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
Equipped with German markings, it flies General Rosemeyer to the Schloss Adler. Despite being several years too soon, 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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