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Re: If there was one aircraft in the RAF Museum that....

Posted by Steve Young on Wed Mar 20, 2002 08:05:40 AM

In reply top Re: If there was one aircraft in the RAF Museum that.... posted by Ron Henry on Tue Mar 19, 2002 02:37:43 PM

: Allegedly, that nearly happened when the BoB film was made
: . tha RAF a/c was on loan to the film company and they wer
: e as I say, allegedly, interested in flying it. Think I he
: ard that they started the engine. Think I also heard that
: it they left it too late ie they were working on it toward
: the end of filming activity and the cash & time ran out.
: Confirm/ deny, anyone?
:

I don't know about that, but I heard the film makers intended to convert three Percival Proctors into Stuka lookalikes, and fly them for the scene where Ventnor is attacked. I'm not sure how accurate the conversions would have looked, as I've never seen any photo's of them - come to think of it, I don't know whether any of the conversions even went ahead. Certainly the film eventually used large scale models for the relevant Stuka scenes...

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