1941 movie aircraft

[Scott Rose]

Does anybody know the serial number of the P-40 used in "1941"?

[mike furline]

"In addition to the Wildcat he also bought a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk for $126,000 in 1976. The P-40 has since flown for the movie 1941, and, yes, Frasca has turned down offers north of $1 million for this airplane as well."

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all ... ca-forward

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p40regis ... ak905.html

Edit: A little more digging shows Tom Camp and Steve Hinton listed as pilots in 1941 per IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078723/fullcredits/

Tom Camp P-40
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p40regis ... ak979.html

Last edited by mike furline on Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[JohnB]

I recall reading two P-40s were used.
IIRC, the Frasca aircraft was used for additional cockpit closeups while Belushi was in Chicago filming The Blues Brothers. In other words, it may not have been the primary flying aircraft.

Since IMDB lists Steve Hinton and Frank Tallman as pilots for the film, that should give a hint to the aircraft.

[Jerry O'Neill]

For some reason, I believe it was Tom Camp's P-40.

[Dan Jones]

For some reason, I believe it was Tom Camp's P-40.

I'm pretty sure you're correct. I think his was also one of the "Tora" P-40's.