Esterina
Movie (1959)
Starring:
Carla Gravina (Esterina)
Geoffrey Horne (Gino)
Domenico Modugno (Piero)
Anna Maria Aveta (Piero's Wife)
Esterina, a young war orphan, joins two truck drivers, Gino and Piero, on their trips along Northern Italy. She wants to find her luck in the big city, but her dreams turn into disappointing experiences. She falls in love with Gino but he is not interested in her, until she disappears...
North American F-86D Sabre Dog
USAF North American F-86D-35-NA Sabre c/n 173-563, s/n 51-8430 with buzz number FU430 of the 357th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (usually based in Marocco).
Same unit, F-86D FU326.
The last airframe seen during this 3 minute long footage :
North American F-86D-45-NA Sabre s/n 52-3950 (c/n 190-353) of USAF 496th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. 29 July 1959: Struck off charge at Hahn AB, West Germany.
North American F-86K Sabre Dog
North American F-86K Sabre s/n 53-8296 (c/n 207-24) transferred to the Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force), first as MM6208. Written Off on 8 November 1965.
Jet pipe and tail of this F-86K seen through the rear fuselage of another Sabre Dog (usual nickname of this F-86 variant).
One minute before, a panoramic shot let us seen the 1º Stormo Caccia Ogni Tempo (All-Time Fighter Wing) emblem.
Fiat G.91 PAN
One of the 16 of the pre-production aircraft towed by a tractor with a F-86 D/K at right.
Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk.4
Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk.4 delivered to the RAF as XB955, then to the Aeronautica Militare, 2a Aerobrigata as F-86E(M) 19842, code 2-05, wearing the small 2ª Brigata aerea intercettori diurni emblem on the tail.
Lanceri Neri Italian aerobatics display team (1958-1959), 2a Aerobrigata.
2a Aerobrigata as 2-09, s/n ?
Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk.4 delivered to the RAF as XB810, then to the Aeronautica Militare as F-86E(M) 19664.
A close look reveals the sanded XB810 serial near the nozzle.
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