Blackbush, (WHEN)

[SPIT]

Hi
I tok some photo's at Blackbush Airfield some time ago. They consisted of 5 + T28s, 3 JU 52s one of which was used in the film "Where Eagles Dare" and finally 4+ B25 that were to be/or had been used in the film Hanover Street, the T28s were for disposal/sale I believe.
Does anyone know WHAT YEAR (in the early 70s) this might have been. :confused::confused:??

[Geezers of Nazareth]

I would suggest that this was probably 1978 or 1979.

I took photos of them in 1979, and they had been there a while when I saw them.

[Warmtoast]

A bit of info.


Where Eagles Dare
Released UK December 1968
Filming locations:
Burg Hohenwerfen, Werfen (Austria); in January 1968
Ebensee (Austria); in January 1968
Airport scenes filmed in Aigen/Ennstal (Austria); in early 1968
Borehamwood Studios, London (England); in spring 1968
If you are a film fan and want to see a very large collection of "Then" shots from the film and "Now" photos of the locations used, have a look here:
Filming Location: Where Eagles Dare (http://www.cinema-astoria.com/cinematography/filminglocation/locations/whereeaglesdare/index.html)
Sadly though there are only a few aircraft shots of JU-52's and Harvards at Austrian Aigen/Ennstal military airfield.
However, this site has details of the JU-52 used:
Where Eagles Dare - the unofficial homepage (http://www.whereeaglesdare.com/library/index.php?page=articles&id=3)



Hanover Street
Released UK 1979

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/HanoverStreetPoster.jpg

From Wiki
The film was a critical and commercial failure on its release, but has developed a following amongst aviation enthusiats due to the flying sequences.

The aerial sequences were mostly filmed at the by then-disused Bovingdon airfield using five North American B-25s Mitchell bombers flown over to England from USA specially for the filming.


B.25 Details
Movie serial # Nickname Aircraft type Actual serial # Registration # Disposition

151632 Gorgeous George Ann / Thar She Blows B-25J-30NC 44-30925 N9494Z Brussels Air Museum
151645 Marvellous Miriam B-25J-20NC 44-29366 N9115Z RAF Museum Hendon
151790 Amazing Andrea B-25J-30NC 44-86701 N7681C Destroyed – Hangar Fire
151863 Big Bad Bonnie B-25J-30NC 44-86843 N9455Z Grissom Air Museum
151724 Brenda’s Boys B-25J-20NC 44-29121 N86427 Museo del Aire, Madrid, Spain

[treadigraph]

"Where Eagles Dare" - I was thinking perhaps The Eagle has Landed, there is a background shot of a Ju-52 in that, but it's still a bit early, filmed in '76.

Most of those aircraft arrived in 1978, I remember seeing them during Farnborough week in '78 - the T-28s maybe slightly later? There were also some ex Spanish AF and Moroccan AF DC-3s present for while. Always an interesting airfield to vist, a sneak trip around the Arnold hangar with the various ex-Indian Spitfires in crates if I recall.

Any chance of posting your pics?

[chevvron]

The T 28s were there a long time as they were classed as 'munitions of war' by HMG and Douggie wasn't allowed to touch them - he'd imported them without the correct paperwork.