12 O'Clock High (TV series)
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Disambiguation : this page is about the TV series of the 1960s ; for the 1949 American Movie, look at Twelve O'clock High.
TV Series (1964-1967)
Starring:
Frank Overton (Major Harvey Stovall)
Paul Burke (Colonel Joe Gallagher (seasons 2 and 3, two appearances in season 1))
Chris Robinson (T/Sgt. Alexander "Sandy" Komansky (seasons 2 and 3))
(Synopsis needed)
Season One
Ep. 01 Golden Boy Had 9 Black Sheep
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Several nose arts applied on the (same ?) aircraft:
Leper Colony
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Dear Mom Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress s/n 42-38168 of 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bombardment Group, 1st Air Division (archive footage).
Unidentified Aircraft
Aerial action relied on combat footage, mostly drawn from the wartime documentary The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress. But some surprising footage are used too.
Ennemy high-wing aircraft ending in a great ball of fire :
A Luftwaffe fighter hit in its drop tank and so rolling into a steep dive
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G
Messerschmitt Bf 109G equipped with the Rüstsatz VI underwing gondola cannon kit (and on the second screenshot still with the drop tank, so a captured German footage).
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
Footage from a combat training ?
S1 & S2 not covered
More 63 Black and White episodes still uncovered; feel free to complete!
Boeing DB-17P Flying Fortress
Featuring Boeing DB-17P Flying Fortress 44-83684 Piccadilly Lily, actually on the civil registry as N3713G and seen with the military serial of "3713", fictitious code V*HP despite displaying 1st Combat Bomb Wing tail markings.
(missing screenshot)
Season Three
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress
Ep. 3.01 Gauntlet of Fire.
Hundred Proof was a bare metal B-17 G s/n 42-98015 delivered in May 1944 which survived the war but quickly scrapped for metal).
Ep. ?
44-83316 : derelic fuselage being used for a crash scene or with a wheel stand putting the airplane into a normal B-17 attitude so it could be placed in the background. Seen with various serial on the tail (863 or 11868) with or without nose art. No chin turret.
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