Mosquito over Auckland
Spent all day with it today and will be there tomorrow to see it off. Its a magnificent sight to see, a real privilage to get up and close to it. Not many people get the chance that I had today or will have tomorrow.
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Well I can't wait til next month when it'll be MoM @ WoW! (Mosquito over Masterton at Wings over Wairarapa). I missed the Ardmore shindig with the better half back in the UK for a family funeral, but I won't miss it this time!
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Mmmm...
"5 were flown in the film"
I worked on Mosquito Squadron [not the best movie ever made!] and I only ever saw 4 together, both at Bovingdon and West Raynham where we moved to after The Battle of Britain gaggle took over Bovingdon.
Pilots were Taffy Rich, Pat Fillingham [T3], Neil Williams and one other my brain cell can't recall but should. Allen Wheeler was the Aviation Advisor.
At West Raynham we were joined by a Farnborough based early mark Shackleton which housed the movie cameras, one fore and one aft. The movie only ever shows 4 flying Mosquitos and had there been five they would show up somewhere but don't.
There was a lot more low flying footage that probably ended up on the cutting room floor and I remember the Aerial Cameraman Stan Sayer saying the Shackleton flew so low over the Wash/North Norfolk area that it left spray trails from its prop wash.
I do hope that we get a Mosquito flying over its home soil fairly soon......
"5 were flown in the film"
I worked on Mosquito Squadron [not the best movie ever made!] and I only ever saw 4 together, both at Bovingdon and West Raynham where we moved to after The Battle of Britain gaggle took over Bovingdon.
Pilots were Taffy Rich, Pat Fillingham [T3], Neil Williams and one other my brain cell can't recall but should. Allen Wheeler was the Aviation Advisor.
At West Raynham we were joined by a Farnborough based early mark Shackleton which housed the movie cameras, one fore and one aft. The movie only ever shows 4 flying Mosquitos and had there been five they would show up somewhere but don't.
There was a lot more low flying footage that probably ended up on the cutting room floor and I remember the Aerial Cameraman Stan Sayer saying the Shackleton flew so low over the Wash/North Norfolk area that it left spray trails from its prop wash.
I do hope that we get a Mosquito flying over its home soil fairly soon......
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Originally Posted by aviate1138
Mmmm...
"5 were flown in the film"
I worked on Mosquito Squadron [not the best movie ever made!] and I only ever saw 4 together, both at Bovingdon and West Raynham where we moved to after The Battle of Britain gaggle took over Bovingdon.
Pilots were Taffy Rich, Pat Fillingham [T3], Neil Williams and one other my brain cell can't recall but should. Allen Wheeler was the Aviation Advisor.
At West Raynham we were joined by a Farnborough based early mark Shackleton which housed the movie cameras, one fore and one aft. The movie only ever shows 4 flying Mosquitos and had there been five they would show up somewhere but don't.
"5 were flown in the film"
I worked on Mosquito Squadron [not the best movie ever made!] and I only ever saw 4 together, both at Bovingdon and West Raynham where we moved to after The Battle of Britain gaggle took over Bovingdon.
Pilots were Taffy Rich, Pat Fillingham [T3], Neil Williams and one other my brain cell can't recall but should. Allen Wheeler was the Aviation Advisor.
At West Raynham we were joined by a Farnborough based early mark Shackleton which housed the movie cameras, one fore and one aft. The movie only ever shows 4 flying Mosquitos and had there been five they would show up somewhere but don't.
There were 5 x Mosquitos flying during filming for 633 Squadron at Bovingdon in July 1963, which is what I and the previous posters were talking about.
And you are correct regarding only 4 being used for filming of Mosquito Squadron at Bovingdon in July 1968
And I think Taffy Rich was the only pilot to fly a Mosquito in both films. And I can't find out who was the 4th pilot either
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There is an excellent calender of Mosquito shots available from Avspecs, [and at the WOW show]. .
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This is an American view of the brilliant achievement that is the Mosquito, and in my humble opinion, the best so far! Pilot is Dave Phillips. There won't be a pilot anywhere who, seeing this, won't drool!
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Aircraft/Flying Boat in background.
A superb video.At 2:14 there is a brief glimse of what looks like the hull of a Flying Boat.Any ideas anyone.Thanks in advance.
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It looks like this Widgeon Colin
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The Widgeon was quite common around Auckland in their day. Captain Fred Ladd, a wartime Grumman Avenger pilot, flew one under the Auckland Harbour bridge one day.
