Devil Dogs of the Air movie poster.
Movie (1935)
Also known as: Flying Marines
French title: Le bousilleur
Starring:
James Cagney (Thomas Jefferson "Tommy" O'Toole)
Pat O'Brien (Lieut. William R. "Bill" Brannigan)
Margaret Lindsay (Betty Roberts)
Frank McHugh ("Crash" Kelly)
Synopsis Needed
Note: the star duo of Here Comes the Navy is coming back!
Loening OL-8[]
Or Loening OL-9 ? (only with some equipment changes).
Boeing F4B[]
Boeing F4Bs flying in formation above the clouds. Note the flare shield mounted on underside on lower wingtip.
Line-up in front of the Tower (Airway beacon) in the distance, Marines Air Station of San Diego.
The flare shield is more visible under the wingting.
Travel Air D4000[]
Reg. NC406N Travelair D4000 Speedwing c/n 1337.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Ford Trimotor RR-3[]
Ford Trimotor RR-3 was the name of the Marines variant of the civil AT-5-C (was JR-3 before 1931).
Foreground (nose engine only).
Now with the engine cowlings :
Curtiss O2C-1 Helldiver[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Vought O2U-1 Corsair[]
Starting the engine with a crank to activate the inertia starter.
Curtiss OC-2 Falcon[]
Wearing the Ace of Spades squadron insignia of VO-8M.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Half an hour later, when Tommy follows the training curriculum: morse code, flying in formation, mechanics...
... covering a wing...
The stern of USS Saratoga (CV-3) with a Loening OL-8 (or -9) near the upright gun turret. Those on the bow are unidentified.
Curtiss O2C-1 & Great Lakes TG-2[]
Three Curtiss O2C-1s in the foreground of a row of Great Lakes TG-2s.
The Curtiss O2C-1 was the former F8C-1 Falcon itself a USN/USMC version of Army A-4 Falcon.
Great Lakes TG-2[]
Vought O3U-2[]
Goodyear-Zeppelin ZRS-5 USS Macon & Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk[]
The USS Macon seen launching a Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk.
Keystone B/LB Bomber[]
Not Marines but U.S. Army aircraft.
Too far to identify precisely the variant.
Nearly two dozens seen in formation flight so close to the full production of one the -3 or -4 or -5 variant or half pf all B-6s airframe.
Curtiss-Wright 16K[]
803 in hazardous action.
Stearman C3B[]
803 is now acted by a different aircraft.
Curtiss RC-1[]
Curtiss RC-1 (#8846) was a unique Curtiss-Robertson D-2 Kingbird bought by the Marines to be used mainly as aerial ambulance.
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