
The Fighting Marines movie poster.
12-Chapter Movie Serial (1936)
Starring:
Grant Withers (Corporal Larry Lawrence)
Adrian Morris (Sergeant Mack McGowan)
Ann Rutherford (Frances Schiller)
Robert Warwick (Colonel W. R. Bennet)
Synopsis Needed
Fairchild C-8[]
Ep. 1 Human Targets.
Code AS9135 acting as 'DX19' experimental plane.




Stearman C3-R[]
Ep. 1 Human Targets.

Seen first during the title sequence.
On the left.

Starboard side wears code J.114 and registration AS668K :


But port side has registration NC668K (Stearman C3-R c/n 5011).

At takeoff, only the last two characters are under the wing.

Unidentified Aircraft[]
Ep. 1 Human Targets.
On the right.

Douglas Dolphin RD-4[]
Ep. 1 Human Targets.
Douglas Dolphin of the U.S. Coast Guard.


Fokker D.VII & Travel Air 2000[]
Ep. 1 Human Targets.
Stock shot from Hell's Angels.

Shot from the dogfight action but here the 'German' fighters are acting as American planes searching for the lost aircraft.

Unidentified Aircraft[]
Ep. 1 Human Targets.

Douglas M-2[]
Ep. 2 Isle of Missing Men
Continuity error : the Stearman C3-R used for trials is shot down by Anti Aircraft Artilery (AAA). Badly damaged, our heroes managed to crash land. But the registration NC-1491 (and shape) is for a Douglas M-2 ordered by Western Air Express (c/n 252).


Stearman C3-R[]
Ep. 2 Isle of Missing Men and Ep. 7 Jungle Terrors
Probably the same NC668K seen in Ep. 1 ready to be used with a catapult.

Of course, the takeoff is showing a model.


Fokker D.VII[]
Ep. 4 The Mark of the Tiger Shark
Another Continuity error : this time, a Fokker is acting the Stearman C3-R

Pitcairn-Cierva PCA-2[]
Ep. 6 Robber's Roost


Ep. 11 Behind the Mask

Unidentified Monoplane Aircraft[]
Probably the Fairchild C-8 seen in episode 1.
Ep. 7 Jungle Terrors

Real cockpit or movie set ?

Ep. 12 Two Against The Horde

Unidentified Monoplane Aircraft[]
Ep. 12 Wheels of Destruction

Ep. 12 Two Against The Horde
Aerobatics by three aircrafts.

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