WWII aviation films every one should watch

[flynlion]

I know it's not WW2 or even air combat, but Airplane is still my favorite movie of all time

Battle of Britain is a close second. I remember seeing it in the theater w my dad when it first came out, a big reason why I became a pilot.

[dkwookie]

All the best ones have been mentioned so I will mop up with:
The good
The Machine Gunners - great 70s childrens program about kids who find a HE111 and use it to down another german aircraft and capture the pilot
Reach For The Sky - Douglas Bader, classic

The bad
Pearl Harbour - I could write an essay on this one but will keep it brief. Michael Bay must die

The ugly
1941 - great film but it's a real mess. John Belushi in a P40 is a treat

[Gilly]

Originally Posted by dkwookie

The Machine Gunners - great 70s childrens program about kids who find a HE111 and use it to down another german aircraft and capture the pilot

I loved that series! Chas McGill finding the ultimate war souvenir!!

[Hicks-81]

The Battle of Britain is essential, one of the best films about of military aviatión.

I´m waiting for the next Lucas film, Red Tails; about of the Tuskegge airmen. The first preview is schedule july 29 in EAA AirVenture festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

[jack42]

sir,sir me sir
blue max
those magnificent men in their flying machines
dawn patrol (the howard huges one)
angels one five
one of our aircraft is missing
first of the few
bridges at to-kore, korea but nice flying footage
ooh ill have to think some more!

[Robotic Pope]

Originally Posted by dkwookie

The bad
Pearl Harbour - I could write an essay on this one but will keep it brief. Michael Bay must die

+1. I don't mind watching the harbour attack action scene on youtube occasionaly though, even with all its historical inacuracies and mistakes.

[mavrickandgoose]

The flying tigers. John waynes in it come on lol

[Robotic Pope]

Piece of cake 1988 TV series. Even better, just read the book by Derek Robinson that it's based on.

A modern remake of that could be amazing. Using cgi hurricanes instead of those BoB movie spitfires and sticking very close to the book this time. Two series of 20+ episodes could do the whole story I think. It would be epic.

[FOZ_1983]

Originally Posted by robotic pope

piece of cake 1988 tv series. Even better, just read the book by derek robinson that it's based on.

A modern remake of that could be amazing. Using cgi hurricanes instead of those bob movie shitfires and sticking very close to the book this time. Two series of 20+ episodes could do the whole story i think. It would be epic.

+1 :-d

[Yosemite_Sam]

Yup those are some great movies there. I have had a fascination of WW2 since I was a child, not the politics of the war but the machinery and battles. With the advent of the internet age that brought on a whole new wealth of media, videos. I have over the years scoured the web for WW2 related video and have one massive collection, alot of it related to aircraft. Anyway one site in particular is a treasure trove of such film and I figured you guys would appreciate it.

A documentry of the Memphis Belle, basically following the crew from an airfield in England to a bombing raid over Germany in which they encounter flak and interceptors.

http://www.archive.org/details/TheMe...FlyingFortress

Another about P-47s and a mission to blow railroad bridges plus strafing runs in the Italian theater.

http://www.archive.org/details/thunderbolt

Here's a US goverment video for new pilots flying B-26s.

http://www.archive.org/details/HowToFlyTheB-26Airplane

Just a few examples, if you look around the site you'll find tons of this stuff. I know these arent 'movies' but thought I'd share.

Cheers