The opening moments of ‘Where Eagles Dare’ features a real Ju 52 but also a studio mock – up fuselage interior. My question is this – the instrument panel of this mock -up is clearly not from a Ju-52. Does anyone know from what type of aircraft this was taken? It is obviously a real instrument panel but has been sourced from a scrapped aircraft of another type as it doesn’t look anything like real Ju-52 dashboard. I have full details of the real aircraft used in the flying scenes so don’t need these. BTW you can see the first few minutes of ‘Where Eagles Dare’ on ‘You Tube’ if you want to see this for yourself. Thanks. Colin
By: colin.barron - 9th April 2017 at 15:37
My educated guess is that the mock up -would have used an instrument panel taken from a scrapped aircraft of another type but I am open to suggestions.
By: FarlamAirframes - 9th April 2017 at 11:52
in the book it was supposed to be a Lancaster….
By: JollyGreenSlugg - 9th April 2017 at 11:50
Have the Swiss aircraft been modified with upgraded instrument panels in the postwar period? If so, could the movie reflect this?
By: colin.barron - 9th April 2017 at 11:21
What this one? Is this wrong?, it’s got three sets of engine intruments anyway.
If you look at photos of dashboards of real Ju 52s on the internet (and in aviation journals) they look much more primitive than this. They tend to be light grey with just a few dials ,like a WW1 aircraft. Colin
By: smirky - 9th April 2017 at 11:09
What this one? Is this wrong?, it’s got three sets of engine intruments anyway.
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