A story dedicated to the Few who trained the Many
Two Englishmen (Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling) train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.
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Richard Attenborough Jack Watling David Tomlinson Stuart Latham Edward G. Robinson Hugh Wakefield Bromley Challenor Z. Peremowski Ronald Squire Derek N. Twist Leslie Nixen Len Reeve W. Busby Arthur Macrae Reginald Tate Elwyn Price Tommy Dugan John Justin Anthony Hulme Michael Harroway Edward Rutherford Sebastian Shaw Ronald Adam Bessie Love Arthur Bolton Fletcher Markle Jack Baker Stuart Dick Peter Bayliss Nicholas Stuart Patrick Waddington Tommy Tomlinson Michael McNeile Jerry Fitzgerald Eric Worth George Cole Hamish Nicol Norval D. Crutcher Sr. Murray Matheson Sidney Rider Rex Harrison Miles Malleson
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