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unusual facts about Advance Party



Adrian J. McDowall

In 2009, Adrian was included in a pool of eight writer directors as part of the filmmakers collective Advance Party II - the successor to Sigma Films and Zentropa’s Advance Party which produced Andrea Arnorld’s Cannes Jury Prize winning feature film Red Road, and Morag McKinnon’s Rounding Up Donkeys.


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Battle of the Belly River

An advance party of Crees had stumbled upon a Peigan camp and decided to attack instead of informing the main Cree body of their find.

Fountain Green Massacre

The men were driving two ox-drawn wagons filled with wheat to Salt Lake City as the advance party of a larger group headed by local Manti Mormon leader Isaac Morley.

No. 26 Squadron RAF

An advance party was moved to Aden in March 1963 and the remainder to RAF Kuching, Borneo in November 1963 for a one year unaccompanied tour.

RCAF Station Guelph

The advance party of RCAF officers arrived on 7 June 1941 under the command of Wing Commander (W/C) A. H. K. Russell.