In the above photos, Meteor WS848 is an NF14 and Venom WX948 is an NF3.
Both are parked roughly where the ice rink used in the TV show 'Dancing on Ice' has been built.
Re: 633 Sqdn. I was present wearing my ATC cadet uniform standing behind the camera for a couple of short sequences; it was a brilliant summers day but when the film came out both scenes had been darkened to simulate night and boy those arc lights are HOT.
One scene was Donald Houston telling Cliff Robertson he'd 'got old Davis's permission' to go on the raid; they ran it twice, once each from the viewpoint of both actors and while they were moving the camera, a stand-in (looking very much like Charles Bronson - don't think it was him though) stood in front of the lights so the cameraman could set up his light levels; at the end of the shoot the director said 'save carbons' and the lighting man removed then from the light unit - they were glowing red hot even in that bright sunlight!
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