Journey Together
Movie (1945)
French title : La grande aventure
Starring:
Richard Attenborough (David Wilton)
Jack Watling (John Aynesworth)
David Tomlinson (Smith)
Edward G. Robinson (Dean McWilliams, the USAAF fitter)
(Synopsis needed)
Avro Anson Mk 1
33 / MG08 ?
Identification
Identification 3-view chart of the Messerschmitt Me 264.
1 : Dornier Do 17;
2 : Unidentified twin-engine;
3 : Messerschmitt Bf 109 ("it's a 111" is the wrong answer given by Aynesworth);
4 : Focke-Wulfe Fw 190A;
5 : maybe a Junkers Ju 87 Stuka ?
de Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth
First appearance in close foreground allowing to see some lettering on the fin flash and the rudder : unusual !
First pratical flying exercise. Note the folding top (not used here) for the future training according instrument flying rule procedure.
North American T-6
Training is now in the United States of America filmed at Falcon Field (Arizona), near Mesa.
Boeing-Stearman Model 75
Unidentified Aircraft
(bottom) Unidentified Desk Model
Avro Anson (Mk V?)
Navigational training in Canada.
Barrage balloon
Back in the United Kingdom, an unraised barrage balloon seen from the train.
Avro Lancaster B Mk.I/Mk.III
Fictionnal 522 Squadron.
Armourer ready to load some 4,000-lb HC bomb.
Squadron code OJ is for No. 149 Squadron RAF which converted to the type on August 1944.
The large blister under the rear fuselage is the H2S, a ground-looking navigation radar system.
Messerschmitt Bf 110
Avro Lancaster B Mk.I/Mk.III
Ditching sequence.
Badly hurt by the flak, several engines stopped or burning, the crew prepares for a water landing.
Unidentified Aircraft
The life raft is deployed and the seven men climb aboard. One of them is sculpting a single engine fighter.
Douglas Boston
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