| Title | La Grande Vadrouille |
| Studio | Les Films Corona |
| Date of Release | December 1966 |
| Producer | Robert Dorfman |
| Director | Gerard Oury |
| Actors | Bourvil, Louis de Funes, Claudio Brook, Andrea Parisy, Coulette Brosset, Terry Thomas |
| Aerial Coordinator | IGN provided the B-17 |
| B-17 Filming Locations | France? |
B-17s Used
B-17G 44-8846 F-BGSP (now F-AZDX)
The Movie...
From Wikipedia:
"Summer 1942. During the Nazi Occupation in France, a Royal Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress gets lost after a mission and is shot down over Paris by German flak. The crew, Reginald, Peter Cunningham and Alan MacIntosh, parachute out right over the city. They are hidden by a house painter, Augustin Bouvet, and the grumbling conductor of the Opera National de Paris, Stanislas Lefort. Involuntarily, Lefort and Bouvet get themselves involved in the manhunt against the aviators, led by Major Achbach. They have to help the flyboys to go back to England with the help of Resistance fighters and sympathizers."
And the B-17? Not sure; haven't seen the flick.
Anecdotal
- Anybody have any details?
- Looking for a video capture showing the B-17 in the film. Let me know if you can help.
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A video capture from the 1966 film showing, evidently, the British crew bailing out of the stricken RAF B-17 (actually IGN B-17G F-BGSP). Got that combat damage thing going pretty good on the fin and wing.