OT-Favorite Movie WWII Aircraft scenes

[cygnus]

After the current thread popped up about U-571 and accurancy in movies and all, i finally realized that I am sure you guys may have some great input into good WWII Aircraft scenes from the movies.  I haven't seen too many of these flicks and I would like to find some that use vintage aircraft.

I of course love the short, but sweet P-51 scenes at the end of Private Ryan.  Watching all those B-17's leave the ground in Memphis Belle was pretty cool also.

My favorite would still have to be the american raid on a Japanese air base in Empire of the Sun.  I absolutely loved seeing those P-51's straffing and bombing that airbase.  Again, too short but very sweet.  

One can only hope there will be some cool Zeke scenes in the Pearl Harbor, assuming jerry can manage to keep from crashing them.

-cygnus
"SCREAM'IN PTERODACTLYS"

[[Sg]ShotGun]

u571..is this movie gonna be a true account.?u571 is an actual Uboat sunk off ireland in 44...all hands lost...

oh, on SPR..those SHOOD have been 47s...
and what about BoB, or piece of cake, or 12 oclock high,

or the Reno National Championship Air Races. when for the final race u got 9 piston powered and propellor driven demons 23' from u when the props begin to turn!!!

thats 130 cyinders pumping smoke and flame without flint or tinder  

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[Dingy]

Was shown "Battle for Brittain" at my XO's house a few weeks ago.  Some of the best dogfiting footage I've seen and a *GREAT* movie to boot.  

-Ding

[funked]

The B-25's in Catch 22.

[racerx]

TORA TORA TORA!
Just bought it and watched it for the first time.
sweet  

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racerx
"SCREAM'IN PTERODACTYLS"

[Beegerite]

And don't forget Tuskeegee Airmen.
Beeger
P.S. Cygnus I'm from Lancaster.  Drop me a line sometime trying to get a list together of AH guys from E. Pa.

[milnko]

WHAT????!!!!!!!!
Are You all insane?????????

John Belushi in 1941 The Movie, as Captain "Wild" Bill Kelso when he lands a P-40 on the highway, then rolls up to the Gas Station and tells the old lady "Fill 'er up, with Ethyl"

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[Ghosth]

Milnko, EXACTLY RIGHT!

Then chases & shoots endlessly at a twin eng civilian plane (That he thinks is a zero).


Fav movies here, From here to eternity

Tora, Tora, Tora (even if they did use repainted T6 Texans as IJN AC).

Memphis Belle

ANY film that uses orginal Guncam footage.

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Maj Ghosth
XO 332nd Flying Mongrels
 

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[By-Tor]

 Anyone remember a movie called 'Deathrace' from the mid 70's? This featured a damaged(radiator if I recall)P-40 dune-hopping away from a pursuing German tank across the African desert?!!German commander may have been...Gene Shaw? Some real cool cinematography for the era.
 Oh-and the British armored car that blunders across the tank at dusk?-cool flick!

   By-Tor  "SCREAMIN'-PTERODACTYLS"