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Several days later, with the risk of a bombing raid on the airfield and all of
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Hawkins later wrote, "This proved to be the part that set my feet on the road—I don't know whether I altogether care for the road—leading to a whole series of service character parts. Over the next few years, I played enough senior officers to stock the whole Ministry of Defence."
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from the attacking force. His delight is short-lived when he is admonished by Small and Sqn Ldr Peter Moon for leaving his radio set on transmit, preventing the returning
Hurricanes from being warned to divert to an undamaged airfield. A crestfallen Septic returns to his ground duties.
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at "Pimpernel" Squadron's airfield. Just as he touches down, a damaged aircraft from an earlier mission taxis across his path. Septic's quick reactions allow him to "leapfrog" the other
Hurricane, averting a costly disaster but he crashes his replacement aircraft into the
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Squadron letters of No. 56 Squadron were 'US'. A number of Hurricanes seen in the film carried the squadron letters 'AV' which were the letters of No. 121, the second American Eagle squadron. Other RAF types seen in the background include
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Eventually, a reinstated Septic joins in
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featured three Hawker
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