1941 ........The Movie .........Aircraft

[Glen]

Greetings
I was watching the movie 1941 the other night and was noticing the nose of the B-17 ...It looked like a E Model. who's B-17 is this ? Some one told me once that this was the CAFs B-17 Sentimental Journey in her early years before having the correct nose installed. the Three B-25's looked like they were J Model's who's owned them ? Who's P-40 that Capt Wild Bill Kelso (And Don't you forget it) flew in ?

[Chris]

It is indeed Sentimental Journey.

[51fixer]

Greetings
I was watching the movie 1941 the other night and was noticing the nose of the B-17 ...It looked like a E Model. who's B-17 is this ? Some one told me once that this was the CAFs B-17 Sentimental Journey in her early years before having the correct nose installed. the Three B-25's looked like they were J Model's who's owned them ? Who's P-40 that Capt Wild Bill Kelso (And Don't you forget it) flew in ?

P-40 was Tom Camp's who also was the pilot.
Steve Hinton ran the Twin Beech around on the ground.
The P-40/Twin Beech scene was filmed at Indian Dunes.
The B-17 scene with the bomb rolling and blowing up was done at Long Beech Airport.
The T-6s were the west coast Skytypers in that scene in LB.
Rich

[Craig59]

The Long Beach Airport scene was filmed at the old National Guard ramp on Spring Street. It was just west of where I was pumping avgas at the time. The studio left the plywood, "Army Air Corps, Daugherty Field," sign in place when they finished and for the longest time, I contemplated a midnight requisition. I never did and the sign quickly deteriorated. Last time I flew into LGB was in a 757 probably five years ago and the Guard ramp area is all gone now.

[JBoyle]

I recall reading that Rudy Frasca's Illinois-based P-40 was used for some cockpit or "pick up shots" with Beluishi while he was in Chicago filming "The Blues Brothers".

[Ken]

My heavens, is that an early tramp stamp on her vertical fin? Somebody better ready the ER, a bunch of WIXers are gonna be having massive chest pains.

[Pogo]

Speaking of Sentimental Journey, something I've always wondered about: What's the deal with the blue-tinted plexi panel in the top turret? Always looks so out of place on an otherwise strikingly authentic looking restoration. Assume it's a bit of compromise in return for UV protection......?


(Ken -- lmao!)

[John-Curtiss Paul]

3 P-40's were used for the filming with Tom Camp piloting 2 of them for the flying scenes.

Tom Camp's first P-40E was used for most of the flying and my Dad's second P-40E was used for the Grand Canyon scene only. Rudy Frasca's P-40 was used for the Studio scenes only.

JC