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Old 13th Jun 2003, 23:31
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Iron City
 
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Obscure American TV series with flying time: "Tales of the (something) Monkey" Believe early '80's tropical island with dashing, broke hero with a Grumman Widgeon (or similar), dopey mechanic, hot girl, etc etc etc. Some good flying footage.


"12 O'clock High" great movie even if some of the in the air shots were overused footage and not of great quality they had the virtue of being real. Even got a neighbor to start talking one day of his experience as a gunner in B-24s 8th AF. Got shot up so bad crashed into the sea off Sweden and was interned for the duration. Not as bad as it could have been. By his account the pilot held the aircraft in some semblence of control while they all jumped and got the wounded guys out but lost control before he could ditch or jump.
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