Expert: DM - 7/10/2007

Question
IN SPANISH THE NAME WAS SQUADRON MOSQUITO,AND IN ENGLISH SHOULD BE MOSQUITO SQUADRON,MAYBE IT WAS ANOTHER NAME,I WENT TO SEE THIS MOVIE WHEN I WAS SMALL I REALLY LIKED IT IT WAS ABOUT: THEY HAD TO DROP A BOMB THAT WAS LIKE A BALL AND HAD TO INTRODUCE IT TO A CAVE ONE OF THE GUYS NAME WAS FOR SURE SCOTTY AND THEY WERE CAPTURE BY THE GERMANS AND SCOTTY WENT TO LOOK FOR HIS FRIENDS AND AT THE FINAL HE WAS TRYING TO SAVE THEM SHOOTING A GERMAN TANK,I WAS MAYBE 7 OR 8 YEARS OLD BUT I REALLY NEED TO SEE IT AGAIN IS ALWAYS IN MY MINE I AM NOW 46 THANKS ANTONIO UGARTE

Answer
Dear Antonio,
The movie you remember might be this one:

Mosquito Squadron (made in 1969).
Director: Boris Sagal
Writers: Joyce Perry Joyce Perry, and and Donald S. Sanford.
Donald S. Sanford

Starring David McCallum as Sq. Leader Quint Munroe, and also with Suzanne Never, Charles Gray, and David Buck

To save England, Quint must sacrifice everything he loves.

Trivia: The Bouncing Bomb used in the film was a real weapon. Known as Highball (a smaller version of the Dambusting Upkeep bomb), it was originally designed by Dr. Barnes Wallis to be utilized against battleships, such as the Tirpitz. The Highball bomb weighed 1,280lb (580kg), carried 600lb (272kg) of explosive, and was small enough to be carried in tandem by a Mosquito fighter-bomber. Prior to release the bomb was imparted with a backward spin of 700-900 revolutions per minute, and dropped at high speed (360 mph (580km/h)) and low altitude (60 ft (18.2m)).

Movies Unlimited has the title on DVD right now, and it's on sale. Their DVD version is in Widescreen; and has a soundtrack in English Dolby Digital mono, with choices of subtitles in English, French, and Spanish. It also has a theatrical trailer.

Their web site describes the plot as:

Mosquito Squadron [DVD] (1969)

David McCallum stars as an R.A.F. pilot sent to tell his best friend's wife that her husband was killed in action. As the two begin to renew a romance they shared before the war, McCallum is ordered to bomb a Nazi factory believed to be creating the dreaded V-3 rocket. But when British Intelligence reports suggest that his friend is alive and being held captive with other Allied pilots, at the same location, McCallum concocts a plan to free the prisoners before the bombing run. Suzanne Neve, Charles Gray co-star. 90 min.  

One memorable piece of the dialogue was while the plane was in a low dive:

Nav: I hope you brought your driving licence.
Munroe: Why?
Nav: Fly any lower and you're going to need it.

You can find MOVIES UNLIMITED at www.moviesunlimited.com, or try to copy/paste this URL into your Internet browser and go right to that title:

http://www.moviesunlimited.com/musite/product.asp?sku=D44425++

I have a copy of the movie poster if you would like to see it. Send me an email and I'll send it back to you on another email. Email me at: davemenefee@aol.com

Sincerely,
David Menefee