spots them and a shot seriously wounds the oldest man, Sir George Corbett. Nevertheless, they reach the North Sea. They take shelter in a German rescue buoy, where they take two shot-down enemy aviators prisoner, but not before one sends a radio message. By chance, two British boats arrive first. Because Corbett cannot be moved, they simply tow the buoy back to England. Three months later, he is fully recovered, and the crew board their new four-engine heavy bomber, a Short Stirling. Cast As appearing in screen credits (main roles identified): Hugh Burden as John Glyn Haggard, pilot of B for Bertie Eric Portman as Tom Earnshaw, second pilot Hugh Williams as Frank Shelley, observer/navigator Emrys Jones as Bob Ashley, wireless operator Bernard Miles as Geoff Hickman, front gunner Godfrey Tearle as Sir George Corbett, rear gunner Googie Withers as Jo de Vries Joyce Redman as Jet van Dieren Pamela Brown as Els Meertens Peter Ustinov as Priest Alec Clunes as Organist Hay Petrie as Burgomaster Roland Culver as Naval Officer David Ward as First German Airman Robert Duncan as Second German Airman Selma Vaz Dias as Burgomaster's wife (as Selma Van Dias) Arnold Marlé as Pieter Sluys Robert Helpmann as De Jong Hector Abbas as Driver James B. Carson as Louis Willem Akkerman as Willem Joan Akkerman as Maartje Peter Schenke as Hendrik Valerie Moon as Jannie John Salew as German Sentry William D'Arcy as German Officer Robert Beatty as Sgt. Hopkins Michael Powell as Despatching Officer (also a director-producer) Stewart Rome as Cmdr. Reynold Production The title "One of Our Aircraft Is Missing" is taken from a phrase that was often heard in contemporary news reports in the UK after a bombing raid, "one [or often more] of our aircraft failed to return", which originally served as the working title of the screenplay but was then altered to a less-downbeat form. Although the screenplay was not completely developed by the time of production, Powell considered it "half-finished ... it remained (that way) for most of the production." One of the reasons for continual revisions to the screenplay were the constant advances in wartime technology that were occurring. The Admiralty informed the producers and directors of the use of "lobster pots", floating steel platforms, hitherto unknown to the public, that had been anchored in the North Sea to facilitate rescue of downed airmen. When Powell learned of this innovation,