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August 3rd, 2003, 06:14 AM
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James Clavell and Howard Koch, from the book by Frederick E Smith ! 
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August 3rd, 2003, 11:30 AM
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Bang on the money, Martin.
But then I wouldn't expect anything less from you. 
Your turn
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August 3rd, 2003, 11:41 AM
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Sticking with '633 Squadron', Ron Goodwin wrote the score.
What idea did he use, that made the title theme unusual, and was connected with the title of the film ?
( Hey, I've just given this one away...  )
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August 3rd, 2003, 02:19 PM
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Just a wild guess Martin, but was the score in 6-3 time?
(I know alomost nothing about music!!)
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August 3rd, 2003, 06:42 PM
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Well, bl**dy h*ll, KmPok, that's some guess !!
Yes, Ron Goodwin wrote it in 6-3-3 time ( Dadadadadada - daaa - daaa )
And it's back to you....
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August 4th, 2003, 11:36 PM
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Oh dear. I was so hoping I was wrong.
(Note to self: research new question BEFORE answering last one!!!)
Back to my favourite actor. James Mason played a character called 'Richard Francis Heritage'.
Name the Movie and the year.
As an aside, the 'radio announcer' was a very well known BBC news reader - name him!
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August 5th, 2003, 06:20 AM
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'They Met In The Dark', 1945, and this is Alvar Liddell reading it...
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Well Martin--had I been able to buy and watch 633 Squadron several days ago--i'd been able to answer your question. I just bought it last night along with Mosquito Squadron. I'm looking forward to seeing these.
I have never seen Mosquito Squadron and only saw part of 633 Squadron some 20 odd years ago and I remember nothing about it.
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August 5th, 2003, 06:56 PM
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Excellent, Martin.
Your turn in the barrel. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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OK, as we seem to be on a 'Mosquito roll' at the moment ; -
How many Mosquitoes flew in the making of '633 Squadron', and how many were severely damaged/destroyed in the filming ?
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August 6th, 2003, 05:44 PM
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Hehe..looks like this one's got the 'Bratpack' stumped..... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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August 6th, 2003, 08:42 PM
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My guess is that 8 flew and three were severly damaged. [img]graemlins/vc.gif[/img]
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August 6th, 2003, 09:06 PM
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Ooooh - close, close - but no cigar !
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August 6th, 2003, 09:13 PM
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I'll try another wild guess.
8 flew and two were damaged.
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9 flew and three were damaged?
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Well, I can see you're putting some deep and serious research into this Carl !
I'll give you a little help - the second part of your first answer ( by some miracle... ) was correct....
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August 7th, 2003, 08:36 PM
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13 Mosquitos flew and the three were severely damaged, od and--my first guess (was well as the others) were all pure guesses.
Now that I think about it--I think you mentioned at sometime in a thread somewhere--about what was used in the movie but--I can't remember which theread--or i'd go there for cheat notes.
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13 Mosquitoes ?? [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img] I wish.... 
No - you'll need to gue...errr, research better than that ! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Mmmm--i'm getting colder eh?--How about 5 Mosquitos flew and three damaged?
I know i'm cheating by multiple guesses but.....maybe someone will guess the correct numbers from all of it? before you might have to give the correct answer or??
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I looked at this site and he says it was 5 and 3.
http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bfillery/mossie06.htm
What I did find interesting is the listing for the movie The Purple Plain. This is a new one to me, is it any good ?
Also it tells about the Tsetse Fly Mosquito which sounds interesting but no pictures were posted.
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Sorry, Ta ! Carl gue... sorry, got it right first ! Five flew, another three were tragically intentionally destroyed.
BTW, the 'Tsetse' was the legendary Mosquito FB Mk XVIII armed with a quick-firing 57mm ( 6-pounder ) adapted anti-tank gun and used for shipping strikes.
At the Mosquito Museum, we have a complete gun assembly on display with its' complicated automatic loading mechanism.
Oh - and I like 'The Purple Plain' very much. Not really a 'war' movie as such, it has a very good performance from Gregory Peck and some nice location shots of Mosquitoes flying out of Seletar, Malaysia.
Over to you, Carl.... [img]smile.gif[/img]
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A 633 Squadron question.
How many crews survived at the end of their mission? And where did they crash? (meaning--was it on dirt or water?)
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OK chaps - here we go -
From the start of the attack : -
1 Mosquito hits the cliff
2 crews ditch in fjord ( we don't see this )
1 gets shot down by a Me108 (! )
1 gets blown up by flak
1 suicidally flies into the mountain
1 rams the Me108 (! )
The last one to bomb crashes on the shoreline
Two aircraft survive after the attack but then fly back down the fjord directly past known flak positions ( well, wouldn't you ? Why look for a less hazardous way home... )
So 'Scott' gets blown up by flak, too ( looks like over water ), and then Cliff Robertson's Mosquito takes a hit and crash-lands on heathland. His observer pulls him clear to - die ? Lose consciousness? Sign a contract for '633 Squadron - The Sequel '?
Oh, and that's a real Mosquito we see burning with 'bullet holes' made by pickaxes.. [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]
All in all, a bad day for the 'Airfix Model Air Force' but.... a last shot of Bovingdon Airfield and ' You cawn't kill a squadron'
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