Warbird Information Exchange

As I've mentioned many times, my dads B-24J in the Pacific did NOT have a tail turret. Many in the Pacific had them removed due to low level flight, compared to ETO, and ease of egress in the event you had to get out in a hurry. Dad said the tail turret tended to break free and bowling ball down the interior of the fuselage when ditched.

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Lance Jones

One thing I did notice is for the most part, they used the correct versions of the Type 99 Arisaka rifles in different stages in the movie, early on every one I saw had the monopod installed, latter on it was mixed with and without, but near the end all I saw had monopods and dust covers, which by the end of the war were removed and turned in for the steel to be reused.

For those that have access to the accident reports, maybe they can look up the one from the crash and tell us what model of B-24 it was. I am guessing it was a D model, but the producers liked the open tail on the A model and used it for photographic purposes.

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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
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Who cares about the ratings and missing details. For someone in the Hollywood bubble to even make a film on this topic compared with all of the garbage (see the Sony email hack about another Men In Black) I think is brave and should be admired for doing so....

Bravo to Angie and the rest of her production team for finally creating a film that be something other than mindless brain fodder we are used to...I think this may start a trend of others that want to create something that will stand the test of time as opposed to heading to video in 3 weeks after general release.

BTW Im also going to see the Interview not due to the comedic value but for what it stands for...

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Rauhbatz
Commemorative Air Force
CAF Ohio Wing/Airbase Georgia Member
PT-19/26, T-34 CAF Pilot


Favorite quote from Wind, Sand & Stars - A. St. Exupuery "friends are like trees...when they are gone we miss their shade"

B-24D #41-24212

full details of wreck at
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b ... 24212.html

There's been endless discussion of the tail gun situation on the WIX Facebook page. Photos indicate that the B-24Ds that Zamperinni crewed on ("Superman" and "Green Hornet") had field modified open, handheld tail gun positions.

SN

The tail is so relevant to the storyline!! Ha. Can't wait to see it. Anything aviation is great to see on the big screen. Including Disney Planes. Incidentally I really enjoyed Planes II! Who doesn't love fire bombers?

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If you have not noticed, this is not facebook, so how would we know what is being discussed there ?

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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
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I saw it last night. I'd give it a B+. I was impressed with the CGI work on the B-24's. The mock up interior looked good. I thought it was realistic the way the bullets swiss cheesed the aircraft. It's a good story. I'm sure some Hollywood dramatic license was used in areas. But I'd recommend it to any WIXers.

Obviously it's not and you wouldn't..which is why I mentioned it here. I was simply referencing the source of the information.

SN

Thought there would be more wind in the bombay area with the doors open....

I give it a "C+"

Phil

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I, for one, always appreciate it when someone lets us know what's going on over at FB. Because I'm not gonna go there myself, just can't handle it. Yes, I've given it more than a fair shot, but there are lots of us who are severely rubbed the wrong way by it. In the meantime, I'm finding this discussion very interesting.

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Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas

PIC, Ford 6600 pulling Rhino batwing up and down the runway

I have sent several requests to join over there, but they don't want me,

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Matt Gunsch, A&P, IA, Warbird maint and restorations
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Granted this is a B-17, but go to the about the 40 second mark of this video and you can see how windy it is in a bomb bay with the doors open.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO1BiLoOXuE

Considering the film primarily focuses on Louis Zamperini's epic struggle at sea and torturous captivity, it still portrays the B-24 to greater effect than any other major theatrical release within the last 30 years or more (even if mostly CGI).

"Unbroken" summarizes an extraordinarily forgiving man's traumatic experiences in a serving size that an audience can digest, and promotes respect for those involved in such events. Few war films have accomplished this as well within recent times.