The Fighting Marines

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The Fighting Marines movie poster.

Movie Series (1936) in twelve chapters.

Starring:
Grant Withers (Corporal Larry Lawrence)
Adrian Morris (Sergeant Mack McGowan)
Ann Rutherford (Frances Schiller)
Robert Warwick (Colonel W. R. Bennet)

(Synopsis needed)


Fairchild C-8

Ep. 1 Human Targets.
Code AS9135 acting as 'DX19' experimental plane.

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Stearman C3-R

Ep. 1 Human Targets.

Seen first during the title sequence.

On the left.

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Starboard side wears code J.114 and registration AS668K :

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But port side has registration NC668K (Stearman C3-R c/n 5011).

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At takeoff, only the last two characters are under the wing.

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Unidentified Aircraft

Ep. 1 Human Targets.
On the right.

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Douglas Dolphin RD-4

Ep. 1 Human Targets.
Douglas Dolphin of the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Fokker D.VII & Travel Air 2000

Ep. 1 Human Targets.
Stock shot from Hell's Angels.

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Shot from the dogfight action but here the 'German' fighters are acting as American planes searching for the lost aircraft.

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Unidentified Aircraft

Ep. 1 Human Targets.

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Douglas M-2

Ep. 2 Isle of Missing Men
Continuity error : the Stearman C3-R used for trials is shot down by Anti Aircraft Artilery (AAA). Badly damaged, our heroes managed to crash land. But the registration NC-1491 (and shape) is for a Douglas M-2 ordered by Western Air Express (c/n 252).

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Stearman C3-R

Ep. 2 Isle of Missing Men and Ep. 7 Jungle Terrors
Probably the same NC668K seen in Ep. 1 ready to be used with a catapult.

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Of course, the takeoff is showing a model.

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Fokker D.VII

Ep. 4 The Mark of the Tiger Shark

Another Continuity error : this time, a Fokker is acting the Stearman C3-R

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Pitcairn-Cierva PCA-2

Ep. 6 Robber's Roost

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Ep. 11 Behind the Mask

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Unidentified Monoplane Aircraft

Probably the Fairchild C-8 seen in episode 1.
Ep. 7 Jungle Terrors

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Real cockpit or movie set ?

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Ep. 12 Two Against The Horde

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Unidentified Monoplane Aircraft

Ep. 12 Wheels of Destruction

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Ep. 12 Two Against The Horde
Aerobatics by three aircrafts.

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