Flying Leathernecks
Movie (1951)
Starring:
John Wayne (Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby)
Robert Ryan (Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin)
Don Taylor (Lt. Vern 'Cowboy' Blithe)
Janis Carter (Joan Kirby)
Jay C. Flippen (MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief)
William Harrigan (Dr. Lt.Cdr. Joe Curran)
Major Kirby leads The Wildcats squadron into the historic WWII battle of Guadalcanal.
Vought F4U Corsair
Grumman TBF-3 Avenger
Grumman F6F Hellcat
Fake Japanese Air Force airplanes.
Please note that the japanese pilots are seen in grey Grumman F6F Hellcat always without the gunsight. The VMF-247 pilots are in dark sea blue Hellcats with a gunsight.
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
North American SNJ-5
US Navy version of the T-6 Texan.
Douglas A-20 Havoc
Nakajima B6N Tenzan
Archive footage seen too in other movies; look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Mitsubishi G4M
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Consolidated OA-10 Catalina
OA-10 is designation of PBY-5A operated by USAAF.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Wright Flyer III
Stamp celebrating the Wright Brothers and "the first free controlled and sustained powered flight by man". Despite the movie action tooks place in 1943, the stamp was issued only the 17th december 1949 !
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