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Gene Tierney  (Kay Saunders)<br>
 
Gene Tierney  (Kay Saunders)<br>
 
Preston Foster (Steve Britt)<br>
 
Preston Foster (Steve Britt)<br>
John Sutton (Peter Stackhouse)<br>
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John Sutton (R.A.F. cadet Peter Stackhouse)<br>
 
Jack Holt (Lt. Col. "Mac" MacDonald)<br>
 
Jack Holt (Lt. Col. "Mac" MacDonald)<br>
 
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== [[:Category: Boeing-Stearman Model 75| Boeing-Stearman PT-17]] ==
 
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Appron at Thunderbird field with Boeing-Stearman PT-17s with North American AT-6 Texan overflying some Vultee BT-13 Valiant taxiing in the background.
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Appron at Thunderbird field with Boeing-Stearman PT-17s with North American AT-6 Texan overflying some Vultee BT-13 Valiant taxiing in the background.<br>
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According some source, among the pilot performing the flypast was the future ace Richard I. Bong.
 
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== [[:Category: Boeing P-12|Boeing F4B-1]] ==
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Used by Steve Britt (here : Paul Mantz) to do aerobatics over the water tank in which Kay is bathing. Cockpit close-up done with Preston Foster at the controls of a Boeing-Stearman PT-17.
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== [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
 
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Nieuport, unidentified type.<br>
[[Image:Thunder-Birds_0h2004.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Peter's father during World War One.]]
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A memory of the World War One when the director (William A. Wellman) was a fighter pilot. Here used as a portrait of Peter's father during the Great War.
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== [[:Category: Stearman C3|Stearman C3M ]] ==
Continuity error : when RAF cadet Stackhouse is taking off with flight instructor Steve Britt, they handle a Boeing-Stearman PT-17 serialed 141. But once in the skies, the Boeing-Stearman became an older and rarest Stearman Cloudboy before landing the PT-17 !
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Continuity error : when RAF cadet Stackhouse is taking off with flight instructor Steve Britt, they handle a Boeing-Stearman PT-17 serialed 141. But once in the skies, the Boeing-Stearman became an older and rarest Stearman C3M before landing the PT-17 !
 
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* [http://www.imcdb.org/ Thunder Birds at IMCDb] ; then search for : Thunder Birds
 
* [http://www.imcdb.org/ Thunder Birds at IMCDb] ; then search for : Thunder Birds
  
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[[Category: Boeing P-12]]
 
[[Category: Boeing-Stearman Model 75]]
 
[[Category: Boeing-Stearman Model 75]]
 
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Revision as of 14:42, 16 April 2018

Thunder Birds movie poster.

Disambiguation : this page is about the 1942 Film ; do not confuse with the 1964 Thunderbirds (TV series) and the numerous work based on it including Thunderbird 6.

Movie (1942)
French title : Pilotes de chasse

Starring:
Gene Tierney (Kay Saunders)
Preston Foster (Steve Britt)
John Sutton (R.A.F. cadet Peter Stackhouse)
Jack Holt (Lt. Col. "Mac" MacDonald)

(Synopsis needed)


Vultee BT-13 Valiant

Thunder-Birds 0h0020.jpg

Boeing-Stearman PT-17

Thunder-Birds 0h0225.jpg

Appron at Thunderbird field with Boeing-Stearman PT-17s with North American AT-6 Texan overflying some Vultee BT-13 Valiant taxiing in the background.
According some source, among the pilot performing the flypast was the future ace Richard I. Bong.

Thunder-Birds 0h0120.jpg

Boeing F4B-1

Used by Steve Britt (here : Paul Mantz) to do aerobatics over the water tank in which Kay is bathing. Cockpit close-up done with Preston Foster at the controls of a Boeing-Stearman PT-17.

Thunder-Birds 0h0855.jpg

Unidentified Aircraft

Nieuport, unidentified type.
A memory of the World War One when the director (William A. Wellman) was a fighter pilot. Here used as a portrait of Peter's father during the Great War.

Thunder-Birds 0h2004.jpg

Stearman C3M

Continuity error : when RAF cadet Stackhouse is taking off with flight instructor Steve Britt, they handle a Boeing-Stearman PT-17 serialed 141. But once in the skies, the Boeing-Stearman became an older and rarest Stearman C3M before landing the PT-17 !

Thunder-Birds 0h1425.jpg

North American AT-6 Texan

Thunder-Birds 1h1652.jpg


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