Location of Hanover Street Mitchells

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During conversation today, a question came up regarding the where abouts of the surviving Mitchels used in the film Hanover Street. I know this has been discussed here before, but I´ve been unable to locate the thread with the search facility.

Of particular interest would be the surviving aircraft, with reference to their nose art names during the ferry over from the US.

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151632 Gorgeous George Ann / Thar She Blows B-25J-30NC 44-30925 N9494Z Brussels Air Museum
151645 Marvellous Miriam B-25J-20NC 44-29366 N9115Z RAF Museum Hendon
151790 Amazing Andrea B-25J-30NC 44-86701 N7681C Destroyed – Hangar Fire
151863 Big Bad Bonnie B-25J-30NC 44-86843 N9455Z Grissom Air Museum
151724 Brenda’s Boys B-25J-20NC 44-29121 N86427 Museo del Aire, Madrid, Spain

There you go......all from memory :D

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151632 Gorgeous George Ann / Thar She Blows B-25J-30NC 44-30925 N9494Z Brussels Air Museum
151645 Marvellous Miriam B-25J-20NC 44-29366 N9115Z RAF Museum Hendon
151790 Amazing Andrea B-25J-30NC 44-86701 N7681C Destroyed – Hangar Fire
151863 Big Bad Bonnie B-25J-30NC 44-86843 N9455Z Grissom Air Museum
151724 Brenda’s Boys B-25J-20NC 44-29121 N86427 Museo del Aire, Madrid, Spain

There you go......all from memory :D

Wow such an answer in only 5 minutes. When will you demontrate your skills at Mastermind or the Weakest Link?

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5 minutes :eek::confused:

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Propstrike,
WOW. FIVE minutes. One of the fastest responses I´ve ever seen ;):D:D

Thank you so much. Now I can tell the co-pilot of Marvellous Miriam where his aircraft is located. I´m sure he will go over there and pat her!

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What I meant was I remembered to look on Wiki..:cool:

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Sometimes I feel stupid, other times I feel REALLY stupid ;)
To my defence I must say I tried to google :D Apparently using the wrong search words ;)

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Worry not, I am always happy to chip in with any thread on this movie.

It was filmed just 4 miles over the hill from my house, and when I was 13, it was the highlight of my year. We knew they were coming very soon, and then one afternoon I got a phone call from my school-chum, who held his phone out of the front door so I could hear five Mitchells blasting over his house on short finals to Bovingdon!

For anyone who might not be aware the 'Mitchells Do Fly In IMC'' film documentary is posted ( in parts ) on YouTube.

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Big Bad Bonnie

Big Bad Bonnie's at Chino with Dave Tallichet's collection isn't it?

( and I've just checked with Wikipedia which agrees!)

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For anyone who might not be aware the 'Mitchells Do Fly In IMC'' film documentary is posted ( in parts ) on YouTube.

Thanks for the heads up. :)
Sadly the final part is not available in my country. :(

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Big bad Bonnie

Who was it that owned/operated Bonnie in the UK in the 1980s? was it Jeff Hawkes? I remember its UK display career ended when it blew an engine & was left grounded on a French airfield.
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Who was it that owned/operated Bonnie in the UK in the 1980s? was it Jeff Hawkes? I remember its UK display career ended when it blew an engine & was left grounded on a French airfield.
Myford

Hawke was involved, as well as a guy named Rodney Small who also operated a Dove/ Devon.

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For anyone interested I still have a few copies left of the DVD I made of the original video shown on channel 4, B25 Mitchells do fly in IMC... when this subject first appeared on here some years ago. Just PM me your address.

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A fun day out.

Mark

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I was just thumbing through an old issue of Flypast, and found Tony Howarth's ad for "Mitchells do fly in IMC". There is also an offer for T-shirts at £4.00. Did anyone actually buy them?

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There is also an offer for T-shirts at £4.00. Did anyone actually buy them?

T J

Buy them ?

I have worn nothing else since 1984 ( and I bought just one )

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The seldom- seen Hanover Street is scheduled for broadcast on Tue 15th May on Film 4 at 11.00 .

Not a terrible film, but the flying content is unimaginative. However, it spawned the brilliant '' ( name of bomber ) Do Fly In IMC'' documentary, which incidentally is still up on You Tube ( it normally gets taken down swiftly) because it is more obscurely listed under the name of one of the well-known pilots ! Can't say more than that......

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Just watched Hannover Street and the B25 documentary and enjoyed them both.

The contrast between the boys own, daring do Hawkes and the safety first conservative Talichett was very evident in the documentary.
Do you think the airshow scene is better or worse now that the likes of Jeff Hawkes are no longer with us and we have all the regulations?

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Why not ask this question of the widows and orphans of Don Bullock's A26 display?

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Succinct Moggy, a fair point.

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I don't remember if these aircraft were in the film. They were seen at Blackbushe in 1979 together with some Ju-52's and other historics.

Graham

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