O-1Driver
October 25th, 2010, 12:01
While at the WW II reenactment this weekend Friday thru Sunday I was asked to participate in the filming of the yet to be released film Red Rose of Normandy. The film has been in production for two years with scenes shot in Europe and here in the US. The footage shot this weekend is for the breakout from Normandy as the Allies move inland.
Footage was shot of me and my plane as we flew missions and of take off and landings. One very good scene will show the L-4 taxiing up and being met by a four star General and his staff for an urgent briefing on the current positions of German armor. We had to do three takes to get the scene right which involved hand propping the aircraft three times and taxiing back and forth.
Here is and old trailer that will soon be updated and the movie also has a face book page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB5bXxxk9sk&feature=related
I was flying from a 900 ft grass strip right next to the 400 acre "battlefield".
As I made low passes over the German troops and armor in the woods I could hear the pop, pop of small arms fire directed at me.
Here are a couple of pics posted by someone on the film face book page. Plus one or two that I took. My observer was a 1st Lt. Army aviator from Ft. Rucker who was there as a reenactment participant. The 900 ft grass strip was so short I had to go to a nearby paved airfield to load him
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Footage was shot of me and my plane as we flew missions and of take off and landings. One very good scene will show the L-4 taxiing up and being met by a four star General and his staff for an urgent briefing on the current positions of German armor. We had to do three takes to get the scene right which involved hand propping the aircraft three times and taxiing back and forth.
Here is and old trailer that will soon be updated and the movie also has a face book page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB5bXxxk9sk&feature=related
I was flying from a 900 ft grass strip right next to the 400 acre "battlefield".
As I made low passes over the German troops and armor in the woods I could hear the pop, pop of small arms fire directed at me.
Here are a couple of pics posted by someone on the film face book page. Plus one or two that I took. My observer was a 1st Lt. Army aviator from Ft. Rucker who was there as a reenactment participant. The 900 ft grass strip was so short I had to go to a nearby paved airfield to load him
Steve22116221152211322114