The Clue of the Missing Ape
Movie (1953)
English alternative title : Gibraltar Adventure
Starring:
George Cole (Gobo)
Roy Savage (Sea Cadet Jimmy Sutton)
Nati Banda (Pilar Ellis)
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Fairey Firefly
An anonymous Fairey Firefly (Mk I / FR.1 or T.3 variant ?).
Avro Anson Mk XII
De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide
Reg. G-A... De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide of Gibraltar Airways.
Nine airframes meet these criterias including six at the time of the movie was filmed.
Vickers 610 Viking 3B
Reg. G-AHPM Lord Rodney Vickers 610 Viking 3B of BEA-British European Airways built in 1947 (c/n 152).
Sold in February 1955 to Eagle Airways and loan on two periods for 'trooping flights' (as XF632 and XG349). On 9 August 1961 at Holta in Strand, Norway, during a charter flight, the airliner crashed 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) north-east of the airport on an instrument landing. None of the 36 passengers (a school class of boys and their two teachers) nor the three crew members survived.
Another Vickers Viking (registration starting by G-AJ; third letter could be B or D or E or F or P or R).
Avro Shackleton MR.Mk.1
VP294 Avro Shackleton MR.Mk.1.
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