Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The U.S. Army Air Forces provided the various aircraft that appear in the film: Ten Boeing B-17B/C/D Flying Fortresses were from Hendricks Army Airfield at Sebring, Florida. The majority were actually RB-17Bs upgraded to B-17C/D standards, as was the B-17 that portrayed Mary-Ann. The bomber's on-screen, "wartime security" serial number 05564 ...
The film's successful and highly praised sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954), featured Victor Mature in the title role; Michael Rennie, Jay Robinson, and David Leonard also reprise their roles from The Robe. Filming of the sequel was completed before The Robe was released, and it begins with Caligula's challenge to Marcellus and Diana ...
The 388th Operations Group is the flying component of the 388th Fighter Wing, assigned to the Air Combat Command Twelfth Air Force. The group is stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. During World War II, its predecessor unit, the 388th Bombardment Group was an Eighth Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress unit in England, stationed at RAF ...
1943 My Favorite Blonde: Bob Hope: March Field [4] 1951 The First Legion: Charles Boyer: Mission Inn: Used as a monastery. 1957 Jet Pilot: John Wayne Janet Leigh: March Air Force Base [4] Shot in 1949–50, but released later. 1959 On the Beach: Gregory Peck Ava Gardner Fred Astaire Anthony Perkins: Riverside International Raceway: Car race ...
Air Force, a 1943 propaganda film depicting the fate of the crew of the Mary-Ann, one of the B-17 Flying Fortress bombers that flew into Hickam Field during the attack. December 7th: The Movie, directed by John Ford for the U.S. Navy in 1943, is a film that recreates
It was assigned to the Army Air Forces Training Command, Eastern Flight Training Center, 76th Flying Training Wing. On 29 January 1942, the first B-17 Flying Fortress landed at Hendricks Field. In peak operation about 120 B-17's were assigned and over 10,000 pilots and other crewmembers were trained.
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress is a 1944 documentary film which provides an account of the final mission of the crew of the Memphis Belle, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. In May 1943 it became the third U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to complete 25 missions over Europe, but the first to return to the United States.
Wake Island (1942) – action war drama film telling the story of the United States military garrison on Wake Island and the onslaught by the Japanese following the attack on Pearl Harbor [106] Whom the Gods Love (German: Wen die Götter lieben) (1942) – Austrian historical musical film about the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [107]