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SM79s

Posted by simon king on Fri Oct 11, 2002 12:52:40 PM

Channel hopping this afternoon spent a few minutes looking at a good old Brit war film, so redolent of the 1950's - "They Who Dare" about commando raids in the Middle East starring all the usual suspects that appear in films of this age and genre.

One of the scenes was an attack on an Italian airfield and features real SM79s - one of which was numbered "112".

I wondered if by 1953 (when the film was made) there were any SM79s flying , other than the Lebanese aircraft which if I remember rightly were coded 110,111 and 112 which would tie in with the aircraft number shown in the film.

thanks

SK

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