leccyflyer Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 For those who like Mossies - they've just kicked off on ITV4 a few minutes ago. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john davidson 1 Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) Are some of the sequences taken in the Mach Loop? Seems similar at any rate. As an aside my old boss, a Wop/Airgunner mid nineteen forties, was most amused when Lily the Pink reached the charts and then Chitty Chitty Bang Bang appeared, both drinking songs with slightly different lyrics. Edited November 20, 2022 by john davidson 1 addition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dorricott 1 Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Good film , just a pity about the Landrover (not made until 1948) and BF108s masqueraded as BF109s and some of aerial scenes were obvious models . Otherwise a pretty good film . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 3 hours ago, john davidson 1 said: Are some of the sequences taken in the Mach Loop? Seems similar at any rate. As an aside my old boss, a Wop/Airgunner mid nineteen forties, was most amused when Lily the Pink reached the charts and then Chitty Chitty Bang Bang appeared, both drinking songs with slightly different lyrics. I thought some might have been in the Mach Loop John, but the location information indicates that the mountain scenes are in the Highlands - Glencoe, Glen Nevis, Loch Morar and Lochgilphead. The Mossies were based at Inverness Airport during filming in the Highlands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john davidson 1 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 on Quest just now watching Henry Cole reviving a Puppeteer , which he calls a Magnatilla! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Opps to late, what channel number is it on sky ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john davidson 1 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Turned out of no interest to a modeller, fixed off screen then flown ( successfully) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Poor old 633 Squadron. Perhaps it's me but it's about as wooden as the Mossies featured. Funny how so many of those films of that era haven't stood the test of time. Went to see 633 Squadron at the flicks as a kid and loved it.......but then we never saw the strings in Thunderbirds etc. And then we have..............Mosquito Squadron - oh dear me, a real shocker. For me the film I never tire of is Twelve O'clock High with Gregory Peck and Dean Jagger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 There some good points to come from the film as I understand part of the Mossi at East Kirby was purchased from the film studio 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 Lots of good points from the film - several actual real life Mosquitos either in the air, or in taxiable condition at the time- we're unlikely to see that, any time soon. Forget the naff special effects, which were of their time, and concentrate on the footage of the real Mossies in the air and on the ground. Then there's the music - an epic theme by Ron Goodwin. I flew my Mossie at the club field a few weeks ago and was delighted to hear that someone in the pits had fired up the 633 Squadron theme on their phone, whilst I was flying. 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Scott 2 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 I was at an ATC camp at Kinloss when the film was being shot. The Mosquitos were a great diversion & source of wonder. Air experience in Lancaster derivatives too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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