Apocalypse - La 2ème guerre mondiale cover.

Documentary Miniseries (2009)

Starring:
Mathieu Kassovitz (Narrator)
Kenji Kawai (Music)
Isabelle Clarke (Editor)
Daniel Costelle (Director)

(Synopsis needed)

Also from this series:
Apocalypse documentary TV series

Episode 1: L'agression

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress of the USAAF.

Lockheed 14 WF62 Super Electra

Registration G-AFGN, serial n° 1467.
Neville Chamberlain's airplane at Flugplatz München Oberwiesenfeld on September 29th 1938, reaching the conference with himself, Edouard Daladier, and Adolf Hitler that will seal the Munich agreements.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg. G-AFGN Lockheed 14 WF62 Super Electra of British Airways Ltd.

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 A-0 Condor

Registration D-ACVH, c/n 3098 named Grenzmark. Delivered to the Reichsluftfahrtministerium -RLM (Ministry of Aviation) in June 1939 and used as VIP aircraft (Fliegerstaffel des fuhrers) for Foreign Affairs J.Von Ribbentrop and A.Hitler. Changed to WL+ACVH, then AC+VH. Repainted with camouflage in late 1939 registered NK+NM. Crashed in Russia in December 1941.
Seen in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg. D-ACVH Focke-Wulf Fw 200 A08 Condor Grenzmark of the RLM-Reichsluftfahrtministerium.

Heinkel He 111 H

Heinkel He 111 H of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 52/3mw

Registration D+AMYY, c/n 5412. Ex D-AMYY civilian VIP aircraft of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium -RLM. Transferred to the Lufwaffe during WWII.

Reg. D+AMYY Junkers Ju 52/3mw of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 52/3m

Unknown registration, undistinctive ...EPPNER name.

Junkers Ju 52/3mw.

Several Ju 52/3m in the background.

Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe.

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch

Through window of one Hitler's Junkers Ju 52/3m VIP aircraft.

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 87 Stuka

Junkers Ju 87 Stuka of the Luftwaffe.

Bloch MB.152

At SNCASO plant (Chateauroux or Bordeaux-Merignac). C/n 527.
Assigned to Groupe de chasse GC I/8 - 2ème Esc. introduced in 1939. Shot down in air combat on May 18, 1940 during a fight against a group of Bf109 - His pilot, Master Corporal Antonin KRALIK (Czechoslovakian), unscathed managed to evacuate his aircraft in perdition and will join his group in Stop.

Bloch MB.152 of the Armée de l’Air - GC I/8 - 2ème Esc.

Unknown assignation for c/n503 seen in the foreground.
C/n 504 to her right was assigned to GC II/1. Coded "1": Shot down in air combat on May 14, 1940 during a clash with a group of Bf109s and Bf110s- He crashed around Sedan, The body of his pilot, Captain Albert COIRAL will never be found.

Bloch MB.152 of the Armée de l’Air.

Lioré et Olivier LeO 451

Lioré et Olivier LeO 451 of the Armée de l'Air.

Unidentified Aircraft

Spitfire?

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Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis

Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg. NX211 model of Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis.

Messerschmitt Bf 110

Variant with DB601 engine (C or D or E).

Messerschmitt Bf 110 of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 52/3m

Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I of the RAF.

Episode 2: L'écrasement

Junkers Ju 52/3m

Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe.

Heinkel He 111 H

Heinkel He 111 H of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 88 A

Junkers Ju 88 A of the Luftwaffe.

Unidentified Aircraft

Messerschmitt Bf 110 or Dornier Do 17 ?

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Junkers Ju 87 Stuka

Junkers Ju 87 Stuka of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 87 D Stuka

Same footage seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Junkers Ju-87 D Stuka of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka

Junkers Ju-87 B Stuka of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 87 B-2 Stuka

Same footage seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Junkers Ju-87 B-2 Stuka of the Luftwaffe.

Heinkel He 111 H

Heinkel He 111 H of the Luftwaffe.

Westland Lysander

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Westland Lysander of the RAF.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia

Same footage in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia of the RAF.

Unidentified Aircraft

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Supermarine Spitfire Prototype K5054

First flight on the 5th March 1936.
Same footage seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Supermarine Spitfire Prototype K5054.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I

Uncomplete serial No P93..

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I of the RAF.

Schneider Grunau Baby II

Registration D-9-1269, not found.

Reg.D-9-1269 Schneider Grunau Baby II

Junkers Ju 88

Junkers Ju 88 of the Luftwaffe.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E

Note the Tatzelwurm emblem of JG 3 on the cowling. Depending the color, this gives the exact Gruppe among the Geschwader (Geschwader = air wing / USAAF/USMC or air force group / RAF or a French Escadre).

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E of the Luftwaffe probably during Battle of France.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E of the Luftwaffe.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 F and/or first G variant

Messerschmitt Bf 109 F or G of the Luftwaffe.

The retracted tail wheel is on evry subvariant of the F type and only on the very first Gs.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 F or G of the Luftwaffe.

Note the underwing gondolas (each with an additional cannon), a set known as Rüstsatz R1 and fitted to some Bf 109 F or G.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 F or G of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka

Junkers Ju-87 B Stuka of the Luftwaffe.

Heinkel He 177

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E of the Luftwaffe.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I of the RAF.

Avro Anson Mk.I

Avro Anson Mk.I of the RAF.

Heinkel He 111 H

Heinkel He 111 H of the Luftwaffe.

Episode 3: Le choc

Lockheed Hudson I

Lockheed Hudson I for the RAF

Junkers Ju 52/3m

Balkans campaign 1940-41.

Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe.

Operation Merkur by German paratroops over Crete.

Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe.

Unidentified Aircraft

Unidentified Aircraft

Unidentified German Aircraft :

Unidentified Aircraft and Air Force.

Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka

Junkers Ju-87 B Stuka of the Luftwaffe.

Polikarpov I-16

Polikarpov I-16 of Voienno-vozduchnyie sily SSSR.

Messerschmitt Bf 110

Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Messerschmitt Bf 110 of the Luftwaffe.

Unidentified Aircraft

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Junkers Ju 52/3m

Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe.

Unidentified Aircraft

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Aichi D3A Val

Aichi D3A Val of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.

Unidentified Aircraft

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt or Kawanishi N1K? I can't say.

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Unidentified Aircraft

Probably Japanese ...

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Episode 4: L'embrasement

Aichi D3A

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Image seen as by horizontal miror.

Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Mitsubishi A6M Zero of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.

Nakajima B5N

Nakajima B5N of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.

Unidentified Aircraft

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Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Mitsubishi A6M Zero of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.

Mitsubishi G3M

Mitsubishi G3M.

Hawker Hurricane Mk I

Hawker Hurricane Mk I of the RAF.

Air battle with Messerschmitt Bf 109 to the right.

Hawker Hurricane Mk I of the RAF and Messerschmitt Bf 109 of the Luftwaffe

Messerschmitt Bf 109

Messerschmitt Bf 109 of the Luftwaffe.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G of the Luftwaffe.

Arado Ar 96

Boeing Fortress Mk.I

Boeing Fortress Mk.I AN518 here with code of 90 Squadron, RAF. Built as Flying Fortress C s/n 40‑2043. Some source gives her as transferred to 220 Squadron and shoot down on 08 September 1941 over Norway. Other source gives her as returned to the US (Lend-Leased).
So what ?
Was WP-B when seen in American film "Flying Fortress" (1942), a movie considered as "a poor tracing of Target for Tonight" (The New York Times).
Nota : Target for To-Night (alternative title) is a 1941 48 minutes long British World War II documentary film about the crew of a Wellington bomber.

Boeing Fortress Mk.I of the RAF.

Short Stirling I

Registration N6037. This aircraft has been operated by the No. 7 Squadron RAF as MG-E/N6037. The picture shows an unusual colour scheme for a RAF aicraft during the war, or perhaps Night bombing camouflage? Uncomplete registration ending by V lettter.

Reg.N6037 Short Stirling I of the RAF.

Avro Lancaster B I

Avro Lancaster B I of the RAF.

Consolidated B-24J-20-CO Liberator

Consolidated B-24J-20-CO Liberator s/n 42-73191.
Crashed into ridge six miles South West of Ryderwood, Washington on first of November 1945 while on ferrying mission to Oklahoma City in storm.
This plane had been used in a training film for female USAAF mechanics, carrying the name "Air Wac".

Consolidated B-24J-20-CO Liberator of the USAAF.

North American B-25B Mitchell

Aircraft of the Doolittle Raid, April 1942.

North American B-25B Mitchell of the USAAF.

Note the US Star without the red dot; pictures taken after mid May 1942.

North American B-25B Mitchell of the USAAF.

Unidentified Aircraft

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Grumman F4F Wildcat

Grumman F4F Wildcat of the US Navy.

Douglas TBD-1 Devastator

Douglas TBD-1 Devastator of U.S. torpedo squadron VT-8 taking off from USS Hornet, 4 June 1942.

Douglas TBD Devastator of the US Navy.

Another raid with a bomb load rather during the year 1942.

Douglas TBD Devastator of the US Navy.

Douglas SBD Dauntless

Douglas SBD Dauntless of the US Navy.

Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Mitsubishi A6M Zero of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.

Nakajima B5N1

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Douglas SBD Dauntless

Douglas SBD Dauntless of the US Navy.

Flipped image also seen properly in IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

(Flipped) Douglas SBD Dauntless of the US Navy.

Unidentified Aircraft

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Nakajima B5N2

Nakajima B5N2 of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Douglas C-47 Skytrain of the USAAF.

Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress

Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress of the USAAF.

Consolidated B-24D Liberator

Consolidated B-24D Liberator of the USAAF.

Douglas SBD Dauntless

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Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka & Heinkel He 111 H

Junkers Ju-87 B Stuka and of Heinkel He 111 H of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju-87 B Stuka of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 87 D Stuka

Junkers Ju-87 D Stuka of the Luftwaffe.

Episode 5: L'étau

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 of the Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily Soyuza SSSR.

Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik

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Junkers Ju 52/3m

Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 52/3m

Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe.

Martin 167 F

Martin 167 F of the Forces Aériennes de la France Libre.

Martin PBM Mariner

Martin PBM Mariner of the US Navy.

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor

Junkers Ju 87 Stuka to the left.

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju 52/3m

Unknown fighter to the left.

Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe.

Unknown aircraft to the left.

Junkers Ju 52/3m of the Luftwaffe.

Episode 6: L'enfer

Martin B-26B/C Marauder

Martin B-26B (or C ?) Marauder of the USAAF.

Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I & Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Overlord D-Day livery.

Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I and Douglas C-47 Skytrain of the USAAF.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Overlord D-Day livery.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain of the USAAF.

Douglas A-20 Havoc

Overlord D-Day livery.

Douglas A-20 Havoc of the USAAF.

Martin B-26 Marauder

Unidentified Air Force.

Martin B-26 Marauder.

Hawker Typhoon IB

From Sqn.No.174 of the RAF. April 1943-September 1945.

Hawker Typhoon IB of the RAF.

Grumman F6F Hellcat

Upper part of the cokpit canopy seems in one piece, that should makes them as Hellcat.

Grumman F6F Hellcat of the US Navy.

Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger

Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger of the US Navy.

Avro Lancaster

At least, 7 or 8 Lancasters in the sky, accompanied by many undistinctives fighters.

Avro Lancaster of the RAF.

Nakajima B6N Tenzan

Nakajima B6N Tenzan of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.

Archive footage seen too in other movies; look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Nakajima B6N Tenzan of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun.

Unidentified Aircraft

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Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress

In the foreground, registration 41-9023 Yankee Doodle of the 414th Bomber Squadron/97th Bomb Group of the USAAF.

Reg.41-9023 Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress of the USAAF.

Handley Page Halifax B

Handley Page Halifax of the RAF.

Avro Lancaster B I

Avro Lancaster B I of the RAF.

Unidentified Aircraft

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Douglas C-54B Skymaster

Registration EW999, c/n 18326/D0100. First registered as 43-17126 in Santa Monica Douglas factory. This Skymaster was the 100th built and the first delivered to RAF as a gift from F.D.Roosevelt for special VVIP aircraft of W.Churchill. The interior layout of the aircraft have been done by Armstrong-Whitworth in Coventry. By early November 1944, the completed Skymaster had been delivered in natural metal finish to RAF Northolt, home of No.24 Squadron and its VVIP flight.