G4 from the "German Force Aircraft Equipment Centre", Stanmore Park. It was scrapped after filming in 1952. Other enemy aircraft were depicted by models. Ronald Adam who plays the part of a Group Controller was the Fighter Group Controller at RAF Hornchurch during the Battle of Britain. Squadron Leader Adam was a veteran of both the First and Second World Wars. Music The opening titles feature the Royal Air Force March Past composed by Sir Henry Walford Davies KCVO OBE. Reception Box office Angels One Five was the ninth most popular at the British box office in 1952. Critical response Film critic Bosley Crowther, in his review for The New York Times, wrote that "there's something about any picture that recollects the R.A.F. and the triumphant Battle of Britain that this reviewer finds hard to resist. Maybe it's all those brave young pilots; maybe it's the climate of the operations rooms; maybe it's those Hurricanes and Spitfires barreling down the runways and clawing into the sky. The symbols of that kind of warfare and that phase of World War II are so heroically connected that they invariably stir a thrill. And one must say that this picture has a cast to do it proud." Aviation film historian Stephen Pendo remarked, ""Septic" Baird (John Gregson) and "Tiger" Small (Jack Hawkins)... play their roles with a reasonable degree of expertise." References Notes Bibliography Pendo, Stephen. Aviation in the Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1985. . Quill, Jeffrey, Spitfire: A Test Pilot's Story. London: Crécy Publishing Ltd, 1998. . External links 1952 films 1952 war films British war films British aviation films Battle of Britain films Films shot at Associated British Studios Films directed by George More O'Ferrall Royal Air Force mass media British black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films