The Wild Geese

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The Wild Geese movie poster.

Movie (1978)

Starring:
Richard Burton (Col. Allen Faulkner)
Roger Moore (Lt. Shawn Fynn)
Richard Harris (Capt. Rafer Janders)
Hardy Krüger (Lt. Pieter Coetze)
Stewart Granger (Sir Edward Matherson)
Winston Ntshona (Julius Limbani)

A British multinational seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 102

Arrival of Col.Allen Faulkner in London.

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 102 of British Airways.

Lockheed L-100-20 (382E) Hercules

The aircraft used to drop paratroops mercenaries over the country were they’ve been sent for rescue of the imprisoned opposition leader. The Hercules comes back for the return to Europe of the mercenaries after this successful mission, it lands but immediately takes off, leaving there the band, with the dictator’s army on the heels.
South African registration ZS-GSK, c/n 4385.

Reg.ZS-GSK Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules Boland of Safair Freighters.

Cessna 310D

This Cessna is used as soil-attack fighter against the mercenaries troop.

Cessna 310D

Douglas DC-3C (C-47-DL)

Finally some of the mercenaries can escape with the opposition leader in this all-bust DC-3.
Registration ZS-UAS, c/n 6154 built in 1942. Built for the USAAF with serial 41-38695.