MacArthur

Movie (1977)

Starring:
Gregory Peck (General of the Army Douglas MacArthur)
Ed Flanders (President Harry S. Truman)
Dan O'Herlihy (President Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Ivan Bonar (Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland)

The story of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander during World War II and United Nations Commander for the Korean War. "MacArthur" begins in 1942, following the fall of Philippines, and covers the remarkable career of this military legend up through and including the Korean War and into MacArthur's days of forced retirement after being dismissed from his post by President Truman.

Vultee BT-13 Valiant (as Aichi D3A)

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress

Serial # 44-83525. Currently in storage at the Fantasy of Flight museum in Polk City, Florida. More info here.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Vought F4U Corsair

Unidentified Aircraft

Probably a lineup of CAC Wirraways.

Grumman F6F Hellcat

Douglas C-54 Skymaster

Grumman TBF Avenger

Unidentified Aircraft

From the cabin of what is a FAC (Forward Air Controler), type unidentified.

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

In an anachronism, footage of F-4s on a bombing run is shown during the Korean War, years before they would enter service.

Douglas DC-7B

DC-7B meant to represent President Truman's Douglas VC-118 Independence (the real one is seen in America in Color/Episode Four - The 1950s).

Lockheed VC-121A Constellation

Registration N9466, c/n 2607. Built for the USAF with serial 48-615. Owned by Christler Flying Service at the time of filming and painted as MacArthur's personal Connie Bataan, serial 48-613, with SCAP (Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers) nose art.

Grumman flying boat seen parked behind.

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