A Yank in the R.A.F. [SEP] director
A Yank in the R.A.F.
A Yank in the R.A.F. is a 1941 American black-and-white war film directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power and Betty Grable. It is considered a typical early-World War II production. Originally titled "The Eagle Squadron", it is based on a story by "Melville Crossman", the pen name for 20th Century Fox studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck. It follows an American pilot who joins the Royal Air Force (RAF), during a period when the United
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Webb assisted Robert Mamoulian in "Blood and Sand" (1941) and Henry Hathaway on "Ten Gentlemen from West Point" (1942), and worked with King on "A Yank in the R.A.F." (1941), "The Black Swan" (1942), and "The Song of Bernadette" (1943).
Biography Early features as director.
Webb wanted to direct and the studio gave him a short, "No Escape" (1943). It was sufficiently well received