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Following the success of Dunkirk? Looks intense. Based on actual events... Hope they do a good job of it.
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Hurricane - WW2 movie about 303 squadron
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No. 303 ("Kościuszko") Polish Fighter Squadron was one of 16 Polish squadrons in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It was not just the highest scoring of the Hurricane squadrons during the Battle of Britain, but it had the highest ratio of enemy aircraft destroyed to their own lost.
The squadron was named after the Polish and United States hero General Tadeusz Kościuszko, and the Polish 7th Air Escadrille founded by Merian C. Cooper, that served Poland in the 1919–1921 Polish-Soviet War. No. 303 was formed in July 1940 in Blackpool, England before deployment to RAF Northolt on 2nd August as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom. It had a distinguished combat record and was disbanded in December 1946.
Whether or not the film makers stay close to the original script depends a lot on how long the film runs, how much love interest they put into it and how much combat drama. If it's anything like the 2001 film, Pearl Harbour, I'll give it a miss.
The squadron was named after the Polish and United States hero General Tadeusz Kościuszko, and the Polish 7th Air Escadrille founded by Merian C. Cooper, that served Poland in the 1919–1921 Polish-Soviet War. No. 303 was formed in July 1940 in Blackpool, England before deployment to RAF Northolt on 2nd August as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom. It had a distinguished combat record and was disbanded in December 1946.
Whether or not the film makers stay close to the original script depends a lot on how long the film runs, how much love interest they put into it and how much combat drama. If it's anything like the 2001 film, Pearl Harbour, I'll give it a miss.
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