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Offline TheZohan

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in the movie 633 squadron
« on: March 17, 2009, 10:36:06 AM »
The German "fighters" were actually 4-seat Messerschmitt 108 "Taifuns," painted to look like Me-109 fighters
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Re: in the movie 633 squadron
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2009, 12:13:13 PM »
Ok, thanks for the update...now I can sleep in peace.  :D
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Re: in the movie 633 squadron
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2009, 12:52:15 PM »
Knew that when I was eight (the year the movie came out), but thanks. Might as well mention The Great Escape, Von Ryan's Express, The Longest Day, ad infinitum.... But they could have been Nord Pingouin's or 1000's (another big snooze of an airplane). Great airplane, in the right hands it could outrun a Tiger Moth.  :rock
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Re: in the movie 633 squadron
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2009, 12:57:57 PM »
... Cliff Robertson wears an Eagle Squadron patch on his tunic :aok
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Re: in the movie 633 squadron
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2009, 01:25:51 PM »
Quote from: RTHolmes on March 17, 2009, 12:57:57 PM
... Cliff Robertson wears an Eagle Squadron patch on his tunic :aok
Yeah, I believe he's wearing it when he kills the guy from West Side Story   
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Re: in the movie 633 squadron
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2009, 03:12:21 PM »
And during the filming they actually ditched that Mossie!!!   :mad:

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Re: in the movie 633 squadron
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2009, 03:17:28 PM »
You know, the only Mossie I've ever seen up close was @ RAF Duxford back in '87. Care to guess what color it was painted? Silver :confused:

Can you appreciate the irony in that?  :lol
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Re: in the movie 633 squadron
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2009, 07:21:52 PM »
Quote from: TheZohan on March 17, 2009, 10:36:06 AM
The German "fighters" were actually 4-seat Messerschmitt 108 "Taifuns," painted to look like Me-109 fighters
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Re: in the movie 633 squadron
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2009, 09:33:33 PM »
Is this a recent film?  ;)
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Re: in the movie 633 squadron
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2009, 07:18:31 AM »
This guy from Crocodile Dundee was in the movie actor John Meillon.




 Thought I would throw it in because it is useless information just like this post.
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Re: in the movie 633 squadron
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2009, 07:32:39 AM »
Some truly corny lines in that film: "You can't kill a squadron."
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Re: in the movie 633 squadron
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2009, 09:12:39 AM »
Quote from: lyric1 on March 18, 2009, 07:18:31 AM
Thought I would throw it in because it is useless information just like this post.
I have a follow-up useless question... if you were a Hindu pilot, wouldn't your turban rub on the canopy?
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Re: in the movie 633 squadron
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2009, 09:56:12 AM »
Quote from: Cthulhu on March 18, 2009, 09:12:39 AM
I have a follow-up useless question... if you were a Hindu pilot, wouldn't your turban rub on the canopy?
You're thinking Sikh, not Hindu.  Hindus don't have a dress code.
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Re: in the movie 633 squadron
« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2009, 10:04:59 AM »
mosquitos are made of wood
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Re: in the movie 633 squadron
« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2009, 12:10:02 PM »
Quote from: lyric1 on March 18, 2009, 07:18:31 AM
This guy from Crocodile Dundee was in the movie actor John Meillon.




 Thought I would throw it in because it is useless information just like this post.



Buddy Ebsen was in neither 663 Squadron nor Crocodile Dundee.  In this picture he looks alot like John Meillon.  I think it's the hat.

I watched Attack!! yesterday and Buddy was in it with Jack Palance and Eddie Albert.  He wouldn't drink with someone he didn't respect.



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