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A Bridge Too Far movie poster.

Movie (1977)

Starring:
Siem Vroom (Underground Leader)
Marlies van Alcmaer (Underground Leader's Wife)
Hans von Borsody (General Blumentritt)
Dirk Bogarde (Lieutenant General Browning)
Sean Connery (Major General Urquhart)
Ryan O'Neal (Brigadier General Gavin)

An historic telling of the failed attempt to capture several bridges to Germany in World War II in a campaign called Operation Market-Garden.

North American Harvard IIB[]

Four North American AT-16-ND Harvard IIB have been used.

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BTF T-6
BTF T-6b

Harvard IIB (c/n. 14A-1467, s/n 43-13168).

Some work have been done to give them a line like the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.

BTF T-6asP-47

Douglas C-47 Skytrain[]

Eleven aircraft (all C-47s) were used for this movie. One of them was really on strength for Market Garden. Serials are false.

BTF C-47
BTF C-47b

During this panorama, ten Skytrain are visible.

BTF C-47dropping
BTF C-47 Dakota

With the British roundel to figure a Dakota.

Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I[]

Non flyable replicas.

BTF Horsa
BTF Horsa2
BTF pull glider

Start of the towing of an Airspeed Horsa by a Dakota.

Taylorcraft Auster III[]

Auster III (c/n 344).

BTF Auster-IIIa
BTF Auster-IIIb
BTF Auster-IIIc

Supermarine Spitfire H.F.IXb[]

Supermarine Spitfire H.F.IXb (MH434) built in 1943. Look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

BTF Spitfire
BTF SpitfireIX
BTF SpitfireLL

Martin B-26 Marauder[]

From a archive footage seen in the very beginning of the movie.

BTF B-26

B-26 overflying the vessels of the D-Day.

BTF archiv1


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