Suggested Identification - some of the unidentified aircraft

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Pablo
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Suggested Identification - some of the unidentified aircraft

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Here are some of my suggested identifications of some of the unidentified aircraft in the movies:
"Maria Wern Pojke Forsvunnen" -- appears to be a 1/48 scale Sopwith Camel from Aurora plastic kit- minus top wing, tail
and landing gear! I had one of these ....
"Midway" - Zero mockup footage taken from "I Bombed Pearl Harbor" - one of few realistic aircraft scenes in this movie
"People of Britain" - probably He 51 or Ar 68 fighters -- since the tailplane seems to be at the rear of the fuselage, my bet
is on the Arado 68 - this probably came from a German newsreel - one scene has similar planes
forming a swastika
"Rear Window" - photo in background is definitely a P-38J - possibly the "Droop Snoot" version
"Secret Agent X-9" -- single engine, eliptical wings, fixed landing gear - probably Aichi D3A1 "Val" or Mitsubishi A5M
"Claude"
"The New Avengers" - single engine braced wire monoplane - could be Fokker E-series, but more likely Morane-Saulnier
Type N or earlier
"Twilight Zone" - Definitely a Nieuport 28 - probably Tallman's as you said - Hollywood is not usually troubled by getting
it completely wrong - So, why not an N. 28 in RAF service? Look at "The Battle of Midway" (1976) -
total disaster with all the wrong planes -- except "I Bombed Pearl Harbor" outtakes! Martha Stewart
knows more about warplanes than the idiots who made this movie
"Behind That Curtain" - probably a Bellanca CH-200, maybe a CH-300 - aerofoil-style wingstruts are a dead giveaway for
early Bellanca aircraft
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Corkeyandpals
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Re: Suggested Identification - some of the unidentified airc

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Thanks for the IDs Pablo, I've added them to the site.
Alexander
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Re: Suggested Identification - some of the unidentified airc

Post by Alexander »

I would disagree with the Arado in the Film "People of Britain".

http://impdb.org/index.php?title=File:Plane2.3.jpg
http://impdb.org/index.php?title=People_of_Britain
These are rather Hawker Hart or one of it's variants.
- unequal-span biplane, forwards stagger, constant chord, top wing swept (which makes it look anhedral from this viewing angle), bottom wing straight, dihedral on lower wing.
Arado Ar 64/65/68 almost identical layout, but both wings straight and dihedral on top wing, and lower wingspan smaller. Therefor not a match.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hart
http://www.histaviation.com/Arado_Ar_64.html

The second image in this film:
http://impdb.org/images/4/4c/Plane1.5.jpg
http://impdb.org/index.php?title=People_of_Britain
Most likely a de Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth ... not really a warplane ...
http://www.airliners.net/photo/De-Havil ... 1077451/L/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Puss_Moth

Cheers,
Alexander
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