Spitfire Ace First of the Few (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary

Spitfire Ace

First of the Few (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary

A documentary about the life and work of aircraft engineer R.J. Mitchell, designer of the British Spitfire fighter, so crucial to British air success during World War II.

Director

Nick Watts

Producer

Nick Watts

Editor

Dan Glendenning

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Updated Dec 31, 2004

Release date

2004 (United Kingdom)

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
Cyril Bamberger Self - Sergeant 610 Squadron Self - Sergeant 610 Squadron See fewer	Fighting the Blue (2005)
Stephen Bungay Self - Author, The Most Dangerous Enemy (as Dr Stephen Bungay) Self - Author, The Most Dangerous Enemy (as Dr Stephen Bungay) See fewer	Spitfire Ace (2004)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Tom Dalton Morgan Self - Flight Lieutenant 43 Squadron (as Tom Dalton-Morgan) Self - Flight Lieutenant 43 Squadron (as Tom Dalton-Morgan) See fewer	Spitfire Ace (2004)
Bob Doe Self - Pilot Officer 234 Squadron Self - Pilot Officer 234 Squadron See fewer	Spitfire Ace (2004)
Billy Drake Self - Flight Lieutenant 213 Squadron Self - Flight Lieutenant 213 Squadron See fewer	Spitfire Ace (2004)
Carolyn Grace Self Self See fewer	Spitfire Ace (2004)
Leslie Howard R.J. Mitchell (archive footage) R.J. Mitchell (archive footage) See fewer	Pygmalion (1938)
Iain Hutchinson Self - Sergeant 222 Squadron Self - Sergeant 222 Squadron See fewer	Spitfire Ace (2004)
Rosamund John Diana Mitchell (archive footage) Diana Mitchell (archive footage) See fewer	Tawny Pipit (1944)
David Mallon Self Self See fewer	Spitfire Ace (2004)
Thomas Neil Self - Pilot Officer 249 Squadron (as Tom Neil) Self - Pilot Officer 249 Squadron (as Tom Neil) See fewer	Air Aces (2012)
David Niven Geoffrey Crisp (archive footage) Geoffrey Crisp (archive footage) See fewer	Murder by Death (1976)
Richard Overy Self - King's College London (as Prof Richard Overy) Self - King's College London (as Prof Richard Overy) See fewer	Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow (1998)
Joe Roddis Self - Leading Aircraftman 234 Squadron Self - Leading Aircraftman 234 Squadron See fewer	Battle of Britain (2015)
Nigel Rose Self - Pilot Officer 602 Squadron Self - Pilot Officer 602 Squadron See fewer	Spitfire Ace (2004)
Christopher Shores Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Spitfire Ace (2004)
George Unwin Self - Flight Sergeant 19 Squadron Self - Flight Sergeant 19 Squadron See fewer	Jane's WWII Fighters (1998)
Geoffrey Wellum Self - Pilot Officer 92 Squadron Self - Pilot Officer 92 Squadron See fewer	Witness 1939: When War Broke Out (2014)
Allan Wright Self - Flight Lieutenant 92 Squadron Self - Flight Lieutenant 92 Squadron See fewer	Spitfire Ace (2004)