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Aviation History
1968
1968 - 2680.PDF
IT'S ALL OVER Making "The Battle of Britain" film ONE OF THE LARGEST fleets of aircraft ever to be assembledfor a motion picture has been dispersed. The Battle of Britain locations at Duxford and Hawkinge no longer rever- berate to the roar of Merlins and Cyclones; the airfield and combat scenes are now "in the can." On these two pages we present the stars of the film and the filming—the aircraft. (1) Hurricanes at dispersal—albeit studio-built: a scene which must surely be representative of that warm summer of 1940. (2, 3) One of the Spanish-built Me 109s and a Heinkel Helll in take-off attitudes at Duxford. A number of aerial combat shots were taken from the upper gun position of the Heinkel. (4) On the other side of the fence, a Spitfire being run up—in this case a Mk IX. (5, 6) The nose and tail camera positions in the B-25 Mitchell used for filming the majority of the air-to-air sequences. An Alouette helicopter provided the camera platform for the air-to-ground views. (7) A two-seat Spitfire in company with a couple of single- seaters; and (8) a formation of Me 109s breaking for a landing over a "French chateau" at Duxford. (9,10) What the eye doesn't see ... A glass-fibre Hurricane —and a fabric one. Filming the height of the battle, in this case a Spitfire scramble (11). One of the actors, Robert Shaw, receives instructions from the camera crew (12) and a Duxford hangar erupts (13) during a mock attack on a Spitfire station.
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