Helldiver
October 26th, 2010, 12:21
I just watched an old movie, "Wake Island". It had Brian Donlevy, a very young Robert Preston, Bill Bendix and filmed in 1942.
It was filled with "shipping over music" and the Marine Hymn. Loads of F4-F Wildcats and PBYs. A beautiful landing of a Catalina. However it was not filmed at a Pacific atoll. Instead of that they used Plum Island and Plum Island Airport for the background. Unfortunately, the US Marines didn't win this one.
A big difference from Bill Womacks version of Plum Island Airport.
It was filled with "shipping over music" and the Marine Hymn. Loads of F4-F Wildcats and PBYs. A beautiful landing of a Catalina. However it was not filmed at a Pacific atoll. Instead of that they used Plum Island and Plum Island Airport for the background. Unfortunately, the US Marines didn't win this one.
A big difference from Bill Womacks version of Plum Island Airport.