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Talk:Twelve O'Clock High
I guess since this was filmed right after the war, they were able to get B-17Fs. Almost all the survivors today are G-models, and what Fs you do see are often modified Gs. --Funkychinaman (talk) 17:40, 8 May 2014 (EDT)
- They probably had a big surplus of them as they actually filmed a full sized one crash landing in the film. --Ben41 (talk) 18:07, 8 May 2014 (EDT)
- Well, at that point, surplus warbirds were being sold as scrap for pennies a pound. It might've cost more to build and crash a model than the real thing. --Funkychinaman (talk) 21:18, 8 May 2014 (EDT)
- For aviation and film buffs, the pilot who crashed the B-17 in this film was Paul Mantz, who later died in a crash on the set of the first Flight of the Phoenix. --Funkychinaman (talk) 21:20, 8 May 2014 (EDT)
- Well, at that point, surplus warbirds were being sold as scrap for pennies a pound. It might've cost more to build and crash a model than the real thing. --Funkychinaman (talk) 21:18, 8 May 2014 (EDT)