A Yank in the R.A.F.

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

Cast

Tyrone Power

as Tim Baker

Betty Grable

as Carol Brown

John Sutton

as Wing Commander Morley

Reginald Gardiner

as Roger Pillby

Donald Stuart

as Corporal Harry Baker

Ralph Byrd

as Al Bennett

Richard Fraser

as Thorndyke

Denis Greene

as Flight Lt. Redmond

Bruce Lester

as Flight Lt. Sterling Richardson

Lester Matthews

as Group Captain

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Tyrone Power looks great but otherwise this is a rather procedural piece of semi-propaganda depicting the RAF efforts against the Nazis at the start of WWII. In order to preserve neutrality, the USA would deliver planes to the Canadian border where they would be rather unceremoniously towed across t...

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