinues: The film ends with B for Bertie's crew getting ready to take off in a brand new four engine Short Stirling.
12* 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.
13* CoolOldGuy: Rear gunner Sir George 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."
14* CreatorCameo: Michael Powell appears as the air dispatcher.
15* FateWorseThanDeath: It's the opinion of the Resistance that the Nazi occupation is this.
16-->'''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.
17* HiddenInPlainSight: The sixth crewmember turns out to be playing on the local football team.
18* 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.
19* IHaveNoSon: The Burgomiester's reaction when Cornelius runs back home, after being 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.
20* LaResistance: Initially suspicious, but they wind up helping the airmen out.
21* LesCollaborateurs:
22** Jo de Vries pretends to help the Germans so that she can help the resistance.
23** Meanwhile Cornelius, the Burgomiester's son, is an unrepentant collaborator with the Nazi occupiers, which bites him in the ass later.
24* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: Surprisingly averted; director Michael Powell deliberately encouraged the casting of women as [[ActionGirl resistance leaders]].
25* 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.
26* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: The film contains no musical score. Michael Powell strove for "naturalism" and only used diegetic sounds.
27* 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.
28* ThoseWackyNazis: Not that 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.
29* WholesomeCrossdresser: Frank is disguised as a (rather tall) Hollander woman when the crew is moved between towns. Being an actor, he takes it in stride.

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