The Mystery Squadron title screen.
Movie Serial (in twelve chapters) (1933)
Starring:
Bob Steele (Fred Cromwell)
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams (Bill "Jellybean" Cook)
Lucile Browne (Dorothy Gray)
Jack Mulhall (Davis)
Hank Davis, foreman on a huge dam project, enlists the aid of his two flyer friends when a sinister figure known as The Black Ace leads his Mystery Squadron of masked pilots in an attempt to destroy the dam.
Udet U12 Flamingo[]
Ep. 1 The Black Ace
Reg. D-822 for this U 12b Spezial (n°269)
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Travel Air D-4000[]
Ep. 1 The Black Ace
Reg. NC406N Travel Air D-4000 c/n 1337.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Ep. 3 The Black Ace Strikes
For the crash action, an unidentified fuselage is used.
Stearman C3B[]
Ep. 5 The Death Swoop
The next shot is used two times : in Ep. 5 and in Ep. 12 The Ace of Aces.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Note : due to the poor quality of the copy, recognition is sometimes hazardous.
Ep. 1 The Black Ace
The flame-throwing planes attack :
Ep. 5 The Death Swoop
Ep. 10 Clipped Wings
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