Twelve O'clock High

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Twelve O'clock High movie poster.

Disambiguation : this page is about the movie starring Gregory Peck; for the 78 episodes broadcasted during the 1960s, look at 12 O'Clock High (TV series).

Movie (1949)
French title : Un homme de fer

Starring:
Gregory Peck (Gen. Frank Savage)
Hugh Marlowe (Lt. Col. Ben Gately)
Gary Merrill (Col. Davenport)
Millard Mitchell (Maj. Gen. Pat Pritchard)
Dean Jagger (Maj. Stovall)
Robert Arthur (Sgt. McIllhenny)

A hard-as-nails general takes over a bomber pilot unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress of the USAAF.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress of the USAAF.

Reg. N3713G serial 44-83684 owned by the Planes of Fame Air Museum. Link to Picadilly Lilly story.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Piccadilly Lily as seen in this movie.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress of the USAAF.
Footage reused for 12 O'Clock High (TV series) (S1E02).

Such wooden models were used to familiarize crews with the layout of aircraft during a raid :

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Supermarine Spitfire

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Supermarine Spitfire displayed as a fighter of the Luftwaffe.

Messerschmitt Bf 109E

Messerschmitt Bf 109E of the Luftwaffe.

The next aircraft seen in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Messerschmitt Bf 109E of the Luftwaffe.
Messerschmitt Bf 109E of the Luftwaffe.


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