Does anyone have details of the C-47 Dakota that was modified to resemble a Wellington bomber for scenes in a Polish film about their involvement in the RAF during WW2?
I remember reading about it in a British magazine in the 1970s but cannot remember anything else.
By: TonyT - 17th May 2017 at 18:42
see the film here 5-36 you will see it on the ground, at the end you will see them crash it !!!
By: TonyT - 17th May 2017 at 18:36
By: antiqueaviation - 17th May 2017 at 17:23
Thank you for the correction re the aircraft type – I was very much a schoolboy when I read it, and only vaguely remember the details.
I thought it was a Polish film too – not Czech ……..
By: antiqueaviation - 17th May 2017 at 17:21
Many thanks for the speedy responses – much appreciated!
:applause:
By: Trolly Aux - 17th May 2017 at 17:13
oh my
By: Sabrejet - 17th May 2017 at 16:48
Images all dead but I did find this:
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By: ericmunk - 17th May 2017 at 16:38
Interesting forum link in that link too… ?
By: ericmunk - 17th May 2017 at 16:37
Does anyone have details of the C-47 Dakota that was modified to resemble a Wellington bomber for scenes in a Polish film about their involvement in the RAF during WW2?
I remember reading about it in a British magazine in the 1970s but cannot remember anything else.
Czech. See here: http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/308123-eggs-right-on-target-pic-Forums
By: J Boyle - 17th May 2017 at 16:35
It was a Li-2, not a C-47. There was an article in Air Enthusiast of Feb, 1973. Aside from the non-airworthy mods (formers over the fuselage making it longer and wider, it was noted that the wider fuselage had channels for the props to spin since they didn’t move the engines outboard.
In the film, The Sky Raiders, the plane sinks in a lake, so presumably that where it still is.
There was a thread on this topic a year or two ago, that should still be accessible.
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May 17, 2017 at 4:28 pm