A Yank in the RAF

Original title: A Yank in the R.A.F.

1941
Approved
1h 38m

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Tyrone Power and Betty Grable in A Yank in the RAF (1941)

An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.

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6.3/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

Trivia
Tyrone Power's flying stunt double in this movie, RAF pilot Lt. Harold Barlow, was shot down by German aircraft and taken prisoner, according to a 20th Century-Fox press release of 24 January 1942.

Goofs
The following items are 'goofs', but may have been made deliberately by the filmmakers in the interests of war-time security: The real 61 Squadron flew Hampden bombers, not Lockheed Hudsons. Hudson bombers were not used in bombing missions over Berlin, with the main role for these bombers being in Coastal Command in Europe. The real 32 Squadron, which Baker flies with in the Dunkirk scenes, flew Hawker Hurricanes and not Spitfires. When Baker gets in the Spitfire, it carries the squadron code 'LO' which was the code of the 602 Squadron and not the 32 Squadron he is supposed to be flying with (it used KT and GZ). 602 Squadron aircraft were used for shooting the film at Prestwick

Quotes
Tim Baker: Well, I haven't looked at another girl since you left.
Carol Brown: Well, I've looked at other men.
Tim Baker: Maybe, but I'll bet you didn't look at them the same way you looked at me that first night in Kansas City. Remember?... You were going east, and I was going west; then we saw each other, and I was going east!

Connections
Edited into All This and World War II (1976)

Soundtracks
These Foolish Things
(uncredited)
Music by Jack Strachey and Harry Link
Played often in the score

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Bob Hopkins (Hoppy) Pitched This to Zanuck in nine words

'Hoppy' was not a writer or gag man but an early master of the one line pitch, he had an incredible nose for money making ideas. He stopped Zanuck once in the hallway and poking him in the shoulder and said,. TYRONE POWER.....call it A YANK IN THE R. A. F. Zanuck was immediately smitten with the idea and though not a masterpiece it was so damned TIMELY that it made a LOT of money.