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"Murphy's War" (1971)

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 2:12 pm
by JDDavis2
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"The Duck that won Murphy's War" by Frank Tallman

https://books.google.com/books/about/Fl ... P9IS3Nl28C

scroll to: "Flying" magazine, Sept 1972 ..page 76

-a few grabs from "Murphy's War"-

01 Peter O'Toole, or Tallman with hair ??

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Re: "Murphy's War" (1971)

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:01 am
by aerovin2
Murphy's War is not well known but it was a pretty good movie besides the flying scenes. Frank Tallman like flying the Duck and went on to do a pretty decent aerobatic show with the airplane.

Re: "Murphy's War" (1971)

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:39 am
by JDDavis2
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They used two J2Fs in Venezuela

Mentioned by Tallman in the "Flying" magazine article and listed in the aerovin Tallmantz Master Listing

Grumman J2F-6 BuNo 33587 N67790 From Burchinal c. 1969 for FG-1D N3440G; "Murphy's War"; current: Museum of the USAF

Grumman J2F-6 BuNo 36967 N1196N From Layfayette, LA c.1969; "Murphy's War"; current: EAA Museum

The full movie on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Murphys-War-Pete ... B00DQJGEMU $3.99
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