An Airman's Letter to His Mother
6.0(3)19416m
War
A Royal Air Force (RAF) airman who dies during a mission has left a letter to be sent to his mother upon his death.
Director
Michael Powell
Cast
Reviews
1 review
Geronimo1967
2y ago
7.0
At the height of the Battle of Britain, a young pilot in the Royal Air Force left instructions that in the event he didn't make it back from a mission, a letter was to be forwarded on to his mother. She consented that it be made public and from an issue of the "Times" newspaper, John Gielgud reads the text whilst Michael Powell takes us on a tour of his bedroom at home. The things in this room giv...
