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[[Image:Red_Tails_Poster.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none|''Red Tails'' theatrical movie poster.]] | [[Image:Red_Tails_Poster.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none|''Red Tails'' theatrical movie poster.]] | ||
| + | <b>Movie (2012)</b><br> | ||
| + | Quebec title : <b>L'Escadron Red Tails</b> | ||
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<b>Starring:</b><br> | <b>Starring:</b><br> | ||
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| − | + | 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. | |
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| + | == [[:Category: Messerschmitt Bf 109|Messerschmitt Bf 109 G]] == | ||
| + | Used throughout the whole movie by the German Luftwaffe. | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-1’00”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:RT Bf109G6-R6 0h35mn50.JPG|thumb|500px|none|G-6 (or later model) with the Rüstsätze R6 (20 mm cannon underwing gondola).]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-33’29”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-66’58”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:RTScreenshotter--HBOMax-68’15”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == [[:Category: | + | == [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress| Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress]] == |
| − | + | Seen in several shots. | |
| − | [[Image:RT | + | [[Image:RT B-17F 0h00mn49.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]] |
| − | [[ | + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-3’11”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-67’26”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:RT B-17 1h06mn45.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-69’13”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == [[:Category: North American P-51 Mustang| North American P-51C Mustang]] | + | == [[:Category: North American P-51 Mustang|North American P-51C Mustang]] == |
Seen during the opening battle used as fighter escort for the B-17s. | Seen during the opening battle used as fighter escort for the B-17s. | ||
[[Image:RT P-51C 0h0mn28.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:RT P-51C 0h0mn28.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:RT P-51C 0h0mn34.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:RT P-51C 0h0mn34.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == [[:Category: | + | == [[:Category: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk|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. | |
| − | [[Image:RT P- | + | [[Image:RT P-40 0h3mn53.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]] |
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-9’58”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:RT P-40 0h11mn15.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-31’13”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-38’00”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == | + | == Various Aircraft (Identification Chart) == |
| − | + | [[Image:RedTails_Id-chart.png|thumb|500px|none|]] | |
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| − | [[Image: | ||
| − | == [[:Category: | + | == [[:Category: Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas C-47A Skytrain]] == |
| − | [[ | + | On the right. |
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-31’19”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-54’11”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | Code 2100884 corresponds to registration N147DC, c/n 19347 built in 1943. Operated by Aces High and based in England.<br> | ||
| + | Same aircraft in other works at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)]]. | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-54’20”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-54’27”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-88’38”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == | + | == [[:Category: Junkers Ju 87 Stuka|Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka]] == |
| − | [[ | + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-38’53”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-40’03”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-40’09”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == [[:Category: | + | == General's office == |
| − | + | Two photos on the wall; a [[:Category: Grumman TBF Avenger|Grumman TBF Avenger]] above and a [[:Category: North American B-25 Mitchell|North American B-25 Mitchell]] with an unknown aircraft below. | |
| − | [[ | + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-46’56”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
| − | [[ | + | Model of a [[:Category: Handley Page HP.52 Hampden|Handley Page HP.52 Hampden]] and an unknown aircraft. |
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-47’02”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | Model of a [[:Category: Bristol 156 Beaufighter|Bristol 156 Beaufighter]] and an unknown aircraft. | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-47’18”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == [[:Category: | + | == [[:Category: North American P-51 Mustang|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. | |
| − | [[ | + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-60’26”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Before getting the "Red Tails" paint.]] |
| − | [[Image:RT | + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-64’24”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-65’21”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-70’09”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:RT P-51D 1h54mn.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress| Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress]] | + | == [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress]] == |
Most B-17s are the G-Model. They are seen camouflaged, but also in a bright aluminum-finish. | Most B-17s are the G-Model. They are seen camouflaged, but also in a bright aluminum-finish. | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-104’37”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:RT B-17G 1h42mn47.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:RT B-17G 1h42mn47.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:RT B-17G 1h43mn44.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Worn a mix of 2nd Bombardment Group and 99th Bombardment Group tail code.]] | [[Image:RT B-17G 1h43mn44.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Worn a mix of 2nd Bombardment Group and 99th Bombardment Group tail code.]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-107’02”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-113’38”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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| + | == [[:Category: Messerschmitt Me 262|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.<br> And no one got a yellow nose nor a swatiska on a yellow tail ! | ||
| + | [[Image:RT Me-262 1h48mn56.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-106’43”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-107’00”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:RT Me-262 1h47mn34.JPG|thumb|500px|none|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!]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-109’00”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == [[:Category: | + | == [[:Category: North American P-51 Mustang|North American P-51D Mustang]] == |
| − | + | Several non-Red Tails Mustangs seen in the final shots of the film. | |
| − | [[ | + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-118’49”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
| + | Rightmost is P-51D-5-NA ''Fool's Paradise IV'', serial 44-13309. | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-118’59”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | P-51D-5-NA ''Horses Itch'', serial 44-13518. | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-119’15”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-119’20”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:Screenshotter--HBOMax-119’23”.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
{{Footnote}} | {{Footnote}} | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485985 Red Tails at IMDb] | * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485985 Red Tails at IMDb] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Tails Red Tails at Wikipedia] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Tails Red Tails at Wikipedia] | ||
| + | * [http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=485985 Red Tails at IMDb] | ||
[[Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] | [[Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] | ||
[[Category: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk]] | [[Category: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk]] | ||
[[Category: Douglas C-47 Skytrain]] | [[Category: Douglas C-47 Skytrain]] | ||
| − | [[Category: Junkers Ju | + | [[Category: Junkers Ju 87 Stuka]] |
[[Category: Messerschmitt Bf 109]] | [[Category: Messerschmitt Bf 109]] | ||
[[Category: Messerschmitt Me 262]] | [[Category: Messerschmitt Me 262]] | ||
[[Category: North American P-51 Mustang]] | [[Category: North American P-51 Mustang]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:13, 8 May 2021
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.
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress
Seen in several shots.
North American P-51C Mustang
Seen during the opening battle used as fighter escort for the B-17s.
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.
Various Aircraft (Identification Chart)
Douglas C-47A Skytrain
On the right.
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).
Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka
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.
Model of a Handley Page HP.52 Hampden and an unknown aircraft.
Model of a Bristol 156 Beaufighter and an unknown aircraft.
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.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Most B-17s are the G-Model. They are seen camouflaged, but also in a bright aluminum-finish.
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 !
North American P-51D Mustang
Several non-Red Tails Mustangs seen in the final shots of the film.
Rightmost is P-51D-5-NA Fool's Paradise IV, serial 44-13309.
P-51D-5-NA Horses Itch, serial 44-13518.
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