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Movie (1950)
French title : Pilote du diable

Starring:
Humphrey Bogart (Lt. Col. Matthew "Matt" Brennan)
Eleanor Parker (Joan "Jo" Holloway)
Raymond Massey (Leland Willis)
Richard Whorf (Carl Troxell)

Matt, a former B-17 captain, is now instructor in his own flying school. But a student breaks his only plane. Then, he meets Jo, a former WAAF he loved in England in 1944; as secretary of the CEO of the Willis Aircraft Corporation, she gives him the chance to become the test pilot of the newest rocket plane.

Willis JA-3 (fictional aircraft)

Fictional rocket plane seen through a model...

or through non flyable mock (built from a P-39).

This fictional aircraft has an escape crew capsule, something rarely seen in aviation (and never at the time of the movie).

Ejection seen during a test in the wind tunnel.

North American F-86 Sabre

Seen from the soil and playing the flying JA-3.

Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress

Serial 41-9125, named Prowler.

Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress

Serial 42-3360, c/n 8296. Carried civil registration N67974 and was painted with Naughty Nellie nose art for the film. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

A mix of real stock footage of B-17s in flight and shots of models.

Messerschmitt Bf 109

A glimpse showing an exploding Bf 109.

Supermarine Spitfire

Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Unidentified Aircraft

Focke-Wulfe Fw 190A

Messerschmitt Me 163 B-1 Komet

Several scenes displaying glimpses of the german rocket fighter.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Stock footage of a B-17 emergency landing with the right gear not deployed.

Hawker Hurricane

On the wall, a poster of Churchill with the slogan: let us go forward together.
This displaying tanks and Hawker Hurricanes.

Boeing TB-40 Flying Fortress

Boneyard at Ontario Army Air Field (scene taken from the 1946 movie The Best Years of Our Lives). Serial 42-5833. Crew trainer for the YB-40 gunship. Tail number U-43, the U-xx format was used by YB-40s based in Yuma, Arizona.

Further in the background is another Flying Fortress with 5275 on the nose. Maybe B-17F serial 42-5275.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

More Flying Fortresses at Ontario Army Air Field (scene taken from the 1946 movie The Best Years of Our Lives).

Stinson 108-2

Registration NC907D, c/n 108-2907 built in 1947.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star

Buzz number FT-527, serial 49-527.

F-80C-10-LO serial 49-552. Written off on 11 May 1951, either crashed on takeoff in South Korea or shot down over North Korea.
Further behind might be FT-546, s/n 49-546.

F-80C-10-LO buzz number FT-552 (s/n 49-552).

Buzz number FT-544, serial 49-544.

F-80C-10-LO buzz number FT-544 (s/n 49-544).

Tail at left. Buzz number FT-510, serial 49-510. Crashed on 9 October 1950 near Indian Springs, Nevada, killing the pilot.

F-80C-10-LO buzz number FT-510 (s/n 49-510).

Buzz number FT-500, serial 49-500. Ditched into the sea off North Korea after being damaged on 24 August 1951, pilot killed.

Buzz number FT-508, serial 49-508. Crashed 25 February 1955 off of Daytona Beach, Florida, pilot killed.

F-80C-10-LO buzz number FT-508 (s/n 49-508).

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 Richard Whorf (Carl Troxell)<br>
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 Matt, a former B-17 captain, is now instructor in his own flying school. But a student breaks his only plane. Then, he meets Jo, a former WAAF he loved in England in 1944; as secretary of the CEO of the Willis Aircraft Corporation, she gives him the chance to become the test pilot of the newest rocket plane.
 ==  [[:Category: Made for Movie | Willis JA-3 (fictional aircraft)]] ==
-Fictionnal rocket plane seen through a model...
+Fictional rocket plane seen through a model...
 [[Image:ChainLightning_JA-3_flying.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 or through non flyable mock (built from a P-39).
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 [[Image:ChainLightning JA-3_43mn35.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
 [[Image:ChainLightning_JA-3_drag-chute.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
-This fictionnal aircraft has an escape crew capsule, something rarely seen in aviation (and never at the time of the movie).
+This fictional aircraft has an escape crew capsule, something rarely seen in aviation (and never at the time of the movie).
 [[Image:ChainLightning_JA-3_cockpit.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Ejection seen during a test in the wind tunnel.]]
@@ Line 28: / Line 27: @@
 [[Image:ChainLightning_F-86.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
-== [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress]] ==
+== [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress]] ==
+Serial 41-9125, named ''Prowler''.
 [[Image:ChainLightning_B-17F.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-4’28”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|"Prowler" name visible on the nose.]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-4’31”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+== [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress]] ==
+Serial 42-3360, c/n 8296. Carried civil registration N67974 and was painted with ''Naughty Nellie'' nose art for the film. Same aircraft in other works at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)]].
 [[Image:ChainLightning_B-17F_4mn32.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
-[[Image:ChainLightning_B-17_NaughtyNellie_4mn55.JPG|thumb|500px|none|B-17F (s/n 42-3360).]]
+[[Image:ChainLightning_B-17_NaughtyNellie_4mn55.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
-Later, graveyard of Flying Fortresses (scene taken from the 1946 movie [[The Best Years of Our Lives]]).
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-11’51”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
-[[Image:ChainLightning_B-17_graveyard_20mn24.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
+== [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] ==
+A mix of real stock footage of B-17s in flight and shots of models.
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-7’37”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-8’27”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-8’35”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-8’36”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-8’50”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 == [[:Category: Messerschmitt Bf 109|Messerschmitt Bf 109]] ==
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 [[Image:ChainLightning_Bf-109_9mn05.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
-== [[:Category: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 | Focke-Wulfe Fw 190A]] ==
+== [[:Category: Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire]] ==
+Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)|Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)]].
+[[Image:ChainLightning_Spitfire_9mn09.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
+== [[:Category: Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-9’09” (1).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+== [[:Category: Focke-Wulf Fw 190|Focke-Wulfe Fw 190A]] ==
 [[Image:ChainLightning_Fw-190_JG1_9mn14.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Fw 190 A of JG1 'Oesau'.]]
-== [[:Category:Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire]] ==
-Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].<br>
-[[Image:ChainLightning_Spitfire_9mn09.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
 == [[:Category: Messerschmitt Me 163|Messerschmitt Me 163 B-1 Komet]] ==
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 [[Image:ChainLightning_Me-163_9mn32.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
 [[Image:ChainLightning_Me-163_9mn33.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
-[[Image:ChainLightning_Me-163_9mn38.JPG|thumb|500px|none|A model B-17 put in front of a camera gun footage ?]]
+[[Image:ChainLightning_Me-163_9mn38.JPG|thumb|500px|none|A model B-17 put in front of a camera gun footage?]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-9’54”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+== [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] ==
+Stock footage of a B-17 emergency landing with the right gear not deployed.
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-11’29”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-11’35”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-11’41”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-11’44”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 == [[:Category: Hawker Hurricane|Hawker Hurricane]] ==
-On the wall, a poster of Churchill  with the slogan : let us go forward together.<br>
+On the wall, a poster of Churchill  with the slogan: let us go forward together.<br>
 This displaying tanks and Hawker Hurricanes.
 [[Image:ChainLightning_Churchill-Hurricane_17mn.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
-== [[:Category: Stinson 108|Stinson Flying Station Wagon]] ==
+== [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing TB-40 Flying Fortress]] ==
-According Wikipedia, the Stinson Flying Station Wagon is a derivative of the Stinson 108.
+Boneyard at Ontario Army Air Field (scene taken from the 1946 movie [[The Best Years of Our Lives]]). Serial 42-5833. Crew trainer for the YB-40 gunship. Tail number U-43, the U-xx format was used by YB-40s based in Yuma, Arizona.
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-20’19”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+Further in the background is another Flying Fortress with 5275 on the nose. Maybe B-17F serial 42-5275.
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-20’20”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+== [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] ==
+More Flying Fortresses at Ontario Army Air Field (scene taken from the 1946 movie [[The Best Years of Our Lives]]).
+[[Image:ChainLightning_B-17_graveyard_20mn24.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-20’27”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+== [[:Category: Stinson 108|Stinson 108-2]] ==
+Registration NC907D, c/n 108-2907 built in 1947.
 [[Image:ChainLightning_Stinson_21mn04.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-21’00”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-21’05”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 [[Image:ChainLightning_Stinson_21mn14.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
 == [[:Category: Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas C-47 Skytrain]] ==
 [[Image:ChainLightning_C-47_21mn34.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-22’03”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-79’01”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 == [[:Category: Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star|Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star]] ==
-[[Image:ChainLightning_P-80C_21mn50.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
+Buzz number FT-527, serial 49-527.
-Last check is done on FT-500 and FT-508.
+[[Image:ChainLightning_P-80C_21mn50.JPG|thumb|500px|none|F-80C-10-LO buzz number FT-527 (s/n 49-527).]]
-[[Image:ChainLightning P-80Ca.JPG|thumb|500px|none|F-80C-10-LO FT-500 (s/n 49 500).]]
+F-80C-10-LO serial 49-552. Written off on 11 May 1951, either crashed on takeoff in South Korea or shot down over North Korea.<br>
-[[Image:ChainLightning P-80Cb.JPG|thumb|500px|none|F-80C-10-LO FT-500 (s/n 49 500).]]
+Further behind might be FT-546, s/n 49-546.
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-37’05”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|F-80C-10-LO buzz number FT-552 (s/n 49-552).]]
+Buzz number FT-544, serial 49-544.
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-40’47”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|F-80C-10-LO buzz number FT-544 (s/n 49-544).]]
+Tail at left. Buzz number FT-510, serial 49-510. Crashed on 9 October 1950 near Indian Springs, Nevada, killing the pilot.
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-43’38”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|F-80C-10-LO buzz number FT-510 (s/n 49-510).]]
+Buzz number FT-500, serial 49-500. Ditched into the sea off North Korea after being damaged on 24 August 1951, pilot killed.
+[[Image:ChainLightning P-80Ca.JPG|thumb|500px|none|F-80C-10-LO buzz number FT-500 (s/n 49-500).]]
+[[Image:ChainLightning P-80Cb.JPG|thumb|500px|none|F-80C-10-LO buzz number FT-500 (s/n 49-500).]]
+Buzz number FT-508, serial 49-508. Crashed 25 February 1955 off of Daytona Beach, Florida, pilot killed.
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-43’53”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|F-80C-10-LO buzz number FT-508 (s/n 49-508).]]
+[[File:VideoScreenshot--HBO-undefined-43’58”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|F-80C-10-LO buzz number FT-508 (s/n 49-508).]]
+== [[:Category: Douglas DC-6|Douglas DC-6]] ==
+In the background, a Douglas DC-6 of [[:Category: American Airlines|American Airlines]].
+[[Image:ChainLightning_Douglas_1h18.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Douglas DC-6 of [[:Category: American Airlines|American Airlines]].]]
+== [[:Category: Lockheed Constellation|Lockheed L-649 Constellation]] ==
+And now, a Lockheed Constellation of [[:Category: Eastern Air Lines|Eastern Air Lines]], then should be a L-649.
+[[Image:ChainLightning_Lockheed_Constel_1h19.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Lockheed L-649 Constellation of [[:Category: Eastern Air Lines|Eastern Air Lines]].]]
-== Sikorsky VS-44 ==
+== [[:Category: Martin M-130|Martin M-130]] ==
 A desk model.
 [[Image:ChainLightning_Sikorsky_VS44.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
-== [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] ==
+== [[:Category: Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Douglas Airliner]] ==
-By position on wings to the fuselage, very likely a B-17 on the poster, at left.
+Very likely a DC-4, 6, or 7 on the poster, at left.
 [[Image:ChainLightning_Douglas.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.]]
-== [[:Category: Douglas DC-4|Douglas DC-4]] ==
-In the background, a Douglas airliner. A DC-4 would match quite well.
-[[Image:ChainLightning_Douglas_1h18.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Douglas DC-4.]]
-== [[:Category: Lockheed Constellation|Lockheed L-649 Constellation]] ==
+{{footnote}}
-And now, a Lockheed Constellation of [[:Category: Eastern Air Lines|Eastern Air Lines]], then should be a L-649.
-[[Image:ChainLightning_Lockheed_Constel_1h19.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Lockheed L-649 Constellation of [[:Category: Eastern Air Lines|Eastern Air Lines]].]]
-{{footnote}}
 == See also ==
-* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042324/ Chain Lightning at IMDb]
+* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042324/ Chain Lightning at IMDb]
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_Lightning_%28film%29 Chain Lightning at Wikipedia]
+* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_Lightning_%28film%29 Chain Lightning at Wikipedia]
+* [https://www.imcdb.org/movie_42324-Chain-Lightning.html Chain Lightning at IMCDb]
 [[Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]]
 [[Category: Douglas C-47 Skytrain]]
-[[Category: Douglas DC-4]]
+[[Category: Douglas DC-6]]
 [[Category: Focke-Wulf Fw 190]]
 [[Category: Hawker Hurricane]]
 [[Category: Lockheed Constellation]]
 [[Category: Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star]]
+[[Category: Martin M-130]]
 [[Category: Messerschmitt Bf 109]]
 [[Category: Messerschmitt Me 163]]
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 [[Category: Supermarine Spitfire]]
 [[Category: Made for Movie]]
+[[Category: Unidentified Aircraft]]
+[[Category: American Airlines]]
 [[Category: Eastern Air Lines]]