Helicopters in WWII films

[herman1rg]

Ha, I agree so it's not even British!

 

[Graeme]

Martin T4M it is. Nice ID guys!

It appeared in "WW2 in Colour/Color" on Netflix...

World War II in Colour (TV Series 2009– ) - IMDb

 

[vikingBerserker]

Getting back to the original question, there was at least one R-4 in the UK in early 1944. IIRC it was being tested for spraying crops.

 

[soulezoo]

My pet film peeve has to be the film where the pilot of a single seater pulls a large post war industrial fire extinguisher out of nowhere to fight a cockpit fire - Midway?

Yes as Charlton Heston tells his son: "You better shape up tiger before some hotshot Jap pilot flames your butt"
Then said son goes on to have said butt flamed by said hotshot pilot. To which the large fire extinguisher is used in flight.

 

[aurora-7]

Ha, I agree so it's not even British!

Well if a British Vosper MTB can double as an American PT boat (PT-73 for 'McHale's Navy')....

 

[GrauGeist]

"PT-73" was actually built in the U.S. for export to Russia, it's actual designation was PT-694, but the war ended before it could be exported.

It was bought as surplus by Howard Hughes for a chase boat for the Spruce Goose project and then later sold to Universal Studios.

 

[T Bolt]

I have a vague memory of the 'McHale's Navy PT boat being used in an episode of 'Emergency' back in the '70s

 

[GrauGeist]

The PT boat used in rhe Emergency episode was the plywood mockup of PT-73 that was used for McHale's episode scenes where it was seen tied up to the dock or in various other shots taken in Universal's lagoon.