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[[Image:633Squadron.jpg|300px|right|]] | [[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]]''. | ||
Revision as of 00:01, 26 February 2012
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 guns were used in the movie 633 Squadron:
MP40
Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII* Rifle
Lewis Gun
Browning AN/M2 .303 Aircraft
British Pattern .303 calibre Browning machine guns are nose mounted in the DeHavilland Mosquito's.
Sten MKI* SMG
Mauser Kar98k Rifle
MG34
20mm Flak 38 AA Gun
MG 151 Drilling
Vickers K Gun
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
Walther P38 Pistol
Wolseley flare pistol/No 4 Mk 1 flare gun?
Seen in the canopy firing port of the DeHavilland Mosquito fighter planes cockpit.