Black Sheep Squadron TV show

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  1. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    The PTO version of Rat Patrol

    Robert Conrad takes a break on the set on a Corsair

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  2. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

    Good description. I watched that program too. The Japanese never had a chance.

    In reality, the Marine Attack Squadron 214 had 40% losses.
     
  3. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    What did they use for aerial footage?
     
  4. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Most of the aerial stuff was new for the show. They had about six Corsairs with a lot of formation flying. The Japanese pilot scenes were often closeups of them from outside and inside of the cockpit. The Corsairs were different versions with both three and four bladed props but I'm not good enough to know the difference. They used an R4-D and a Grumman Duck pretty often as well. I remember one episode when an Army P-38 squadron visited their base.


    Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series) - Wikipedia

    Some air-battle scenes were actually short clips from the 1969 film Battle of Britain, and German markings on the planes can clearly be seen.[original research?] Other flying scenes pioneered the technique of mounting cameras on helmets worn by pilots, thus providing a pilot's-eye view never before seen in films featuring single-seat aircraft.[citation needed] Because of reflections from the Plexiglas canopies, many close-ups were shot with the canopies removed.

    The Vought F4U and FG-1 Corsair fighter planes [6] were leased to Universal Studios by private owners. Many scenes showing repairs on the aircraft were filmed during actual preventative maintenance.[citation needed] "Japanese" aircraft used in the series were actually North American T-6 Texan World War 2 trainer planes, which had been modified to resemble Japanese planes for the film Tora! Tora! Tora! and later purchased by collectors. The Grumman J2F Duck float biplane belonged to legendary stunt pilot Frank Tallman and his Tallmanz Aviation museum in Santa Ana, California. Tallman often stated that this was his all-time favorite plane to fly, with the Corsair in a near-tie.[citation needed] Tallman provided or arranged for most of the aircraft used in the series.

     
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  5. alieneyes

    alieneyes Senior Member

    Absolutely abysmal show but the 2 hour pilot episode with Boyington in the AVG was quite good.

    I reminded of the late Charlie Mott, another AVG volunteer, telling me when he was at Pensacola he and Boyington would carpool.

    Apparently, Mrs Mott did not approve of Pappy doing donuts on the front yard while waiting for Charlie to come out.

    Like Boyington, Charlie ended up a prisoner of the Japanese after getting shot down by groundfire over Thailand 8 January 1942.
     
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