The film market was in need of a good flying picture after Pearl Harbor, and it was sorely in need of one after "Eagle Squadron," "Dangerous Journey," and "Flying Tigers" were released. At last Alexander Korda has met the mark with his British production, "One of Our Aircraft Is Missing."

For resisting the ever-present temptation to saturate a war story with a strong solution of the spectacular, Korda deserves great praise. The success of this film hinges upon its able, all-British cast of Eric Portman, Hugh Williams, Godfrey Tearle, and Googie Withers, as well as the fact that its authentic action shots lend to the entire plot a reality that is more interesting than Errol Flynn fighting a thousand Nazis single-handed.

The story is one of an R.A.F. bomber crew forced down in Holland after a routine raid. Their escape to England is made possibly by the help of a well-organized Dutch underground. Googie Withers gives a fine interpretation of the quiet, unassuming Dutch girl who uses the confidence of Nazi masters to good advantage.

The other feature, "Over My Dead Body," if nothing else, makes the first film better appreciated. Milton Berle, acting the mental eagle (two below par), works his way into court as the defendant in a first degree murder charge. By stepping out of character at the last moment, he manages to save himself and disappoint an audience well content to see him "burn."