Dan, no I have not read the book, but I will certainly keep an eye out for it now, thanks. Was the book written before the film? And is it written by a real veteran? Who is the author?
Jules, no I have not yet seen The War Lover either. I will have to try and track a copy down. Cheers.
So it seems at least the opening was indeed Alabama. I’d dount Mr Freeman has it worng – he is to the 8th Air Force what our Mark12 is to Spitfires.
I just put on Roger Freeman’s tape again – he definately states – and I quote “In the opening scene, the former adjutant of a bomber station returns to his wartime haunts. The airfield now deserted and returned to agriculture. This moving opening was actually shot in Alabama, not England, but with remarkable foresight Hollywood was pre-empting history. For in years to come, in ever-increasing numbers the survivors of that air war would return, to view crumbling buildings, pace weedy runways, to reminisce and, perhaps, shed a tear. For an airman cannot return to battlefields in the sky, and the old airfield base becomes the focal point…….”
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