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[[Image:633_Squadron.jpg|thumb|right|600px|none|633 Squadron DVD cover.]]
[[Image:633_Squadron.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none|''633 Squadron'' DVD cover.]]
<b>Movie (1964)</b>
<b>Movie (1964)</b>


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Harry Andrews (Air Vice Marshal Davis)<br>
Harry Andrews (Air Vice Marshal Davis)<br>
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When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destroy it.
When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destroy it.


The plant is in a seemingly-impregnable location beneath an overhanging cliff at the end of a long, narrow fjord lined with anti-aircraft guns. The only way to destroy the plant is by collapsing the cliff on top of it, a job for 633 Squadron's fast and manoeuvrable de Havilland Mosquitos.
The plant is in a seemingly-impregnable location beneath an overhanging cliff at the end of a long, narrow fjord lined with anti-aircraft guns. The only way to destroy the plant is by collapsing the cliff on top of it, a job for 633 Squadron's fast and maneuverable de Havilland Mosquitos.


== [[:Category: Miles M.38 Messenger|Miles M.38 Messenger 4A]] ==
Thanks the efforts in [https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/148700-miles-messenger-used-in-film-633-squadron this forum thread], the identity of this airframe is mostly likely registration G-AKZX, c/n RH424.
[[File:VS--Amazon-633Squadron-1’41”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:633miles.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[File:VS--Amazon-633Squadron-2’01”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[File:VS--Amazon-633Squadron-2’19”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]


==  [[:Category: de Havilland DH98 Mosquito | De Havilland DH98 Mosquito]]  ==
==  [[:Category: de Havilland DH98 Mosquito|De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito]]  ==
Eleven examples seen to have been used in the production, per this very detailed and well-researched [https://www.vintagewings.ca/stories/bitten-by-a-mosquito article].
*RS709 (now on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio) - Marked as HR113 with codes HT-D and HT-G.
*RS712 (now owned by Kermit Weeks, on display at the EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh, Wisconsin) - Marked as RF580 with code HT-F.
*RS715 – only used for cockpit scenes
*RS718 – marked as HJ898 and HJ662 with code HT-C, written off in a crash sequence.
*TA639 (now preserved at the RAF Museum Cosford, Shropshire) - Marked as HJ682 with code HT-B.
*TA642 - Marked as HX835, written off in a crash sequence.
*TA719 (now preserved at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford) - Marked as HJ898 with code HT-G.
*TA724 - written off in a crash sequence
*TJ118 – only used for cockpit scenes
*TV959 (now at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, Everett, Washington) - Marked as MM398 with code HT-P.
*TW117 (now preserved at the Norwegian Aviation Museum, Bodø, Norway) - Marked as HR155 with code HT-M.
[[Image:633mosquito (1).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:633mosquito (2).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:633mosquito (3).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:633mosquito (5).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:633mosquito (4).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]


[[Image:633mosquito (5).jpg|thumb|500px|none|De Havilland Mosquito, at least six examples seen in the movie. Three in flying condition, some used for static or taxiing scenes and one destroyed in a airfield crash and explosion.]]
==  [[:Category: Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun|SNCAN Nord 1002 Pingouin II]]  ==
[[Image:633mosquito (4).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
Two "German" aircraft strafe the airfield and later attack the squadron towards the end of the film. These pretending Messerschmitt Bf 108s are actually the post war French built and Renault engined version S.N.C.A.N. Nord 1002 'Pingouin' II from 1946. Same airplane is used in [[Mosquito Squadron]] - [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)]].
[[Image:633mosquito (3).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:633Mbf108 (2).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:633mosquito (2).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:633Mbf108 (1).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:633mosquito (1).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[File:VS--Amazon-633Squadron-26’59”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[File:VS--Amazon-633Squadron-84’47”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[File:VS--Amazon-633Squadron-85’02”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]


== [[:Category: North American B-25 Mitchell|North American B-25 Mitchell]] ==
== [[:Category: Avro Anson|Avro Anson]] ==
[[File:VS--Amazon-633Squadron-34’41”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]


== [[:Category: North American B-25 Mitchell|North American B-25J-25-NC Mitchell]] ==
Used to drop Lt. Erik Bergman into enemy-held territory. Registration N9089Z / G-BKXW, c/n 108-34136. Built in 1945 for the USAAF with serial 44-30861
[[File:VS--Amazon-633Squadron-40’08”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:633Smitchellb'r (3).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:633Smitchellb'r (1).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:633Smitchellb'r (2).jpg|thumb|500px|none|When filmed the plane was in use in a peace-time role, possibly in RAF Transport Command by the white upper fuselage.]]
[[Image:633Smitchellb'r (2).jpg|thumb|500px|none|When filmed the plane was in use in a peace-time role, possibly in RAF Transport Command by the white upper fuselage.]]
[[Image:633Smitchellb'r (1).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[File:VS--Amazon-633Squadron-41’52”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:633Smitchellb'r (3).jpg|thumb|500px|none|Used to drop Lt. Erik Bergman into enemy-held territory.]]


==  [[:Category: Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun | SNCAN Nord 1002 Pingouin II]]  ==
Same airplane is used in [[Mosquito Squadron]] - [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].
[[Image:633Mbf108 (2).jpg|thumb|500px|none|This pretending Messerschmitt Bf.108 is actually the post war French built and Renault engined version S.N.C.A.N. Nord 1002 'Pingouin' II from 1946.]]
[[Image:633Mbf108 (1).jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
== [[:Category: Miles M.38 Messenger|Miles M.38 Messenger]] ==
[[Image:633miles.jpg|thumb|500px|none| A 'night-time' scene, the picture has been lightened to improve the visible detail.]]


{{footnote}}


{{footnote}}
== See also ==
== See also ==
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057811 633 Squadron at IMDb]<br>
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057811 633 Squadron at IMDb]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/633_Squadron 633 Squadron at Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/633_Squadron 633 Squadron at Wikipedia]
* [http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=57811 633 Squadron at IMCDb]
* [https://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=57811 633 Squadron at IMCDb]


[[Category: Avro Anson]]
[[Category: de Havilland DH98 Mosquito]]
[[Category: de Havilland DH98 Mosquito]]
[[Category: Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun]]
[[Category: Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun]]
[[Category: Miles M.38 Messenger]]
[[Category: Miles M.38 Messenger]]
[[Category: North American B-25 Mitchell]]
[[Category: North American B-25 Mitchell]]

Revision as of 00:36, 12 August 2025

633 Squadron DVD cover.

Movie (1964)

Starring:
Cliff Robertson (Wing Cmdr. Roy Grant)
George Chakiris (Lt. Erik Bergman)
Maria Perschy (Hilde Bergman)
Harry Andrews (Air Vice Marshal Davis)

When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destroy it.

The plant is in a seemingly-impregnable location beneath an overhanging cliff at the end of a long, narrow fjord lined with anti-aircraft guns. The only way to destroy the plant is by collapsing the cliff on top of it, a job for 633 Squadron's fast and maneuverable de Havilland Mosquitos.

Miles M.38 Messenger 4A

Thanks the efforts in this forum thread, the identity of this airframe is mostly likely registration G-AKZX, c/n RH424.

De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito

Eleven examples seen to have been used in the production, per this very detailed and well-researched article.

  • RS709 (now on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio) - Marked as HR113 with codes HT-D and HT-G.
  • RS712 (now owned by Kermit Weeks, on display at the EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh, Wisconsin) - Marked as RF580 with code HT-F.
  • RS715 – only used for cockpit scenes
  • RS718 – marked as HJ898 and HJ662 with code HT-C, written off in a crash sequence.
  • TA639 (now preserved at the RAF Museum Cosford, Shropshire) - Marked as HJ682 with code HT-B.
  • TA642 - Marked as HX835, written off in a crash sequence.
  • TA719 (now preserved at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford) - Marked as HJ898 with code HT-G.
  • TA724 - written off in a crash sequence
  • TJ118 – only used for cockpit scenes
  • TV959 (now at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, Everett, Washington) - Marked as MM398 with code HT-P.
  • TW117 (now preserved at the Norwegian Aviation Museum, Bodø, Norway) - Marked as HR155 with code HT-M.

SNCAN Nord 1002 Pingouin II

Two "German" aircraft strafe the airfield and later attack the squadron towards the end of the film. These pretending Messerschmitt Bf 108s are actually the post war French built and Renault engined version S.N.C.A.N. Nord 1002 'Pingouin' II from 1946. Same airplane is used in Mosquito Squadron - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Avro Anson

North American B-25J-25-NC Mitchell

Used to drop Lt. Erik Bergman into enemy-held territory. Registration N9089Z / G-BKXW, c/n 108-34136. Built in 1945 for the USAAF with serial 44-30861

When filmed the plane was in use in a peace-time role, possibly in RAF Transport Command by the white upper fuselage.


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