Mirage Squadron

1h 33min

Drama

Lt. Gerhard Muller is the son of a pilot who was killed while flying with the South African Air Force in Korea. At the time his best friend and fellow pilot, Chris Fourie, was the only one to return from their mission and since then there have been various rumours about what happened. Now Gerhard is joining a Mirage squadron at Waterkloof Air Force Base, where Fourie will be his immediate superior. In addition his grandfather, Colonel Greeff, is the base commander. Also joining the squadron is Gerhard's best friend, Martin Bekker, who is the only one who knows about Gerhard's recent dizzy spells. It also emerges that there was a relationship between Gerhard's mother and Commander Fourie before she and his father got married.

Cast

Barry Trengove

Barry Trengove

Commandant Chris Fourie
Petru Wessels

Petru Wessels

Santie Muller
James White

James White

Lieut. Gerhard Muller
Lieb Bester

Lieb Bester

Lieut. Martin Bekker
Danie Smuts

Danie Smuts

Colonel Greeff
Sybel Coetzee

Sybel Coetzee

Ingrid de Villiers
Moira Downie

Moira Downie

Sussara 1
Colin Sutcliffe

Colin Sutcliffe

Colonel Donaldson
Fred Wheeler

Fred Wheeler

Flight sergeant
Pierre Venter

Pierre Venter

Traffic officer

Release date

18th Aug 1975

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Afrikaans