A bridge to far

[Duggy009]

Some nice shots of the Dutch AT-16-ND Harvard IIB's converted for the movie to simulate P-47's and Typhoons.
Do any survive ??

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[Hooligan2]

Three survivors I think, PH-BKT was lost in a fatal crash:

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/591

[JohnB]

From the rear quarter view (second photo), I think it looks more like a Wildcat than Thunderbolt.

Aldo, if you click on the Aviation-Safety database link above, it notes when the aircraft crashed there were two people aboard, so was it taken back to stock?

[Hooligan2]

From the rear quarter view (second photo), I think it looks more like a Wildcat than Thunderbolt.

Aldo, if you click on the Aviation-Safety database link above, it notes when the aircraft crashed there were two people aboard, so was it taken back to stock?

Temp mods, also masqueraded as Fokker D.XXIs for another film. I think all of them were well known visitors to UK airshows in the 70s/80s, sure I recall seeing them at Biggin and elsewhere as stock
Harvards.

[Paul Stroud]

According to 'The Aircraft Spotter's Film and TV Companion' by Simon Beck the aircraft used were Noorduyn AT-16Ds

42-12394*, 43-12509*, 43-12721/PH-BKT, 43-12885/PH-KLU and 43-13168*

*On loan from RNethAF

[T J Johansen]

This is what PH-BKT looked like around the time when it crashed:
https://www.facebook.com/PhotoflightSoe ... 78/?type=3

Post crash photos plus report in Dutch on the Harvard crash:
https://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1 ... 04.02.1990

T J

[Archer]

These same Harvards have also been used as Fokker D.XXIs (see photo here: https://www.brabantserfgoed.nl/collecti ... 85e652d569) and I think as a Typhoon and a Fw.190 at one point (https://www.airhistory.net/photo/147715/PH-KLU).

[Duggy009]

Thanks everyone.

[k5083]

They were dressed as P-47s for a while too. I have an old magazine somewhere with photos of all of the looks.

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