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[[Image:  ToraToraTora1970.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none | <i> Tora! Tora! Tora!</i> movie poster.]]
 
[[Image:  ToraToraTora1970.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none | <i> Tora! Tora! Tora!</i> movie poster.]]
 
<b>Movie (1970)</b><br>
 
<b>Movie (1970)</b><br>
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<b> Alternative English title: Tora! Tora! Tora!: The Attack on Pearl Harbor</b><br>
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Alternative English title :<b> Tora! Tora! Tora!: The Attack on Pearl Harbor</b><br>
  
 
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A dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that allowed it to happen.
 
A dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that allowed it to happen.
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==  [[:Category:Curtiss P-40 Warhawk | Curtiss P-40K Warhawk]]  ==
 
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[[Image: I161980.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Curtiss P-40K Warhawk  of the USAAF.]]
 
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221121432ka2.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Curtiss P-40K Warhawk  of the USAAF.]]
 
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221230442cp6.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Curtiss P-40K Warhawk  of the USAAF.]]
 
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221231301pn1.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Curtiss P-40K Warhawk  of the USAAF.]]
 
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221325391mr8.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Curtiss P-40K Warhawk  of the USAAF.]]
 
  
 
== [[:Category: North American T-6 | North American T-6 Texan]] ==  
 
== [[:Category: North American T-6 | North American T-6 Texan]] ==  
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Eternal T-6 Texan used for figuring Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
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Modified North American T-6 Texans used as stand-ins for the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
 
[[Image: Vlc2008031219384598hc1.jpg|thumb|500px|none | North American T-6 Texan.]]  
 
[[Image: Vlc2008031219384598hc1.jpg|thumb|500px|none | North American T-6 Texan.]]  
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221082464ns3.jpg|thumb|500px|none | North American T-6 Texan.]]  
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221310395ug3.jpg|thumb|500px|none | North American T-6 Texan.]]
 
[[Image: Vlc2008031221401516xq4.jpg|thumb|500px|none | North American T-6 Texan.]]  
 
[[Image: Vlc2008031221401516xq4.jpg|thumb|500px|none | North American T-6 Texan.]]  
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221310395ug3.jpg|thumb|500px|none | North American T-6 Texan.]]
 
  
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== Vultee BT-13 Valiant ==
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== [[:Category: Vultee BT-13 Valiant| Vultee BT-13 Valiant]] ==
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Beside the T-6, modified Vultee BT-13 Valiants  are also used as stand-ins for the Nakajima B5N "Kate" torpedo bombers.  
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Beside the T-6, modified Vultee BT-13 Valiants  are also used as stand-ins for the Nakajima B5N "Kate" torpedo bombers.
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Look at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].  
 
[[Image: Vlc2008031220453233fw1.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Vultee BT-13 Valiant.]]  
 
[[Image: Vlc2008031220453233fw1.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Vultee BT-13 Valiant.]]  
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If most of the ships seen through the movie are models, take-offs were done from the [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations|USS ''Yorktown'' (CV-10)]] acting as one of the following Japanese carrier : Akagi, Hiryu, Kaga, Shokaku, Soryu and Zuikaku.
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[[Image: Tora USS-Yorktown CV-10.png|thumb|500px|none | ]]
 
[[Image: Vlc2008031221020331kf8.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Vultee BT-13 Valiant.]]
 
[[Image: Vlc2008031221020331kf8.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Vultee BT-13 Valiant.]]
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221082464ns3.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Vultee BT-13 Valiant.]]
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== [[:Category: Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina]] ==
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[[Image: Tora Cata.png |thumb|500px|none | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina.]]
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== [[:Category: Boeing-Stearman Model 75|Boeing-Stearman Model 75]] ==
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Fake registration (NC 34307).
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[[Image:Tora_PT-75-FS.png|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress | Boeing B-17F/G Flying Fortress (acting as B-17 Es)]] ==
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To portray the then scarce B-17E, the makers of ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' used later models of the B-17 modified to resemble the earlier model. These aircrafts include :<br>
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* B-17F 42-29782 now displayed at the Museum of Flight in Seattle as "Boeing Bee"; already seen in [[The Thousand Plane Raid]] and later in [[Memphis Belle]].<br>
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* B-17G 44-83563 owned by the Wings of Eagles Museum in Santa Ana California as "Fuddy Duddy"; same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)|Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)]]. <br>
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* B-17G 44-85829 now flown by the Yankee Air Museum in Willow Run Michigan as "Yankee Lady" ([[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)|Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)]]).<br>
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The two others (including Reg. N620L s/n 44-85840, lost with its crew on 12 July 1973) were used as fire fighting bombers and were lost in action during the seventies.
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[[Image: I161982.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.]]
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221133144jn2.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.]]
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221145321sl5.jpg|thumb|500px|none |Reg. N620L B17G Flying Fortress (s/n 44-85840).]]
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221150163vs8.jpg|thumb|500px|none |Reg. N620L B17G Flying Fortress (s/n 44-85840).]]
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221160477pn7.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.]]
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== [[:Category: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk | Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk]] ==
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Two former RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) privately own Curtiss P-40E's Kittyhawks were used for the dogfight.
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221325391mr8.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk.]]
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== [[:Category: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk | Curtiss P-40 Mock]] ==
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Despite acting as Curtiss P-40 B/C which has a different shape, two dozens of mocks similar to the flyable aircraft were built with fiber glass (some powered in order to taxi). Of course, none of them could fly.
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[[Image: I161980.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Curtiss P-40.]]
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221121432ka2.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Curtiss P-40.]]
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221230442cp6.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Curtiss P-40.]]
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Same footage reused for [[The Final Countdown]] - look at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221231301pn1.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Curtiss P-40.]]
  
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== [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress | Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress ]] ==
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== [[:Category: Vultee BT-13 Valiant| Vultee BT-15 Valiant (as Aichi D3A)]] ==
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  [[Image: Vlc2008031221133144jn2.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress of the USAAF.]]
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Registration N67629, c/n 42-42171. Same aircraft in other movie at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221145321sl5.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress of the USAAF.]]  
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221284689tf2.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Vultee BT-15 Valiant modified as Aichi D3A of the Kōkū Jieitai.]]
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221150163vs8.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress of the USAAF.]]
 
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221160477pn7.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress of the USAAF.]]
 
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[[Image: I161982.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress of the USAAF.]]  
 
  
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== [[:Category: Aichi D3A| Aichi D3A]] ==
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== [[:Category: Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina]] ==
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[[Image: Vlc2008031221284689tf2.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Aichi D3A of the Kōkū Jieitai.]]  
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From a trailer found on the [[Patton]] DVD.
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[[Image: Tora_PBY5A_CIMG4185.jpg |thumb|500px|none | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina.]]
  
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== [[:Category:Consolidated PBY Catalina|Consolidated PBY Catalina]] ==
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== [[:Category: Vought OS2U Kingfisher| Vought OS2U Kingfisher]] ==
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Missing pictures. Lost from Imageshack on IMCDb.
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A 1:1 scale model. Footage reused in other works at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)]].
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[[Image: Tora OS2U.png|thumb|500px|none| Vought OS2U Kingfisher.]]
  
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== [[:Category: Douglas A-20 Havoc|Douglas A-20 Havoc]] ==
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This Havoc is in fact a accidented B-25, modified by addition of a single tail.
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[[Image: Tora A-20 CIMG4187.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image: Tora A-20 CIMG4188.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
{{Footnote}}
 
{{Footnote}}
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* [http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=66473  Tora! Tora! Tora! at IMCDb]
 
* [http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=66473  Tora! Tora! Tora! at IMCDb]
  
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[[Category: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk]]
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[[Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]]
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[[Category: Boeing-Stearman Model 75]] 
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[[Category: Consolidated PBY Catalina]]
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[[Category: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk]]  
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[[Category: Douglas A-20 Havoc]]
 
[[Category: North American T-6]]   
 
[[Category: North American T-6]]   
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[[Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]]
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[[Category: Vought OS2U Kingfisher]]
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[[Category: Aichi D3A]] 
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[[Category: Vultee BT-13 Valiant]]
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[[Category: Consolidated PBY Catalina]]
 

Latest revision as of 20:06, 1 February 2024

Tora! Tora! Tora! movie poster.

Movie (1970)
Alternative English title : Tora! Tora! Tora!: The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Starring:
Martin Balsam (Adm. Husband E. Kimmel)
Sô Yamamura (Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto)
Joseph Cotten (Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson)
Tatsuya Mihashi (Cmdr. Minoru Genda)
E.G. Marshall (Lt. Col. Rufus S. Bratton)
James Whitmore (Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.)

A dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that allowed it to happen.

North American T-6 Texan

Modified North American T-6 Texans used as stand-ins for the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero.

North American T-6 Texan.
North American T-6 Texan.
North American T-6 Texan.

Vultee BT-13 Valiant

Beside the T-6, modified Vultee BT-13 Valiants are also used as stand-ins for the Nakajima B5N "Kate" torpedo bombers. Look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Vultee BT-13 Valiant.

If most of the ships seen through the movie are models, take-offs were done from the USS Yorktown (CV-10) acting as one of the following Japanese carrier : Akagi, Hiryu, Kaga, Shokaku, Soryu and Zuikaku.

Tora USS-Yorktown CV-10.png
Vultee BT-13 Valiant.
Vultee BT-13 Valiant.

Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina

Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina.

Boeing-Stearman Model 75

Fake registration (NC 34307).

Tora PT-75-FS.png

Boeing B-17F/G Flying Fortress (acting as B-17 Es)

To portray the then scarce B-17E, the makers of Tora! Tora! Tora! used later models of the B-17 modified to resemble the earlier model. These aircrafts include :

The two others (including Reg. N620L s/n 44-85840, lost with its crew on 12 July 1973) were used as fire fighting bombers and were lost in action during the seventies.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
Reg. N620L B17G Flying Fortress (s/n 44-85840).
Reg. N620L B17G Flying Fortress (s/n 44-85840).
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.

Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk

Two former RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) privately own Curtiss P-40E's Kittyhawks were used for the dogfight.

Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk.

Curtiss P-40 Mock

Despite acting as Curtiss P-40 B/C which has a different shape, two dozens of mocks similar to the flyable aircraft were built with fiber glass (some powered in order to taxi). Of course, none of them could fly.

Curtiss P-40.
Curtiss P-40.
Curtiss P-40.

Same footage reused for The Final Countdown - look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Curtiss P-40.

Vultee BT-15 Valiant (as Aichi D3A)

Registration N67629, c/n 42-42171. Same aircraft in other movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Vultee BT-15 Valiant modified as Aichi D3A of the Kōkū Jieitai.

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina

From a trailer found on the Patton DVD.

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina.

Vought OS2U Kingfisher

A 1:1 scale model. Footage reused in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Vought OS2U Kingfisher.

Douglas A-20 Havoc

This Havoc is in fact a accidented B-25, modified by addition of a single tail.

Tora A-20 CIMG4187.jpg
Tora A-20 CIMG4188.jpg

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