RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: All But One Of Our 航空機 is 行方不明の - the UK's shambolic D-Day sequel, starring 認める Shapps

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In 1942, British cinema audiences were captivated by a classic Powell and Pressburger 宣伝 film called One Of Our 航空機 Is 行方不明の.

It centres on the heroism of a Wellington 爆撃機 乗組員 軍隊d to bale out over 占領するd Europe and their escape home across the Channel with the help of members of the 地元の 抵抗.

The movie ― which starred の中で others, Eric Portman, Bernard Miles and Googie Withers ― helped raise 意気込み／士気 during some of the darkest days of World War II.

At the 高さ of the war, the RAF had 108 騎兵大隊s and UK factories were turning out 25,000 航空機 a year. The 肩書を与える of the film was taken from 正規の／正選手 news 公式発表s on the wireless 報告（する）／憶測ing in sombre トンs that one or more 計画（する）s had failed to return from a 使節団.

If they remade it today, the film would have to be called All But One Of Our 航空機 Is 行方不明の. 計画（する）s for a 集まり パラシュート（で降下する） 減少（する） to 祝う／追悼する the 80th 周年記念日 of D-Day have been 規模d 支援する 徹底的に because the 省 of Defence can only rustle up one 計画（する）.

All But One Of Our 航空機 Is 行方不明の. Makes you proud to be British, 令状s Richard Littlejohn

The パラシュート（で降下する） 連隊 had 推定する／予想するd to send over 450 men in four 航空機, but have since been told that just one is 利用できる. The 残り／休憩（する） are （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd on Nato 義務 and 救済 成果／努力s in Gaza.

The 政府, not the RAF, is to 非難する since the 省 of Defence decided to 年金 off 14 perfectly serviceable Hercules C-130 輸送（する） 計画（する）s, にもかかわらず knowing that their 交替／補充 (n)艦隊／(a)素早い of Airbus A400Ms would not be fully 利用できる until 2025.

Former Defence 大臣 Tobias Ellwood wrote in The Mail on Sunday: 'As things stand, the Paras' hopes of putting on a large-規模 multi-計画（する） パラシュート（で降下する） 減少（する） have been 限られた／立憲的な to a 選び出す／独身 航空機 and just 100 of them jumping out.

'The 問題／発行する 論証するs a sad and simple truth ― today's RAF 欠如（する）s 激しい 解除する capacity after all the Hercules 輸送（する） (n)艦隊／(a)素早い, which served our nation so 井戸／弁護士席 for more than 50 years, was scrapped to save money.'

A 上級の source in the 連隊 told the MoS that the 欠如（する） of 航空機 was 'an 侮辱 to those who made the ultimate sacrifice'. Ex-武装した Services 大臣 示す Francois, whose father fought on D-Day, said: 'That 世代 of heroes defended our freedom against Nazi Germa ny and they deserve to be 適切に 祝う／追悼するd in return.

'This just shows what a chronic mistake it was to retire the C-130, which 成し遂げるd this 役割 首尾よく, for １０年間s.'

Par for the course, sadly, on the part of the useless bureaucrats running the modern MoD, who 終始一貫して put short-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 cost-cutting and virtue-signalling above the defence of the Realm.

These are the same clowns who, on Gordon Brown's orders, built two 明言する／公表する-of-the-art 航空機 運送／保菌者s but forgot to order any 計画（する）s to 飛行機で行く from them.

一方／合間, the new 運送／保菌者s keep breaking 負かす／撃墜する and a couple of months ago a 核搭載ミサイル ミサイル from one of our 核の 潜水艦s misfired and landed in the sea off Florida. Heaven help us if ウクライナ共和国 落ちるs and the ロシアのs decide to 圧力（をかける） on across Europe.

We're no better equipped to repel an 侵略 than was the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard to defend us against the Nazis at the start of WWII.

Bang-two-three!

We can't even stop the daily flotilla of rubber dinghies crossing the Channel, 不法に ダンピング thousands of migrants on the Kent coast, let alone 開始する a 反対する-不快な／攻撃 in the event of a 十分な-blown 狙撃 war.

The MoD would probably 停止（させる） any 提案するd fightback because the rainbow lanyards and hi-viz jackets hadn't been 配達するd and there was no 無能にするd 接近 on the beaches in Normandy.

If this lot had been running the War Office in 1942, we'd all be speaking German today. If they can't find more than a 選び出す／独身 計画（する） for the Paras, how the hell would they ever have 機動力のある a 1,000-爆撃機 （警察の）手入れ，急襲?

This week's Defence 長官 認める Shapps is now scrabbling 一連の会議、交渉／完成する trying to rustle up at least one more 計画（する） to 参加する the D-Day 儀式.

明らかに, there's an old Halifax 爆撃機 at the RAF Museum in Hendon which could be brought out of mothballs in an 緊急 and used to 牽引する a few hang-gliders over the Channel.

A 提案 to attach アマゾン-style drones to paratroopers' helmets has been 解任するd as unworkable.

計画（する）s to use Ryanair 計画（する）s have also been dropped after 大臣s decided they couldn't afford to 支払う／賃金 exorbitant online 調書をとる／予約するing and 優先 搭乗 料金s and 超過 baggage 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s for the パラシュート（で降下する）s.

一方／合間, the Americans are sending over six, fully 乗組員を乗せた Hercules C-130s for the 周年記念日. ポーランドの（人） and Canadian paratroopers will also be taking part. But King Charles, who was 任命するd 指揮官-in-長，指導者 of the パラシュート（で降下する） 連隊 in 1977, will have to stand と一緒に 大統領 Biden and watch our embarrassingly 減らすd 出資／貢献, 儀礼 of typical MoD 無資格／無能力.

All But One Of Our 航空機 Is 行方不明の. Makes you proud to be British.