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[[Image:633Squadron.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''633 Squadron'' (1964)]] | [[Image:633Squadron.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''633 Squadron'' (1964)]] | ||
''633 Squadron'' is a 1964 WWII film based on a true story of a DeHavilland Mosquito fighter bomber squadron assigned to a "do or die" mission. When Allied forces learn of a Nazi plan to launch rockets at England prior to D-Day, the 633 Squadron is assigned to destroy the rocket fuel plant to eliminate the threat. [[Cliff Robertson]] stars as Wing Commander Roy Grant, the squadron leader as they fly into the Norwegian fjord and into history. Director Walter Grauman would later utilize footage from this film for his 1970 WWII thriller ''[[The Last Escape]]''. | '''''633 Squadron''''' is a 1964 WWII film based on a true story of a DeHavilland Mosquito fighter bomber squadron assigned to a "do or die" mission. When Allied forces learn of a Nazi plan to launch rockets at England prior to D-Day, the 633 Squadron is assigned to destroy the rocket fuel plant to eliminate the threat. [[Cliff Robertson]] stars as Wing Commander Roy Grant, the squadron leader as they fly into the Norwegian fjord and into history. Director Walter Grauman would later utilize footage from this film for his 1970 WWII thriller ''[[The Last Escape]]''. | ||
* Actors: [[Cliff Robertson]], George Chakiris, Maria Perschy, Harry Andrews, Donald Houston | * Actors: [[Cliff Robertson]], [[George Chakiris]], [[Maria Perschy]], Harry Andrews, Donald Houston | ||
* Directors: Walter Grauman | * Directors: Walter Grauman | ||
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==Browning .303 Mk II== | ==Browning .303 Mk II== | ||
British Pattern [[Browning AN/M2|Browning .303 Mk II]] machine guns are nose mounted in the DeHavilland Mosquito's. | British Pattern [[Browning AN/M2|Browning .303 Mk II]] machine guns are nose mounted in the DeHavilland Mosquito's. | ||
[[File:Browning.303.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning .303 Mk II - .303 British]] | [[File:Browning.303.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Browning .303 Mk II* - .303 British]] | ||
[[Image:633Sq 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Four Browning | [[Image:633Sq 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Four Browning .303 aircraft machine guns mounted in nose of Mosquito. These are dummy barrels, fitted to a painted-over plexiglass nosecone, as no solid nosed Mosquito fighters remained for filming.]] | ||
== Sten MKI* SMG== | == Sten MKI* SMG== | ||
[[Image:Sten MkI star.jpg|thumb|none|400px|[[Sten|Sten Mk I*]] submachine gun - 9mm]] | [[Image:Sten MkI star.jpg|thumb|none|400px|[[Sten|Sten Mk I*]] submachine gun - 9mm]] | ||
[[Image:633Sq 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Norwegian Resistance | [[Image:633Sq 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|[[George Chakiris]] and Norwegian Resistance fighters holding [[Sten|Sten Mk I*]] sub machine guns]] | ||
== Mauser Kar98k Rifle == | == Mauser Kar98k Rifle == | ||
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[[Image:633Sq 13.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Dual MG34 AA position knocked out]] | [[Image:633Sq 13.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Dual MG34 AA position knocked out]] | ||
== | ==2 cm Flakvierling 38== | ||
[[Image:633Sq 8.jpg|thumb|none|500px| | [[Image:Flak38.jpg|thumb|none|400px|2 cm Flakvierling 38 - 20x138mm B]] | ||
[[Image:633Sq 8.jpg|thumb|none|500px|[[2 cm Flak 38#2 cm Flakvierling 38|2 cm Flakvierling 38]] AA Gun quad mount used by German forces. This footage appears to have also been used in ''[[The Last Escape]]''.]] | |||
== MG 151 Drilling == | == MG 151 Drilling == | ||
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[[Image:P38.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Example of P38 Pistol used in film]] | [[Image:P38.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Example of P38 Pistol used in film]] | ||
[[Image:633Sq 12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German officer holding a [[Walther P38]] pistol]] | [[Image:633Sq 12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German officer holding a [[Walther P38]] pistol]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:30, 6 September 2022
633 Squadron is a 1964 WWII film based on a true story of a DeHavilland Mosquito fighter bomber squadron assigned to a "do or die" mission. When Allied forces learn of a Nazi plan to launch rockets at England prior to D-Day, the 633 Squadron is assigned to destroy the rocket fuel plant to eliminate the threat. Cliff Robertson stars as Wing Commander Roy Grant, the squadron leader as they fly into the Norwegian fjord and into history. Director Walter Grauman would later utilize footage from this film for his 1970 WWII thriller The Last Escape.
- Actors: Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy, Harry Andrews, Donald Houston
- Directors: Walter Grauman
The following weapons were used in the film 633 Squadron:
MP40
Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII* Rifle
Lewis Gun
Browning .303 Mk II
British Pattern Browning .303 Mk II machine guns are nose mounted in the DeHavilland Mosquito's.
