A Bridge Too Far
Movie (1977)
Starring:
Siem Vroom (Underground Leader)
Marlies van Alcmaer (Underground Leader's Wife)
Hans von Borsody (General Blumentritt)
Dirk Bogarde (Lieutenant General Browning)
Sean Connery (Major General Urquhart)
Ryan O'Neal (Brigadier General Gavin)
An historic telling of the failed attempt to capture several bridges to Germany in World War II in a campaign called Operation Market-Garden.
Martin B-26 Marauder
From a archive footage seen in the very begining of the movie.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
General Eisenhower unboarding from a USAAF C-47. Serial seems to be ?6600 or ?6800 but those close among Skytrain production list are for a RAF Dakota or a C-47 sent to USSR in May 1945 ...
Taylorcraft Auster III
Auster III (c/n 344).
Supermarine Spitfire H.F.IXb
Supermarine Spitfire H.F.IXb (MH434) built in 1943. Look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Eleven aircraft (all C-47s) were used for this movie. One of them was really on strengh for Market Garden. Serials are false.
Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I
Non flyable replicas.
North American Harvard IIB
Four North American AT-16-ND Harvard IIB have been used.
Some work have been done to give them a line like the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
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