A very poor movie constructed of silly domestic scenes, false heroics, and unabashed chauvinism. Very typical of early World War Two movies which saw war as a cross between a sport and an obligation, with rules dictated by cricket and tea time. All this is in a period of history when a British defeat seemed more likely than a British victory. Dunkirk was a narrow escape for about 350,000 British and French troops, a tragedy which contrasts with the cavalier attitude of Spitfire pilot Tim Baker, in a war which proved to be more horrid than almost anyone could anticipate when the film was released in September of 1941--a few months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The realtime scenes of Spitfires taking off and the portrayal of Dunkirk lend credibility to the action, but the animated dogfights remind one of little more than cartoon chaos.
Review of A Yank in the R.A.F.
