Midway poster of the 1976 film.

Disambiguation : this page is about the 1976 Film ; for the 2019 American Movie directed by Roland Emmerich, look at Midway (2019).

Movie (1976)
Also known as : The Battle of Midway
French title : La bataille de Midway

Starring:
Edward Albert (Ensign Thomas Garth)
Philip R. Allen (Lieutenant Commander John S. "Jimmy" Thach)
Beeson Carroll (Wilson)
Toshiro Mifune (Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto)

Midway is a 1976 war film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Walter Mirisch from a screenplay by Donald S. Sanford. The film chronicles the Battle of Midway, a turning point in World War II in the Pacific. The Imperial Japanese Navy had been undefeated until that time and out-numbered the American naval forces by four to one.

North American B-25 Mitchell

Taking off from the USS Hornet (CV-8).

Nakajima E8N

Seen when (far away) Nakajima B5Ns fly over the Japanese fleet.

PBY-6A Catalina

Consolidated PBY-6A BuNo 63998 of the Commemorative Air Force.

Grumman J2F Duck

Pylon Racer

Unidentified painting about racers including NC-376 ... which was a Pfalz D-III, a WWI German design fitted with a inline engine (instead a radial as seen on this machine).

Republic P-43 Lancer

Douglas A-1 Skyraider

Douglas A-1 Skyraiders flying landing gear down to simulate (?) some Northrop A-17, a type already out of front line duty in 1942.

Mitsubishi A6M Zero (Replicas)

Vultee BT-15 Valiant (as Aichi D3A)

Footage reused from Tora! Tora! Tora! (IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)).

Vultee BT-13 Valiant (as Nakajima B5N)

Footage reused from Tora! Tora! Tora!

North American T-6 Texan (as Mitsubishi A6M)

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

Grumman F6F Hellcat

Same aircraft (code 50 seen here flipped) in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Acting as one of the VT-8's Douglas TBD Devastators.

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

Grumman F4F Wildcat

A few seconds later, we see Grumman F6F Hellcat code 20 taking off.

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress

A former Bolivian bomber actually registered N620L. Footage reused from Tora! Tora! Tora!.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Vought SB2U Vindicator

Vought SB2U Vindicator acting as Douglas TBD Devastators of Torpedo Squadron VT-8.

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

Grumman TBF Avenger

Douglas SBD Dauntless

Vought F4U Corsair

Acting as Lt. Cmdr. Wade Mc Clusky's Devastator (VT-6), diving without bomb load and so only strafing the Japanese carrier.

North American SNJ

North American SNJ acting as Aichi D3A (fixed landing gear dive dive bomber!) bombing the USS Yorktown (CV-5) with results.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

CASA 2.111D

How a single-engine dive bomber could become this twin-engine Luftwaffe bomber ?

Footage at 2h05. Note the German Balkenkreuz on the wingtip.

Grumman F9F-5 Panther

Film footage of this accident was used as Captain Matthew Garth's Douglas SBD Dauntless striking the ramp before turning into an F9F "Panther" jet fighter bomber as it explodes - completed with footage of a 1951 Grumman F9F-5 (BuNo 125228) mishap aboard the USS Midway (CV-41).
Same aircraft (BuNo 125228 Grumman F9F-5 Panther) in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Back To:

Movie/TV List

Top

Midway (1976)

Contents