Angels One Five
Movie (1952)
Starring:
Jack Hawkins (Group Captain 'Tiger' Small)
Michael Denison (Squadron Leader Peter Moon)
Dulcie Gray (Nadine Clinton)
John Gregson (Pilot Officer 'Septic' Baird)
Cyril Raymond (Squadron Leader Barry Clinton)
Veronica Hurst (Betty Carfax br>
'Septic' Baird has just joined a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. This is the story of "The Few" and how they managed to fight off the might of the Luftwaffe despite overwhelming German air power.
Hawker Hurricane I
Star of the movie with the underground operations room, several aircraft were used some in flight, and some others just on the ground.
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North American T-6 Harvard
Seen always taxiing in the background.
Junkers Ju 88
All are models with a strange shape, mixing nose of the first variant with tail of the last ones.
Supermarine Spitfire
Night and White under surface scheme used until June of 1940. Stock footage of Supermarine Spitfire Mk I or Mk II.
With a mechanic working on the Merlin engine.
Avro Anson Mk.XII
Avro Anson C.XII PH606.
Unidentified British Biplane
Unidentified Model on top of the office cabinet.
Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4
Messerschmitt Bf.110G-4 WNr.180580.
Of course a little anachronism as the G variant reach front line units on the eve of 1943. This one is a night fighter (see the attach for deleted aerials of the Lichtenstein radar).
Scrapped just after the filming ... How many museum and collector are crying today of such a fate !
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F
Another model of later variant (Bf 109 F and later) with the enlarged propeller spinner. The very first ones Bf 109 F-1s flew in combat saw action only in October 1940... probably to late to the story.
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