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Re: Battle of Britian/ the movie

Posted by Mike on Sun Sep 14, 2003 01:17:17 PM

In reply top Re: Battle of Britian/ the movie posted by martin collins on Sun Sep 14, 2003 12:43:20 PM

: no one`s mentioned the Hurricanes, in one scene in france
: when the 109`s strafe the field it`s obvious that some of
: the hurricanes are in fact real a/c on fire---you can tel
: l by the fuselage construction :?(

Sorry to contradict, but absolutely not!

Although 3 flyable Hurricanes were used in the film, all the scenes of burning aircraft on the ground were filmed using mock-ups. Even in 1968, Hurricanes were too valuable a commodity to be burned as film props.

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