They Were Expendable

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Movie (1945)
French title : Les sacrifiés

Starring:
Robert Montgomery (Lieutenant John Brickley)
John Wayne (Lieutenant (junior grade) "Rusty" Ryan)
Donna Reed (2nd Lieutenant Sandy Davyss)
Jack Holt (General Martin)

A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.

Unidentified Aircraft

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North American T-6

Acting as Japanese aircraft.

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Douglas SBD Dauntless

Acting as Japanese aircraft.

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Piper L-4 Grasshopper

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Vought OS2U Kingfisher

Vought OS2U Kingfisher acting as a single pontoon Japanese floatplane (the Nakajima A6M2-N and the later (1943) Kawanishi N1K1). Such floatplane weren't used by Japanese in the battle of Corregidor.

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Douglas C-47A-85-DL Skytrain

Serial 43-15583 Douglas C-47A-85-DL Skytrain still in use during the Vietnam War (involved in an accident there in 1970 with one fatality).

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