633 Squadron Mosquito flight 2 of 2

The Mosquito flight sequences from the 1964 film '633 Squadron'. And yes, there is a suspicious white car in the background. It's a meme at this point.

[@michaelengel3407]

The legendary Mosquito. An aircraft that Luftwaffe would have liked to have

[@CamosAmos]

Sorry but germans have a plenty of fighterlight bomber planes....First germans invented that formula

I like the bit were the motorbike outriders are escorting the bomb train and an Austin mini drives by in the rear! 😂

[@kathymarik1932]

Films like this makes one proud to be British🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@DavidSmith-xs3or]

I love those old RAF uniforms and shearling jackets. Those guys had style.

[@DUCATI600CC]

In 1958 while in the Royal Air force, a team of us were sent on detachment from RAF Buckeburgh to RAF Sylt in northern Germany to do some aircraft modifications. There were two Mosquitos there belonging to the South African Air Force that were being used as target tugs.------I got a flight of about 20 minutes in one of them, my beret pulled down over my ears to reduce the noise, came back to earth simply breathless and partially deaf !

[@daveettridge6578]

I worked as an aircraft mechanic at Biggin Hill airport when the film 633 Squadron was made although not filmed there we worked on the B25 Mitchel bomber for several weeks after the film was completed the three Mosquitoes provided an extreme flyby, they flew the entire length of the airfield no more than 5feet off the ground. A sight I will never forget

[@maidmoira]

wow, my dah would a been proud.

[@maidmoira]

lucky you

[@jasonwills1116]

Dave Ettridge iwonderwherthoseaircraftarenow?

[@takorn2082]

985

[@takorn2082]

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[@benc1103]

Nothing beats the old movies filmed with real planes. Battle of Britain tops the list. (mostly because I love Spitfires). 633 Squadron has great Mosquito footage (anything with Merlin's sounds great).

[@tim2015]

... filmed with real planes and cast who served in the War. Richard Todd, who played Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters, was one of the first group of British soldiers who parachuted into Normandy on D-Day - 6th June 1944. Watch his face - especially his eyes - during the dambuster mission take-off sequence... his Wikipedia biography is VERY interesting.

[@lotnylotny671]

Absolutely right. Movies from the last 20 years are complete fiction, all computer scenes, made by graphic designers with no knowledge of flying. I like Battle of Britain, Midway, Memphis Belle, Top Gun.

[@Fat12219]

Good 👍 old movie 🎬

[@mikeross4]

The flying sequences in the mountains were shot in the Cairngorms Mountains and about and the Mosquitoe(s) were based at RAF Kinloss for the filming. I was brought up just outside the small town of Forres which is about five miles from Kinloss and I remember as a child seeing a Mosquito flying over our farm, a couple of thousand feet up, every morning for about a week. A beautiful sight and and I can still see it now 60 or so years after the event.

[@loyalpiper]

I thought the mountains looked familiar

[@colinbarron4]

Three of the Mosquitoes were based at RAF Dalcross (now Inverness Airport), not Kinloss, for filming of the attack and training sequences.

[@mikeross4]

@@colinbarron4 Dalcross (Inverness Airport) is about 20 miles north of Forres and the flight path at the time did not come near Forres as Kinloss was an operational RAF base. Whether or not the Mosquitoes were based at Kinloss that is where they came from as they were in a direct line from Kinloss.

[@colinbarron4]

@@mikeross4 i wrote a chapter on the film for my book 'Planes on Film.' My reference material was just about every book and article ever written about the film. All of these sources stated that the 3 Mossies used in the Scottish sequences were based at Dalcross in August 1963.

[@whitebeardedgnu]

Lo', to be able to fly that route in a Mosquito today!

[@johnjephcote7636]

I was living in Watford, near Leavesden Aerodrome at the time of the film-making. It was great fun to watch them in formation come over the house and then to go up to Bovingdon to see them.

[@mikepocock575]

633 Sqd was filmed at my local airfield,RAF Bovingdon,a lovely airfield then,unlike now,sadly.

[@guidoharmeling5872]

A beautiful example of British craftsmanship. Gorgeous aircraft !

[@Glen.Danielsen]

The _Wooden Wonder_ was a marvel. So glad this movie was made as a tribute. 🇺🇸💛🇬🇧

[@user-bg6vn9ck3r]

Yes , but do not forget the origins of the Mosquito was in Canada.

[@jduff59]

You can see and hear why George Lucas loved this film so much! It's one of the inspirations for Star Wars -Death Star scene especially.

[@brucesharpe1079]

Great filming and marvellous film the sound of the merlin engines brilliant a nice plane the mosquito

[@colinwhyte1526]

My Dad took me to see this when he was stationed in Krefeld, I think it was the first time I'd been to the cinema. The next day I was after a Mosquito so had him make Airfix ones, they were all I wanted. The movie theme was often on the radio back then and my Mum would call me in, my Mossies would then be out, lined up on the living room carpet. Almost 60 years later still in awe of that aircraft.

[@nickpedley3502]

I can really relate to your experience .... it was just the same for me.......I think I was 12 yrs old at that time and Airfix kits were my passion.

[@marksieve7734]

A great score too. Just saw Top Gun Maverick tonight. I believe the filmmakers were inspired by "633 Squadron." This film deserves great fame and fortune. Cruise has shown that heroism in film is possible, and audiences are craving it. Maverick deserves to be a monster box office success.

[@tonywestwood981]

What I thought was funny was the Land rover near the hanger lol

[@dave1234aust]

I was born near Krefeld (Hoster), my dad was stationed there 1957-1960

[@cad5238]

One of my favorite movies,soundtrack and all those Merlin's! Well nothing touches them! Mosquitos? My favorite air frame .Wooden wonders.

[@Fat12219]

Mosquito , 633 sqd

[@allgood6760]

TIMELESS legend.. we are proud to have flown them👍🇳🇿

[@Fat12219]

633 🎉

[@stratus262j2]

The Mosquito was a Bad Ass plane and my favorite piston engine aircraft of all time !!

[@maidmoira]

I watched this,with my father on sauchihall st,in glasgow,when I was 6or 7,the second movie was the great escape. I woke up and fell in love with steve mcQeen,truimph motorcycles,aversion to all flying and barbed wire. but,love the m spitfire,and mozzy.

[@PhilMcKelliget]

I saw it numerous times with my dad in Welwyn Garden City, and the main feature was always The Great Escape.

[@Fat12219]

Norway 🇳🇴

[@stevefuller1779]

I first saw this film, when it was new, in 1963 at the cinema, having seen it lots of times since, I only noticed the Mini a couple of years ago when watching it on DVD.

[@johnclark5114]

First movie I remember being allowed in the balcony.

[@Keithbarber]

A faux pas nobody ever noticed

[@colinbarron4]

The movie was filmed in summer 1963. The premiere was in August 1964

[@Ben_306]

Early stunt safety trick for crashlandings. Land normally with a smoke canister at the back going off, and retract the landing gear once you've almost come to a complete stop for dramatic effect.

[@mariocisneros911]

My older brothers went to the movies to see this around 1966 , when they were 15 ,14. They loved it .

[@snoopythedog3266]

I was 9, blown away

[@grahamhaynes4284]

I lived in Garston, Watford, when this film was being made. Being a mad keen plane spotter, my mate and I (future best man, Colin Ellis) would cycle to Bovingdon to watch for any action from the road at the end of the main runway. We were lucky enough to see the 'crash' sequence being filmed, when they fast taxied a Mossie on the grass and retracted it's undercart. Previous to that time, Bovingdon was host to many RAF Ansons and a few Percival Princes. We had our ATC wing parade there (2F Squadron) and some of the Mossies were still parked around. We also cycled from Watford to Redhill, across London and back, for a couple of hours plane spotting! Happy days!

[@stevanp7021]

was living at Bovingdon at the time in married quarters. we got to see them daily then when they had the open day on the field got to climb in

[@williampowell9013]

great! did the crashes involve real mosquitos?

[@YDDES]

William Powell Yes, but they were not airworthy. Could just run on the ground.

[@gavind4162]

My late father Was telling Me That This Movie 633 Squadron Was Screened On Our Ship The S,S Southern Cross When We Came to New Zealand Back In 1965

[@turkey0165]

I remember as a small boy Watching this movie with my older brother in the theater! Ah the smell of the popcorn then and sound of the Merlin’s! Great era to be alive! It was a better time to be alive!

[@dunruden9720]

Merlins

[@joehamlet7576]

The guy playing Cliff Robertson's navigator was the same guy in 'The Great Escape' that couldn't stand being behind the wire any longer. He charged the wire and was climbing it when the German guards shot him.

[@russellmay7347]

ANGUS LENNIE ..."IVES the mole ....ANGUS was SHOOIE McFEE fr years in CROSSROADS TV SERIES ;SCOTS ACTOR

[@tinaboy99]

Back in the early 1980's I was at RAF Swanton Morley, which had Mossies during the war, and was a grass airfield. We had annual air displays and some years what was the last remaining flying mossie visited. It belonged to Rolls Royce.

[@colinbarron4]

This would be RR299 but it was owned by British Aerospace not Rolls-Royce,

[@AlphaEckoNiner9ner]

What a sexy plane. Dehavilland's masterpiece. Fly low, deliver the blow, escape like a mosquito!

[@nigelbranthwaite8471]

The late Cliff Robertson had his Private Pilots License, he had said "that only reason he took up acting was so he had money learn how to fly", first aircraft he learned to fly was a Piper Cub. Cliff also owned some vintage aircraft which included a super marine Spitfire but a can't remember what the Mark was.

[@paulstroud2647]

It was a Mark IX, now in a museum in Seattle

[@nigelbranthwaite8471]

@@paulstroud2647 Thanks Paul your information on late Cliff Robertson Spritfire mark he owned, good to know it is safe in a aircraft Museum.

[@jaycoburn7755]

wow, i have known this theme song from childhood, but never knew what movie it was from. i must have been around 4 or 5 when we saw this at the drive-in, and all i came away with was the catchy tune.

[@isee7668]

You have a good ear.

[@SatsumaBomb]

My father in law was the guy who helps them out the wreckage

[@YDDES]

Here in Sweden we had Mosquitos as "J30" nightfighters in the 50's. The groundcrew had to spray water over the aircraft at sunny days to avoid the wooden skin from cracking up.

[@user-bg4iv6tq5w]

い😅😅😅😮😅え😅😮😅😮😅😅

[@robertstopford1016]

Have just attended a talk by a group here in the UK who are building a new Mosquito incorporating parts remaining from a crashed one. No doubt it had many faults and short comings. But overall, especially given the dire shortage of aluminium and other materials at the time, this plane was a work of genius.

[@richardvernon317]

@@robertstopford1016 There wasn't a shortage of aluminium. De Havilland didn't known how to use the stuff. Most of the wood used to build the Mosquito didn't grow in the UK and had to be imported. Mosquito Production only really started to ramp up in the second half of 1943 after the U-boats were defeated.

[@nalinfernando8093]

​@@robertstopford1016wasn't it steel that was in short supply. Think aluminum was plentiful

[@markboard3258]

My father did the aerial photography for this movie in his B-25 "Moviemaker" which now rests in Duxford. He said the mosquitoes had to throttle way back and the ol' B-25 was going flat out trying to keep up in the all the shots.

[@colinbarron4]

I take it your dad was Greg Board?

[@markboard3258]

@@colinbarron4 Yes. Did you know him?

[@colinbarron4]

@@markboard3258 No I did not but I wrote a chapter on '633 Squadron' for my book 'Planes on Film' and remembered the name.

[@alanjm1234]

​@@markboard3258Your dad did a great job. There's some excellent aerial footage in this film.

[@alanwhitworth659]

Wow. My Farthing in law was one of the designers of the wings for the Mosquito. In Christchurch Dorset Then he was sent to Coventry and Halifax. (War Work). He witnessed the blitz on Coventry As time goes by: I worked with a Flight Sargent who fly them. Also a Flight mechanic. He told me that after the service. He had to go up for a test flight… The pilot had full clothes… he said I had shirt sleeves (frost bite) I worked for Halls Bros in Whitefield in the 1980’s (Halls Mentholiptus).. The factory, before the war was a CO-OP furniture Factory, requisitioned for war work. They made the Plywood frames for the Mossis

[@timmason7430]

My Granddad was a fire man, He was There during the Blitz, it must have been bad, he hardly ever said anything about it(something to try and forget I suppose).

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

I live in Christchurch. I was thinking of making a short film with some interviews on the subject.

[@Gruntol5]

"Farthing in law" ! - love it.

[@geraldmahle9833]

On an unrelated note- In basic in 1967 we had a full field inspection. I was almost incapacitated by a throat infection. A friend had some Hall's Mentholyptus and it saved my ass. So, what you helped produce was much appreciated. Great stuff. Still use it even now.

[@alanatkinson5755]

I was based at RAF Bovingdon when the film was being made. Mosquitos everywhere, some flying and others as realistic mockups. I was paid £5 to stand in front of a cardboard bridge while ‘633 sqn mosquitos,, practised bombing runs. Saw the film a few times, and I think my ,part, was cut out !!

[@colinbarron4]

'Cardboard bridge?' .I am wondering whether the film you participated in was actually 'Mosquito Squadron', filmed summer 1968 at Bovingdon. For this film an archway was constructed at Bovingdon and Mossies practised bombing runs against it.

[@admiralbenbow5083]

LOL !! Co pilot / Navigator / bomb man just along for the ride. No checking of instruments, awareness of any sort, just sits there with a blank expression !

[@Glen.Danielsen]

Merlins!! I love how this movie pays deserved homage to that magisterial British aircraft, the Wooden Wonder! I love the music as well. 🇺🇸💛🇬🇧

[@howardfortyfive9676]

At 2:34 that's *Cliff Robertson as the pilot.* He also costarred with William Holden in Devil's Brigade another fine WWII film.

[@jamesfraser7297]

Right, and he played Jack Kennedy in the movie PT 109.

[@dave41184]

Best parts of the film :) Great upload!

[@papapabs175]

I’ll be watching this tomorrow, great film.

[@papapabs175]

Chris Tan Sorry mate I do not understand that at all 🤔

[@Sherwoody]

I had an acquaintance who flew mossies. He told me they sometimes flew so low they almost clipped the roofs of buildings in Holland.

[@flybobbie1449]

We had fellow flight instructor tell us his war stories in mosquitoes.

[@stuartwren5526]

I was at the Biggin Hill Air display to witness the last flight of these aircraft before they were pensioned off. Also watched English Electric Lightning beat up runway and do vertical climb with abs on. A day I shall always remember. !

[@snoopythedog3266]

Wasn't in 80 or 81 was it cos I was there then and saw a Lightning do exactly that, I'm still impressed by it. I don't remember Mosquitos tho

[@stuartwren5526]

@@snoopythedog3266 Hi. It was 1963/64 just after 633 Squadron film released.

[@paranormalfamilyscotland8340]

I visited Boyndie airfield, home of the Banff strike wing any times. Still a lot of it left.

[@maidmoira]

omg,and music, wow does bring you back.

[@blank557]

Such a lovely aircraft, so deadly too. A flying Femme Fatale!

[@Sailor-Dave]

Great to see the compilation of Mosquito footage. They were super-fast, versatile, and maybe the best aircraft in the whole war. They could do almost everything a B-17 could do, do it faster, outrun the German aircraft, and pack a real punch. Shame they weren't used more throughout the theater, or by the Americans.

[@ronferguson7820]

The USAAF did use Mosquitos in reconnaissance roles. They also flew Spitfires among other types.

[@alanjm1234]

In reality I think they were building them as fast as they could and used them as much as possible.

[@iainmcelhone2021]

@@alanjm1234 Now mate, if I'm not wrong they were made of Canadian Maple. One thing the Canadian aren't short of is trees 😉😉. 👍

[@richardvernon317]

@@iainmcelhone2021 British Ash for about 20% of the aircraft's weight (major bulkheads and structure mounts). Canadian Sprue for the wing Spars, US/Canadian Yellow Birch for the Plywood around Ecuadorian Balsa , Douglas Fir for the Stringers in the wings. This thing was not built out of any old 2 by 4 planks.

[@docwilkey]

Love the movie and the planes.

[@c123bthunderpig]

The movie was so awesome they used just about all the scenes in the movie Mosquito Squadron in 1969 with David McCallum.

[@955isteve]

that Mitchel bomber was parked at biggin hill and as a kid we got in side and sat at the front and back and pilot seat we was told to get out and found they riveted up the door but I remember a note on the front saying was inn film 633 squadron

[@patrickmckeane1362]

A beautifull aircraft and a deadly one too weird to think at the start the air minstery didnt want it

[@nicknickson2283]

The really cheeky thing about this movie is that when the same company made Mosquito Squadron the bombing attack is taken from 633 Squadron. "Lets not bother with that bit - just use the 633 Squadron attack - no one will notice " we did !!!

[@MarsFKA]

I never saw "Mosquito Squadron". From what I have heard over the years I didn't miss much.

[@YDDES]

MarsFKA Sorry to say, it was quite bad. I remembered one scene, where the model aircraft casts a shadow on the backdrop, for example. They probably just wanted to get the most out of the expensive flying scenes.

[@dirkdiggler3552]

​@@YDDESI Oo9😮

[@peterevans8194]

At 5:45 as the bombs are being transported, a Mini goes past in the background! Also when they show cockpit shots during take off, the runways that appear behind them have broken white lines down the middle which are clearly not there when the planes are taxi-ing about before take off...still a great film though!

[@scotsmanofnewengland7713]

One of the best fighter planes built at that time.

[@iainmcelhone2021]

A Beauty 😊😊 !!

[@rogeryoung6495]

ok who else noticed the white mini fast behind the bomb cart at 5:46 in this compilation

[@timwingham8952]

Yeah! Well spotted. And at 5.23 the Mossie's roof escape hatch has disappeared

[@roadsweeper1]

and at 6:46 they are putting the bomb trolley under the mossie the wrong way round!!!! the bomb is facing the wrong way lol

[@maidmoira]

who care's really, great movie

[@shaunnazari1961]

+Roger Young hahaha i said what the f......???

[@gazlyno]

lol yep spotted it :)

[@RafflesPedroMcDuff]

Loved this film since 6 years old, first seeing it at cinema release; still have the 7" soundtrack EP somewhere. Have only just noticed the white Austin Mini in the background at 5:46 !

[@AlexAlex-dr9zc]

Vous avez levé mon doute. J'ai bien vu la même chose !

[@davinagurl6032]

one of John Waynes westerns was set in, travelling through a valley with a wide river, whoops, over the other side was a moving F100. !!!

[@barryolaith]

At 5:46 a strangely advanced car for its day passes the road end. Sadly this early promise was not sustained by the post-war British car industry.

[@user-fx1cd8bn4c]

Эффектно. Не обошлось без ляпов.

[@Bruce-1956]

Remember watching this at the Astoria, Corstorphine in 1964.

[@maidmoira]

wow,gotta lota love for the mozzy

[@trevortaylor2778]

The bomb load of a b17 at speeds greater than a mustang. The best of WW2

[@alexalan9017]

b17s were great planes did a fantastic job brought their crews home time after time but if you wanted to kick them nuts and slap them across the face and make them fear the sound of your planes then a flight of Mosquitoes was the answer the germans hated them because they always got the job done even the U.S. used them on spy missions in ww2 the b17 and the Mosquitoe did their jobs well along with all the brave crews

[@JohnSmith-zv8km]

Does make me wonder why they did not build more and use in pin point targeted sorties say against oil making facilities. Bomber Harris and co too wedded to killing civilians.

[@cripplehawk]

@@JohnSmith-zv8km Simple, Mosquitos did not have enough range to go to Germany and back. The B-17s and the Avro Lancestors can

[@JohnSmith-zv8km]

@@cripplehawk Range of Mosquito is 1500 miles putting the many German cities in range. Add drop tanks and they could go most places.

[@graham2631]

@@cripplehawk drop tanks they could leave hours behind a bomb wing fly to Berlin with a bomb load mark the target fly home be asleep for 4hours before the heavies got back. According to a pilot who flew. With rockets and the regular 4 .303 and 4 20mm it had the broadside of a cruiser. One version had a rapid firing 6lbs artillery piece. Was faster than most anything else in the war didn't need a 6second water injection button. Not bad for a flying piece of furniture. In '48 china bought 200 planes and used them to stop a invasion flotilla of 1000 ships by sinking 500 of them. Bomb load without armament was 4000lbs B29's bomb load was 6000lbs to get the altitude for reducing loss in daylight raids. They could carry more but went for altitude instead.

[@boyter0roger]

There are holes aircraft nuts such as myself can pick in the film since there were only 3 flying examples, all of different types available for the film. Let's just be grateful for what we have in terms of flying footage. The Imperial War Museum used to have a flight simulator which woould allow you to experience the Amiens Raid using the footage shot from the aircraft on the raid. I enjoyed that about 20 years ago.

[@colinbarron4]

There were actually five airworthy Mossies used in the film but in most shots there are only three aircraft. There is a single shot in the film where they have four Mossies airborne at the same time. Of the five airworthy Mossies four were B35s and one was a T3.

[@iainmcelhone2021]

@@colinbarron4 if I may ask, what's the difference.

[@colinbarron4]

@@iainmcelhone2021 The B.35 Mosquitoes had clear perspex noses and side windows which were painted over for the film. They also had four dummy machine guns fitted. The T.3 was a dual control trainer with a 'solid' nose which usually did not carry any guns.For the film the T.3 was fitted with dummy guns.

[@gwenburridge8190]

Brilliant film really love the old movies 🎥

[@morriganravenchild6613]

A throughbred...unbeatable....

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Christ even the camera angles are the same in Star Wars, the cockpit view, the camera on top of the AA gun, Lucas really did just set 633 squadron in space didn’t he?

[@sillyone52062]

Yes, Mossies had just come active duty as weather aircraft. they were very common in 1964.

[@colinbarron4]

Not weather aircraft. They were used as target tugs based at Exeter until May 1963.

[@frankambrose878]

A updated version of the mosquito would make a great coin aircraft. 633 squadron can fly again!!

[@simonjackson7269]

The low flying at the start of the clip is filmed from Cad West in what is known today as the Mach Loop...

[@trespire]

@simon jackson Amazing to watch a Mosquito go through the Loop.

[@Spudtron98]

It's a shame that almost no Mosquitos are in flying condition anymore. Those wooden frames gave them a hell of a lot of speed, but they didn't hold up to long-term stress, especially with the way those pilots were throwing them about.

[@richnauer]

They could take the stresses of flying. What did them in was the weather,salt,humidity. Remember they were made out of wood!!!

[@colinbarron4]

There are currently 3 flying Mosquitoes in the USA and one in Canada. At least three more airworthy examples are in the pipeline.

[@bobyoung1698]

Perhaps the most disjointed collection of edits I've ever been subjected to. Still, I do love the Mosquito.👍

[@dave41184]

saabinsanity Lol I'd never noticed that til now - great spot!

[@jimmyarmijo2252]

Mosquito; the Wooden Wonder. Used to watch this on "Yankee" tv.

[@georgebentham3590]

twin Merlin's on a wooden frame lovely

[@dunruden9720]

Merlins

[@Kinseydsp]

Just saw on at the WWII Week end in Reading WOW What a Plane!

[@TheDistance11]

Nice shot of a Mini at 5:46.

[@wideyxyz2271]

I love the Mozzy. The sound of those two Merlin's starting up!! Just gets the heart thumping....

[@dunruden9720]

Merlins

[@user-fb2lb7tj5j]

Gssv

[@johnholmes6314]

I forget the name of the book I read written by a copilot. He always wondered why the engineers put a tube for the pilot to piss in but not the copilot.

[@daviddunsmore103]

Was it "Terror in the Starboard Seat", by Dave McIntosh?

[@jeffskillman9275]

Saw the Mini pass by at 5:46 but did everyone else see the Ford 100E estate in the background at 6:35 which is much much clearer and very obvious ? These weren't produced until 1955 ! There is also a series 2 Land Rover in the background elsewhere in the film.

[@colinbarron4]

A grey Land Rover Series 2 Station wagon appears in the background in a scene near the beginning where a Mossie is being towed. In one of the training sequences shots you can see part of a Series 1 Land Rover.

[@ThePorridgeGobbler]

Mike Baldwin from Coronation Street and Shoey from Crossroads an all star cast. I don't know why the Spitfire got all the praise, give me the Mosquito and Hurricane anyday which incidentally shot down more enemy a/c 75% compared with 25% for the Spitfire.

[@apebrain07]

Burning a mosquito is a SIN!!! And weird to see as my granddad got killed in one. He was in 107 squadron as a pilot & got it on his very last trip of his tour.

[@TheLocoUnion]

I thank him for giving the last full measure of devotion to the cause of the freedom of others.

[@YDDES]

They actually burned TWO!!! Bloody vandals... One where they folded the undercarriage (filmed from two angles and used for two scenes) and one that crashed into a fuel truck.

[@maidmoira]

ta, lost my ggdad too.

[@apebrain07]

Oh Yeah.? Do you know what squadron he was in ?

[@CharlesJones-fe5hk]

My favorite bird. My father was also in 107. From '46-'48. He was an armorer.

[@findlukeaballdate]

and to think there is only one of these left still flying in the whole world. saw it the other month flying in new zealand. was epic!

[@MarsFKA]

Two more have been made in NZ since.

[@wadesaleeby2172]

I got to see and hear the Mossie fly at the Virginia Military Air Museum one day! Most Impressive!

[@YDDES]

@asgrrr Well, I think they used all the flying examples they could find to make this movie. One "T.III" (trainer) and two "35" (bombers). They also had two taxiable "35's" which they destroyed, plus some statics in background. So, there wasn't many Mosquitos left even then. Now no flying examples exist. The "T III" was destroyed in a fatal crash and the "35's" are in museums.

[@johntechwriter]

Geez, those two Merlins were bigger than the rest of the aircraft combined!

[@canadiannuclearman]

great score

[@majormanfredrex]

The Saracen armoured personal carrier looked strange painted in German camo and with the crosses on it's sides.

[@alfonsoarredondo2761]

En los años 70s hubo una película con el mismo nombre (Escuadrón Mosquito ) y actuó como piloto principal de la R A F el actor David Mc Callum y también actuó en el agente de C.I.P.O.L . Yllia Kuriakin .

[@YDDES]

Yes, but at that time there were still quite a lot of them around. I've read somewhere that that particular aircraft had been part of an A-bomb test (placed at a distance from "ground zero"), was slightly contaminated by radoactivity and would anyhow be scrapped. The formidable stunt pilot Paul Manz got the highest salary up until then for a single movie stunt to crash it. Also, most of the other B 17's in that movie were "drones". Modiefied to be radiocontrolled targets for missile tests.

[@TroyaE117]

Magnificent shot at 3.17.

[@mole389]

Funny place to find a Saracen CP vehicle before it was even invented.

[@paulgerald7682]

Low level missions were called 'no balls" . Tree top level at 400mph .

[@Chardhousemedia]

It's ironic that the star, Cliff Robertson, was a qualified pilot, owned and flew a Spitfire and was denied flying in the film for insurance reasons! It's therefore no surprise that he looks at ease in the cockpit.

[@colinbarron4]

He also wanted to buy one of the Mossies but this was blocked by someone.

[@bermudarailway]

There was also a land rover in the film.

[@bo2web]

I love the litle white modern car at 5.46

[@duanepigden1337]

Fantastic aircraft.

[@saburusakai]

Loved this movie since I was a kid. Kermit Weeks wound up with one and it's on static at the EAA museum in Oshkosh, just too valuable to fly anymore. The fatal crash is on here in a video and was totally avoidable. STeep climbs, rolls etc is not the way to treatone of these machines. Aerobatic routines should be done in modern planes. Keep in mind that this AC was molded wood, I think it was balsa sandwiched between two layers of hardwood. The isrealis retired thiers in 56 after 1 disentegrated

[@intuitive7274]

One of the best films about the war

[@peterkirgan6850]

Cliff Robertson was great in this !! Made me laugh after when he played a villain in 1966 batman tv series as shame!!! Lol

[@michaelcampin1464]

Some of the sequences also appear in Mosquito Squadron

[@YDDES]

Yes, but there were A LO more DC-3's and Cessnas around when that movie was filmed, than there were Mosquitos...

[@sammtagg1]

Also the cockpit scenes, you don't see the massive tail in the background. Great aircraft!

[@roop298]

Or the jet contrail?

[@anthonyeaton5153]

Did anyone notice a civvie ground crew rush to the Mossie as one crew member climbed out close to a whirling prop.