Battle of Britain film Duxford pics.

Im still waiting for the remaining HA.1112 to appear in formation at legends.

If only it was going to be in the film scheme though…

re

If it wasnt so well known about it being a replica, I wonder how many location hunters would try tracking the French House down? ; )

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wonderful pics, I guess taken by a Gentlemen working on the set?

thanks brian,
it hasn’t changed too much i guess.

kev

The car park where the LDV / Home Guard drilled and Harvey parked his car are no longer there as you can see.

There is a little notice inside about the movie, but not a great deal.

However the beer is ok, so worth a brief visit if you are in the area.

Moggy

Great colour pictures Jetflap.. Interesting to see the view across the airfield in the second pic, just where the M11 is now.. Happy days..!

Great photos and slightly scray too…..imagine if!

Those are facscinating pictures. It must have been wonderful to get so close to the film fleet. Here are some photos my own father took over the fence at Duxford, although they are a bit grainy.

there’s a short film on the friends of the fighter collection blog site of the 78th fighter group at Duxford its in the older posts the quality is quite poor but it shows just how big the USAAF at Duxford during WW2 Nice high speed landing by J.D.LANDERS in BBD

thanks brian,
it hasn’t changed too much i guess.

kev

Welcome to the forum Tempest.

The Jackdaw as it looks now can be found here.
http://travel.ciao.co.uk/The_Jackdaw_Inn_Denton_Kent__6824659

By all accounts it is not aviation orientated

There was a thread on here with all the locations, I will see if I can find it and post it here.

Brian.

The Chateau was i recall made of wood and had only one side i.e the front as shown. It was meant to represent an airfield in France but was actually situated on the far south western side of Dx.

All that work and it’s only on-screen for a few seconds! :rolleyes:

I always wondered, looking at the MkXIVs and XIXs in the movie, how much more of a hard time the RAF would have given the Germans had the Spit been fitted with the Griffon from the start! :diablo:

Something about the “MkXIVa” is very aesthetically appealing….

Thanks indeed for posting these shots.
As has been said, so nice to see some personal as opposed to production shots.
Thanks again.

hello all.
this is my first post, so go easy with me. great pictures from what must have been a very atmospheric period in duxfords history.
just sat down with my 3 year old daughter and watched this classic film, she was continually shouting “crash”!
while on the subject, anyone know the where-abouts of “the jackdaw” pub is?
keep up the great and varied threads you guys.

the tempest.

Didn’t the Buchon suffer a nasty groundloop during filming? I seem to recall a similar pic in one of Robert Rudhall’s books.

Cracking set of images.. thanks for sharing them with us!

cheers
Peter D Evans
LEMB Administrator

Intersting stuff.

The three Griffon flyers here.

AI-G is PS853…BBMF

(DO)-N is PM631…BBMF

DO-D is RM689…Rolls Royce

Thanks for posting.

Mark

Great to see non production stills from the BoB movie.

Im still waiting for the remaining HA.1112 to appear in formation at legends.