Death Race (1973)
TV Movie (1973)
Also known as: State of Division / Duel in the Desert
Starring:
Lloyd Bridges (General Ernst Beimler)
Roy Thinnes (Arnold McMillan)
Eric Braeden (Stoeffer)
Doug McClure (Lieutenant Del Culpepper)
In the North African desert in World War II, a damaged American fighter plane that is unable to take off tries to evade and destroy a pursuing Nazi tank.
Curtiss TP-40N Warhawk
Culpepper's plane. Registration N923, c/n 33915, USAAF serial 44-47923. The rear canopy is painted over in an attempt to portray a P-40E. Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk Mk 1A
McMillan's plane. Registration N94466, c/n 15404. Built for the RAF with serial AK933, delivered to the RCAF with serial 1057. Retired after the war and eventually restored an given civilian registration N94466 in 1966. The aircraft is now preserved at the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa, Idaho. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Curtiss P-40E Warhawk
Footage of McMillan strafing German vehicles seems to be reused from Tobruk (1967). Registration N1207V, c/n 18796 / AL152. Built as a Kittyhawk Mk 1A for the RCAF with serial 1082. To the civilian market with registration N1207V in 1947. Later reregistered N95JB in 1987. Nowadays she is preserved at the War Eagles Air Museum in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
The RAF roundel covers most of her registration. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
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