Eye of the Needle
Movie (1981)
French title : L'arme à l'œil
Starring:
Donald Sutherland (Henry Faber)
Kate Nelligan (Lucy Rose)
Ian Bannen (Inspector Godliman)
Christopher Cazenove (David Rose)
A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.
Airfield scenes were filmed at Blackbushe Airport (BBS/EGLK).
Douglas C-47A Skytrain
Registration G-BGCE, c/n 13378. Built for the USAAF with serial 42-108953, quickly transferred to the RAF as KG619. Transferred to the Spanish Air Force in 1947 with serial T.3-2. Eventually retired and passed to the British civil registry as G-BGCE in 1978. Seen here painted as serial FD772 Windsor Castle with code ZK-Y.
Westland Lysander Mk IIIA
Registration G-BCWL, c/n 1244, wearing RAF serial V9281. A composite airframe built with parts from three different Royal Canadian Air Force airframes.
North American AT-16 Harvard IIB
Registration G-AZSC, c/n 14A-1363. Wearing RAF colors and serial FT323.
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Blackbushe Airport (BBS/EGLK)
Edited to appear as a fully occupied World War II airfield.
North American TB-25N Mitchell
Registration N9115Z, USAAF serial 44-29366, c/n 108-32641. Still wearing serial 151645 from the filming of Hanover Street. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
At upper right, we see another Hanover Street serial, 151632, corresponding to registration N9494Z, c/n 108-34200. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (Decoys)
Wooden mockups of Flying Fortresses.
North American P-51D Mustang
Registration N166G, c/n 122-31514. Built for the USAAF with serial 44-63788.
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Westland WS-51 Series 2 Widgeon
Registration G-ANLW, c/n WA/H/133 built in 1954. Painted as a British Army helicopter here, anachronistic for this World War II film. This airframe has been preserved at Historic Helicopters in Purtington, Chard, United Kingdom. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing).
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt & Douglas C-47 Skytrain
B-17 decoy closest to the camera. Behind, the checkered nose of P-47D registration N47DE, 399-55744.
Further back, several C-47 Skytrains. The two on the left are half painted in military drab, and half retaining their former white Spanish Air Force livery. A number of these ex-Spanish Air Force birds apparently passed through Blackbushe Airport on their way to the US following their retirement from military service.
De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito
A Vickers Wellington is also visible in the background of this first stock footage shot.
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