Midway (1976)

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Midway poster of the 1976 film.

Disambiguation : this page is about the 1976 Film ; for the 2019 American Movie directed by Roland Emmerich, look at Midway (2019).

Movie (1976)
Also known as : The Battle of Midway
French title : La bataille de Midway

Starring:
Edward Albert (Ensign Thomas Garth)
Philip R. Allen (Lieutenant Commander John S. "Jimmy" Thach)
Beeson Carroll (Wilson)
Toshiro Mifune (Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto)

Midway is a 1976 war film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Walter Mirisch from a screenplay by Donald S. Sanford. The film chronicles the Battle of Midway, a turning point in World War II in the Pacific. The Imperial Japanese Navy had been undefeated until that time and out-numbered the American naval forces by four to one.

North American B-25 Mitchell

Taking off from the USS Hornet (CV-8).

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Nakajima E8N

Seen when (far away) Nakajima B5Ns fly over the Japanese fleet.

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PBY-6A Catalina

Consolidated PBY-6A BuNo 63998 of the Commemorative Air Force.

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Grumman J2F Duck

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Pylon Racer

Unidentified painting about racers including NC-376 ... which was a Pfalz D-III, a WWI German design fitted with a inline engine (instead a radial as seen on this machine).

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Republic P-43 Lancer

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Douglas A-1 Skyraider

Douglas A-1 Skyraiders flying landing gear down to simulate (?) some Northrop A-17, a type already out of front line duty in 1942.

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Mitsubishi A6M Zero (Replicas)

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Vultee BT-15 Valiant (as Aichi D3A)

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Footage reused from Tora! Tora! Tora! (IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)).

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Vultee BT-13 Valiant (as Nakajima B5N)

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Footage reused from Tora! Tora! Tora!

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North American T-6 Texan (as Mitsubishi A6M)

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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

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Grumman F6F Hellcat

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Same aircraft (code 50 seen here flipped) in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Acting as one of the VT-8's Douglas TBD Devastators.
A common footage seen in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
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Grumman F4F Wildcat

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A few seconds later, we see Grumman F6F Hellcat code 20 taking off.

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress

A former Bolivian bomber actually registered N620L. Footage reused from Tora! Tora! Tora!.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

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Vought SB2U Vindicator

Vought SB2U Vindicator acting as Douglas TBD Devastators of Torpedo Squadron VT-8.

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Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

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Grumman TBF Avenger

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Douglas SBD Dauntless

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Vought F4U Corsair

Acting as Lt. Cmdr. Wade Mc Clusky's Devastator (VT-6), diving without bomb load and so only strafing the Japanese carrier.

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North American SNJ

North American SNJ acting as Aichi D3A (fixed landing gear dive dive bomber!) bombing the USS Yorktown (CV-5) with results.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

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CASA 2.111D

How a single-engine dive bomber could become this twin-engine Luftwaffe bomber ?

Footage at 2h05. Note the German Balkenkreuz on the wingtip.

Grumman F9F-5 Panther

Film footage of this accident was used as Captain Matthew Garth's Douglas SBD Dauntless striking the ramp before turning into an F9F "Panther" jet fighter bomber as it explodes - completed with footage of a 1951 Grumman F9F-5 (BuNo 125228) mishap aboard the USS Midway (CV-41).
Same aircraft (BuNo 125228 Grumman F9F-5 Panther) in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

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