I’ve been a long-time fan of the Czech film Dark Blue World, and I’ve always known that Spitfire VB EP120 and VIIIc MV154 were used in the flying sequences that were specially-shot for it.
However, a couple of times I’ve seen mention of MH434 being involved in some capacity – one of which states that she was actually in the Czech Republic, but was not flying due to being unserviceable.
Can anyone back this up? I’ve never seen a photo of her on the film set, but of course that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
By: DazDaMan - 14th February 2019 at 23:08
Of course, they could be referring to the stock footage from Battle of Britain, which MH434 obviously appeared in, but spotting her in the out-takes would be difficult at best.
By: scotavia - 14th February 2019 at 12:18
Cockpit mock-ups made by Prague’s BMZ Air Service supplemented the real Spitfires, only two of which were used in the film. Multiple-Spitfire aerial sequences were either out-takes from Battle of Britain or were cleverly computer-generated. …….EP120 and MV154 flew. Adding to poss confusion is that MH434 flew with Czech pilots in ww2.
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February 13, 2019 at 3:12 pm