| BADER | Second World War RAF flying ace portrayed in Paul Brickhill's book Reach for the Sky and in a film of the same name (5) |
| ESCAPE | The Great -; Paul Brickhill's book that was adapted into a film with Steve McQueen (6) |
| WNBA | Sports org. for the Sky and the Sun |
| PARKINGFEE | Payment for keeping RAF flying (7,3) |
| FRANZ | RAF flying to New Zealand, ahead of Schubert and Kafka (5) |
| BOMBERHARRIS | Nickname of the Second World War RAF commander-in-chief who oversaw attacks on Berlin and Nuremberg in 1944 |
| ALTITUDE | Up in the clouds and reach for the sky: that's the height of it. (8) |
| KENNETHMORE | Actor who portrayed flying ace Douglas Bader in Reach for the Sky (7, 4) |
| CROWN | The first book in Paul Scott's Raj quartet series was also the title given to their dramatisation for TV, The Jewel In The ... |
| BIGGINHILL | Suburban town in Bromley home to a Second World War RAF aerodrome (6,4) |
| CHESHIRE | Leonard, World War II RAF pilot who founded a charity for homes for the disabled (8) |
| HEAVEN | Empyrean abode of angels, God and saints in Christianity; or, usually in plural, a poetic word for the sky in which the moon, planets, stars and sun appear or move (6) |
| DOUGLAS | And 21 Second World War RAF pilot (7,5) |
| BANDIT | An enemy aircraft, in Second World War RAF lingo |
| VEGA | What is the fifth brightest star in the sky and the brightest star in the constellation Lyra? (4) |
| NICKFROST | Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World's End are three films in which this English actor, who played the role of Clive Gollings in Paul, starred (4,5) |
| LEONARDCHESHIRE | Decorated British World War II RAF pilot who set up in 1948 a charity for disabled people (7,8) |
| HARRIS | Sir Arthur "Bomber" _; Second World War RAF marshal (6) |
| CAPELLA | Sixth-brightest star in the sky, and the brightest in the constellation Auriga (7) |
| ALANPRICE | Singer-songwriter who appeared in and scored 1973 comedy-drama film O Lucky Man! (4,5) |
