Landfall: A Channel Story is a novel by Nevil Shute. It was first published in England in 1940 by Heinemann. The story is set during the opening months of the Second World War and concerns a young pilot, Roderick 'Jerry' Chambers, who is part of an air-patrol unit guarding the southern coast of England – around Portsmouth. One day Chambers sees a submarine and, believing it to be German, attacks with his weaponry and bombs. The submarine is sunk. Arriving back at base, he learns that indications are that the sunken submarine was a British submarine, not German as he had thought. Chambers escapes discipline but is censured and posted far away to the north of England.
Adaptations (1)
Landfall: A Channel Story was adapted into a 1949 film.
Landfall1949 · film · 86 min · dir. Ken Annakin · IMDb ↗IMDb6.6A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.
