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The Sinking of the Laconia

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The Sinking of the Laconia DVD cover.

TV mini-series (2010)
French title : Le Naufrage du Laconia

Starring:
Ken Duken (Korvettenkapitän Werner Hartenstein)
Andrew Buchan (Thomas Mortimer)
Franka Potente (Hildegard Schmidt / Hilda Smith)
Jacob Matschenz (Erster Wachoffizier Mannesmann)

A two-part TV film about the drama of the Laconia, a british passenger ship sunk by a German U-boat which actually tried to rescue the 2,000 human beings with the help of two others submarines. All performed well until an aircraft on an anti-submarine patrol attacked the U-boat ...

Note: This film utilises a significant quantity of Computer Generated Images (CGI). Aircraft portrayed in this film may not be entirely accurate and have been identified as closely as possible to real aircraft.


Consolidated B-24 Liberator (CGI)

Clic on the Discussion folder to discover the way this B-24 was built.

Avro 696 Shackleton MR3

Interior view with crew member at their station taken probably using Shackleton MR3 WR977 (on displayed at Newark Airfield, UK).


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