Historic aviation movie quiz!

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You just have to guess which movie this screengrab is from:

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Angels one five?

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First of the Few (Spitfire in the USA)

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Reach for the sky ?

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We can rule out "The Lion Has Wings", 'cos they were wearing white overalls in the scramble scenes.

LO- squadron codes ring a bell... but which one?

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The Spitfires look to be early marks, the filming is in the winter, judging by the state of the trees, Angels One Five featured Hurricanes and most of the Spitfires in Reach for the Sky were low back models.
Must be something made in the 40's, but haven't a clue what.

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All incorrect so far, although some good guesses!

LO codes were 602 "City of Glasgow" Squadron.

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Is it some wartime government propaganda film, probably from about 1941.
Or a black and white out take from Pearl Harbor!!!!!!!

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All incorrect so far, although some good guesses!

LO codes were 602 "City of Glasgow" Squadron.

OK, LO- codes don't ring a bell. Spherical objects!

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Is it some wartime government propaganda film, probably from about 1941.
Or a black and white out take from Pearl Harbor!!!!!!!

It was a thinly-disguised bit of propaganda, yes, but it was made by Hollywood...

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A Yank in the RAF.

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A Yank in the RAF.

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We have a winner!

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000063URW.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I might try to post up a few more later, along the same lines....

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Better 'fess up... :o

Once the hint was dropped about Hollywood it was the only Hollywood film I could think of right for the time, and a quick Google threw up the mention of 602 Squadron.

Go on, throw us a few more - that was interesting!

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OK, I found a few more screengrabs in my Photobucket folder, so here's another - should be much easier!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/DazDaMan/Spitfires/Spitfires11.jpg

I want not only the film, but the IDs of the four Spits! :p

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Well at least I got the date right, never seen the film, probably have in the dim, dark past on a Sunday afternoon.This lot must be 'Dark Blue World' and probably all the a/c are MH434.

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Nope - look closer ;)

(Plus, MH434 didn't appear in DBW)

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pearl harbor :p

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Ok, so they are all fitted up with cannon, but I can't believe in 4 Mk 9's flying together, back to Pearl Harbor....... shudder.

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It IS Pearl Harbor - but I still want the IDs of the four Spits ;)

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Google and IMDB won't tell me, help!!!!!

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Two of them are based at Duxford, but they are NOT Mk.IXs... ;)

I have a better pic of them, if it'll help?