Where Eagles Dare
Movie (1968)
Starring:
Richard Burton (Maj. John Smith)
Clint Eastwood (Lt. Morris Schaffer)
Mary Ure (Mary Elison)
Patrick Wymark (Col. Turner)
Michael Hordern (Vice Adm. Rolland)
Donald Houston (Olaf Christiansen)
Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding an American General prisoner... but that's not all that's really going on.
Junkers Ju-52/3mg4e
Flies the Allied commando team into Bavaria and later rescues them at the end. Swiss Air Force Ju-52/3m used as Luftwaffe aircraft.
Bell HTL-4
Flies General Rosemeyer to the Schloss Adler. Schaffer kills the pilot so it can't be used by the Germans. An American Bell HTL-4 (47G) equipped with German markings, this helicopter is the source of some controversy among viewers who aren't aware that there were rotary-wing aircraft during World War II, even on the German side. However, they looked much different than this, and it is several years too soon for the 47G. It is taken for granted by every character and even referred to as a helicopter in dialog.
North American T-6 Texan
Pretending to be German aircraft. Several are seen at the airfield. Smith cripples them by running into them one at a time with the bus so they can't take off and follow the Junkers.
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