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World War Ii | Biography
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In the film Leslie Howard's Mitchell says he wants his new fighter to be "a bird that breathes fire and spits out death and destruction--a 'spitfire' bird", giving the aircraft its name. In reality, when RJ Mitchell was told the name the RAF had given to his design, he is supposed to have said, "That's the sort of bloody silly name they WOULD choose!"
The "Merlin" is actually a kind of European falcon; Rolls-Royce named a great many of its aircraft engines after birds of prey.
Despite popular belief, this is not the final film of Leslie Howard. A year later, he directed The Gentle Sex (1943), in which he also appeared on-screen although only his back is observed as he narrates the story.
Leslie Howard's daughter, Leslie Ruth Howard, appears as Nurse Kennedy.
The film's closing epilogue is a famous quote from Winston Churchill. It states: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
"Geoffrey Crisp: Mitch, what do really think I can get out of her? Reginald J. Mitchell: Oh, two eighty five. Geoffrey Crisp: [astonished] Two eighty-five? Mitch, this is 1927, not 1977!"
"[the Mitchells have bumped into Crisp at a Dress Ball] Reginald J. Mitchell: Well, who's the lucky lady? Geoffrey Crisp: Don't know, I haven't met her yet!"
