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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Sep 2022, 18:40
Replies: 81
Views: 10,449
Posted By GeeRam

And Harry Ellis was the Chief Instructor on the...

And Harry Ellis was the Chief Instructor on the Mosquito at CAACU at Exeter when the Mosquito's were retired in 1963, and was involved in checking out the pilots for the filming of 633 Squadron ;)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Sep 2022, 17:27
Replies: 81
Views: 10,449
Posted By GeeRam

Correct, DA's was indeed RS709 that is now at...

Correct, DA's was indeed RS709 that is now at Dayton.
I believe its the only Mosquito to have made 3 x transatlantic ferry flights, as after filming of Mosquito Sqn it was sold by Skyframe to Ed...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Sep 2022, 17:03
Replies: 81
Views: 10,449
Posted By GeeRam

Correct. After the hangar roof collapse,...

Correct.
After the hangar roof collapse, Charles Church acquired from a farm in Canada, the fuselage of Lancaster KB994 to use in the rebuild of KB976. Kermit Weeks acquired this along with all the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Sep 2022, 14:29
Replies: 81
Views: 10,449
Posted By GeeRam

Which is why for Mosquito Squadron, they used the...

Which is why for Mosquito Squadron, they used the same HT-* codes on the 4 x Mossie's used for filming, so as to be able to use 633 Sqn footage.

People naturally think that Mosquito Squadron was a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Sep 2022, 09:40
Replies: 81
Views: 10,449
Posted By GeeRam

They are both pretty bad films and sadly typical...

They are both pretty bad films and sadly typical of the budget 60's war movie genre.......its only the real Mosquito's in them that make them watchable (and Ron Goodwins musical score in 633...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Sep 2022, 20:46
Replies: 81
Views: 10,449
Posted By GeeRam

Correct. It was Flt.Lt. Scott played by John...

Correct.
It was Flt.Lt. Scott played by John Bonney who had the hook hand.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Sep 2022, 09:56
Replies: 81
Views: 10,449
Posted By GeeRam

I suspect this was RS712, now owned by Kermit...

I suspect this was RS712, now owned by Kermit Weeks. After filming for 633 Squadron finished, this was bought from off of Mirisch Films by Grp.Capt H.A.Mahaddie, and it spent some time at Bovvy...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Sep 2022, 09:02
Replies: 81
Views: 10,449
Posted By GeeRam

See my post #9 above. That was TT.35 TA634, and...

See my post #9 above. That was TT.35 TA634, and that was flown exclusively by Neil Williams for the duration of the filming.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Sep 2022, 08:22
Replies: 81
Views: 10,449
Posted By GeeRam

Crewsdon was involved with the film, in the...

Crewsdon was involved with the film, in the aerial production, but I don't believe he actually flew any of the Mosquito's during filming, I think he may have been one of the B-25 pilots along with...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Sep 2022, 21:07
Replies: 81
Views: 10,449
Posted By GeeRam

Neil flew TT.35 TA634 (now at the Mosquito...

Neil flew TT.35 TA634 (now at the Mosquito Museum) during the making of Mosquito Squadron, and indeed it was Neil that flew the aircraft back to Liverpool after filming was completed, in the summer...
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