The Dam Busters
Movie (1954)
Alternative English title : The Dambusters
French title : Les Briseurs de barrages
Starring:
Michael Redgrave (Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.)
Ursula Jeans (Mrs. Wallis)
Charles Carson (Doctor)
Stanley Van Beers (Sir David Pye, C.B., F.R.S.)
Colin Tapley (Doctor W.H. Glanville, C.B., C.B.E.)
Frederick Leister (Committee Member)
True story of how the British attacked German dams in WW2 by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective.
Vickers 619 Wellington T Mk.X
Vickers Wellington T Mk X MF628.
Postwar conversions of the Wellington Bomber into training aircraft by Boulton Paul for navigation training. The front turret was removed and replaced by a fairing and the interior re-equipped.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Vickers Wellington
Archive footage of the dropping of the Upkeep bomb prototype by one modified Vickers Wellington.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
de Havilland DH98 Mosquito B Mk.IV
Archive footage from April/May 1943, probably of the de Havilland DH98 Mosquito B Mk.IV DK290/G.
de Havilland DH98 Mosquito Mk.35
Avro Lancaster B VII
The genuine “Dam Buster” Lancaster were Type 464 (Provisioning) Mk.III though.
Four aircrafts used for flying shots are NX782, NX679, RT686 and NX673.
Same aircrafts in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft)
Wg Cdr Guy Gibson was at the controls of ED932 (AJ-G) during the raid of 16-17 May 1943. In fact, this aircraft was acted by Avro Lancaster B VII NX679.
Avro Lancaster B VII & Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Unidentified Aircraft
Airfield flooded.
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