The Yellow Squadron (1954)
"Gula divisionen" (original title)

The year is 1954. The war in Korea has just ended and the superpowers stand by each side of the border. The peace in Europe is fragile and the cold war is imminent. At F8 - Air Force Base, ... See full summary »

Director:

Stig Olin

Writers:

Lars Widding (novel), Stig Olin

Stars:

Hasse Ekman, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz, Sven Lindberg

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Hasse Ekman	...	Birger Wreting
Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz	...	Sonja
Sven Lindberg	...	Lieutenant Hagberg
Lars Ekborg	...	Dag Holm
Gertrud Fridh	...	Inger Bart-Wreting
Stig Olin	...	Boman
Karl-Arne Holmsten	...	Field Officer
John Elfström	...	Holm
Kåre Santesson	...	Arne Bart (as Kåre Santeson)
Mona Malm	...	Berit
Hans Sackemark	...	Olsson
Meg Westergren	...	Ulla
Torsten Lilliecrona	...	Doctor

Storyline

The year is 1954. The war in Korea has just ended and the superpowers stand by each side of the border. The peace in Europe is fragile and the cold war is imminent. At F8 - Air Force Base, the yellow squadron stand ready with its J29 fighters.

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Plot Keywords:

swedish soldier | uniform | airplane accident | plane crash | cold war era | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

1955 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Yellow Squadron

Filming Locations:

F8 - Air Force Base, Barkarby, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company Credits

Production Co:

Terrafilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Near the end of the movie, the rear part of a J29 is seen burning after a crash-landing. This tail was from an aircraft that had been involved in a fatal accident at the airfield where most of the film was made.

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Goofs

In a scene a squadron of J29's make a practice-attack with air to ground rockets. The problem is, that the planes have no rockets under their wings in all shots leading up to the rocket-firing shot.

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Soundtracks

"Crusaders of Freedom"
(uncredited)
Music by Frank Tapp (as Graeme Stuart)

User Reviews

Swedish Air Force in the 50:ies

As a background: In the 50:es the Swedish Air Force was the third biggest in the world. The "J29 SAAB Tunnan" was as good as the best US (Sabre) and Soviet (Mig15) air fighters. Tunnan held for a time the world speed record at the distance of 500 km. Tunnan was in UN Service in Kongo, and made a substantial contribution to the UN victory.