Red Tails

From The Internet Movie Plane Database
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Red Tails theatrical movie poster.

Movie (2012)
Quebec title : L'Escadron Red Tails

Starring:
Nate Parker (Capt. Marty 'Easy' Julian)
David Oyelowo (1st Lt. Joe 'Lightning' Little)
Cuba Gooding Jr. (Maj. Emanuel Stance)
Terrence Howard (Col. A. J. Bullard)

A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G

Used throughout the whole movie by the German Luftwaffe.

Screenshotter--HBOMax-1’00”.jpg
G-6 (or later model) with the Rüstsätze R6 (20 mm cannon underwing gondola).
Screenshotter--HBOMax-33’29”.jpg
Screenshotter--HBOMax-66’58”.jpg
RTScreenshotter--HBOMax-68’15”.jpg

Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress

Seen in several shots.

RT B-17F 0h00mn49.JPG
Screenshotter--HBOMax-3’11”.jpg
Screenshotter--HBOMax-67’26”.jpg
RT B-17 1h06mn45.JPG
Screenshotter--HBOMax-69’13”.jpg

North American P-51C Mustang

Seen during the opening battle used as fighter escort for the B-17s.

RT P-51C 0h0mn28.JPG
RT P-51C 0h0mn34.JPG

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

Flown by the Tuskegee Airmen during the first half of the movie. The CGI and mock-up planes are the P-40E whereas the real planes seen in the movie are P-40N. The latter was also used as a stand-in for the P-40E in the movie Pearl Harbor.

RT P-40 0h3mn53.JPG
Screenshotter--HBOMax-9’58”.jpg
RT P-40 0h11mn15.JPG
Screenshotter--HBOMax-31’13”.jpg
Screenshotter--HBOMax-38’00”.jpg

Various Aircraft (Identification Chart)

RedTails Id-chart.png

Douglas C-47A Skytrain

On the right.

Screenshotter--HBOMax-31’19”.jpg
Screenshotter--HBOMax-54’11”.jpg

Code 2100884 corresponds to registration N147DC, c/n 19347 built in 1943. Operated by Aces High and based in England.
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Screenshotter--HBOMax-54’20”.jpg
Screenshotter--HBOMax-54’27”.jpg
Screenshotter--HBOMax-88’38”.jpg

Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka

Screenshotter--HBOMax-38’53”.jpg
Screenshotter--HBOMax-40’03”.jpg
Screenshotter--HBOMax-40’09”.jpg

General's office

Two photos on the wall; a Grumman TBF Avenger above and a North American B-25 Mitchell with an unknown aircraft below.

Screenshotter--HBOMax-46’56”.jpg

Model of a Handley Page HP.52 Hampden and an unknown aircraft.

Screenshotter--HBOMax-47’02”.jpg

Model of a Bristol 156 Beaufighter and an unknown aircraft.

Screenshotter--HBOMax-47’18”.jpg

North American P-51D Mustang

Requested by Colonel Bullard and used during the second half of the movie as the replacement for the older P-40s.

Before getting the "Red Tails" paint.
Screenshotter--HBOMax-64’24”.jpg
Screenshotter--HBOMax-65’21”.jpg
Screenshotter--HBOMax-70’09”.jpg
RT P-51D 1h54mn.JPG

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress

Most B-17s are the G-Model. They are seen camouflaged, but also in a bright aluminum-finish.

Screenshotter--HBOMax-104’37”.jpg
RT B-17G 1h42mn47.JPG
Worn a mix of 2nd Bombardment Group and 99th Bombardment Group tail code.
Screenshotter--HBOMax-107’02”.jpg
Screenshotter--HBOMax-113’38”.jpg

Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe

Used by the Luftwaffe during the final battle. The Messerschmitt Me 262 was never used in such large numbers as seen in the movie.
And no one got a yellow nose nor a swatiska on a yellow tail !

RT Me-262 1h48mn56.JPG
Screenshotter--HBOMax-106’43”.jpg
Screenshotter--HBOMax-107’00”.jpg
The four 30mm cannon of the Schwalbe in action during a head-on fight. The American pilot is hit several times by these deadly weapons but doesn't die!
Screenshotter--HBOMax-109’00”.jpg

North American P-51D Mustang

Several non-Red Tails Mustangs seen in the final shots of the film.

Screenshotter--HBOMax-118’49”.jpg

Rightmost is P-51D-5-NA Fool's Paradise IV, serial 44-13309.

Screenshotter--HBOMax-118’59”.jpg

P-51D-5-NA Horses Itch, serial 44-13518.

Screenshotter--HBOMax-119’15”.jpg
Screenshotter--HBOMax-119’20”.jpg
Screenshotter--HBOMax-119’23”.jpg


Back To:


See also