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Old 14th Aug 2006, 09:22
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chevvron
 
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The opening scene for 'The Prisoner' was shot at Booker aka Wycombe Air Park; the runway is too narrow for Bovingdon, and I recognise the tarmac repair patch visible at one point.
Bovingdon was used in the early '50s for a film involving Lana Turner delivering a P51(don't know the name, but it must have been about '54 cos I remember seeing the aircraft parked unusually on the west side), then for 'The War Lover (B17's) in the early '60s; the two Mosquito films came next, followed by 'Hanover Street (B25s do fly in IMC) in '70s. The Flying car sequence for 'The Man With the Golden Gun' was also part filmed there.
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