[I_B_Spectre]

The sad thing is, movies like Battle of Britain just aren't do-able anymore due to the lack of readily available aircraft. Even at that, you probably noticed the 109s were Spanish-built Buchons fitted with upright V-12 Merlins rather than inverted Daimlers. I don't recall which movie it was, maybe 12 o'clock High, but they intentionally crash landed a B-17 for the film. Imagine that...airplanes now so rare and expensive they are meticulously maintained and protected, but once just so much surplus that you could crash them on purpose for film footage. When P-38s were first offered for surplus sale, they were only $1250.00 and, IIRC, that was with full fuel (probably 115/145, which isn't around anymore) for fly-away. The USAF sold their first surplus P-51s in Sacramento, 1957 and the article I read said everybody that wanted one, got one and they sold for between $750 and $3,000. If you ever run across a working time machine, I know where I'd go!