"Angels One Five" required Hurricanes and the Portugese Air Force kindly loaned six to the film company. These aircraft duly arrived at Langley led by a Mosquito (RR299) from Hatfield. Unfortunately the Hurricanes carried on past the airfield dutifully following the Mosquito. Subsequently they returned and landed. I was at the end of the reception party and duly raised my arms to guide in an aircraft. To my horror all six started to taxy towards me so I had to shout to my colleagues to raise their arms before we had a major pile-up. The aircraft were immaculate, just as though they were fresh off our production line. However, the overwhelming smell of scent in the cockpits was very off-putting and we had to leave the canopies open to try to clear the smell. Even the chocolate that we found reeked of scent and was inedible.
    The Company Hurricane also took part in the filming, flown by Bill Bedford, and he would return to us exhausted by all the spiral diving he had carried out for the cameras; many repeat shots! Our day-to-day work was also affected, especially when the film company sound recorders were in action. Microphones were laid out close to the take-off path in order to record engine noises during take-offs and landings. We were thus prevented from flying Sea Furies for half-day periods; very frustrating for our pilots. One Portugese Hurricane remained at Langley during this period and I managed to photograph the excellent nose artwork; all frowned upon by the management!