The Lost Squadron [SEP] cast member
The Lost Squadron
The Lost Squadron is a 1932 American pre-Code drama, action, film starring Richard Dix, Mary Astor, and Robert Armstrong, with Erich von Stroheim and Joel McCrea in supporting roles, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film is about three World War I pilots who find jobs after the war as Hollywood stunt fliers. The much-later "The Great Waldo Pepper" (1975) employed a similar theme. "The Lost Squadron" was the first RKO production to carry the screen
Priestly Robinson of the 561st Squadron was lost at sea after Operation Ivy testing.
Lineage.
- Constituted 83d Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 20 Nov 1940
- Redesignated 83d Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 29 Apr 1947
- Redesignated 561st Fighter-Escort Squadron on 27 Oct 1950
Lineage Assignments.
- 12th Bombardment Group, 15 Jan 1941-22 Jan 1946; 19 May 1947-10 Sep 1948
- 12th Fighter-Escort Group, 1 Nov 1950
- 12th Fighter Escort (later Strategic Fighter