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Re: Buzz Job - War Lover

Posted by PeterA on Mon May 26, 2003 05:09:13 AM

In reply top Re: Buzz Job posted by Dan Johnson on Mon May 26, 2003 12:06:42 AM

I concurr.
The filming was based at RAF Bovingdon with some filming at Manston. John Crewdsen was the pilot and if memory serves me he was also involved with the Mosquitos in '633 Squadron' also filmed at Bovingdon.
See below and I quote from the Military Aviation movie list on that site.

www.coastcomp.com/av/fltline2/avmovie.htm

The War Lover
1962 *v
USAAF- Steve McQueen; 8th AF B-17's. Rivalry between "normal" co-pilot and macho pilot who loves combat. A lot of moody black and white footage of Forts.

Filmed in England with with 3 B-17G's: 2 PB-1W's, both scrapped after filming, and a CB-17G/VB-17G (now N9563Z Fuddy Duddy). Shot at ex-RAF Bovingdon. TB-25J Mitchell camera ship from Aero Assoc (44-30861).

The studio B-17 fuselage had actually been one of the 3 famous Isreali B-17's, bought after being broken up in Isreal.

One of the parajumpers drowned during filming. John Crewdson flew the terrific B-17 beatup at Bovingdon.

RAF Manston was used as well. They slso used stock footage from "Memphis Belle" and and "12 O'Clock High". Watch for the Spitfire attacking the B-17 in several scenes!



: From the movie "The War Lover" starring Steve McQueen and
: Robert Wagner. An English(?) pilot flew that 17. Martin
: Caiden wrote a book about the ferry flight of this and two
: other resurrected 17s, called, "Everything but the Flak".
: I think the pilots name was Crewsdon, or something simil
: ar if my memory serves. He'd flown Buffalos in the CBI du
: ring WW2 as well according to Caiden's book.
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