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Revision as of 10:44, 16 July 2013
Movie (1976)
Also known as The Battle of Midway
Starring:
Edward Albert (Ensign Thomas Garth)
Philip R. Allen (Lieutenant Commander John S. "Jimmy" Thach)
Beeson Carroll (Wilson)
James Coburn (Captain Vinton Maddox)
Midway is a 1976 war film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Walter Mirisch from a screenplay by Donald S. Sanford. The film chronicles the Battle of Midway, a turning point in World War II in the Pacific. The Imperial Japanese Navy had been undefeated until that time and out-numbered the American naval forces by four to one.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
Douglas SBD Dauntless
Grumman F4F Wildcat
Grumman F6F Hellcat
Grumman F9F Panther
Film footage of this accident was used as a SB2C "Helldiver" striking the ramp before turning into an F9F "Panther" jet fighter bomber as it explodes - completed with footage of a 1951 Grumman F9F mishap aboard the USS Midway (CV-41).
Grumman TBF Avenger
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
North American B-25 Mitchell
North American T-6 Texan
Vultee BT-13 Valiant (as Nakajima B5N)
Vultee BT-15 Valiant (as Aichi D3A)
Grumman J2F Duck
Unidentified Aircraft
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