Was Sir John Mills a WWII veteran ?

Sad news….

Yes, it was very good.
Not much flying but a story about a pub, an airfield and the different Yanks and Brits that flew from it.
A bit dated now but well worth a look.
Cheers
Andy

Is that the one with distant shots of “Shortnose” Blenheims in it, with Type C roundels??

I read he played an RAF pilot in ‘A way to the Stars’…never heard of it…any good?

M

Yes, it was very good.
Not much flying but a story about a pub, an airfield and the different Yanks and Brits that flew from it.
A bit dated now but well worth a look.
Cheers
Andy

I read he played an RAF pilot in ‘A way to the Stars’…never heard of it…any good?

M

Sad news, just thinking of his films reveals a list of all time classics and sometimes iconic moments; Ryan’s Daughter, Ice Cold in Alex, The Colditz Story, Gandhi, The End of the Affair, the list just goes on.

I thought people on this forum might like to see a photo of Sir JOhn taken at last years Biggin Hill, He was on fine form that day and looked much younger than his years.
We have lost a great Englishman today and a Real star.

He married his wife in 1941, according to the TV news: and the wedding picture broadcast shows him in what looks like an army officers uniform. But any possible career in the military was lost to a duodenal ulcer and he returned to helping the war effort in front of the camera.

Flood

Yes, he was in the British Army in WWII

Sir John was in the Army, not sure which unit and during which period but I think that it was WWII.