Shows We Loved - 12 o'clock High
December 17th 2010 04:08
Equipped with B-17 Flying Fortresses, stationed at the fictionaly Archbury airbase in England the first two seasons of this television gem were filmed in black-and-white.
This was done mostly to allow the inclusion of actual World War II combat footage supplied by the United States Air Force and the library of 20th Century Fox .
The third (and unfortunately final series) was filmed in color, but only ran for 17 episodes, being cancelled in mid-season.
As with most television programs, Twelve O'Clock High was created in episodic form (ie: is no particular order in which the episodes have to be watched).
Much of the filming was carried out on the Chino Airport, east of Los Angeles - which had been a World War II Army Air Forces training field, and the combination of long, heavy-duty runways and (at the time) wide open farmland for miles in any direction was rapidly turning the field into a haven for World War II aviation enthusiasts and their restored aircraft.
Former Army Air Forces P-51 Mustangs, P-47 Thunderbolts, P-38 Lightnings, B-26 Invaders and former Navy and Marine Corps F4U Corsairs and F6F Hellcats could be found roosting here, along with a vintage B-17 Flying Fortress used in 12 O'Clock High.
Of course, those who were followers of the series had their favourites and a young MNG was no exception with Alexander "Sandy" Komansky (or) 'Kowalski' as I was more attuned to labelling him - taking the young Nice Guy's inner self to places and heroic deeds long after bedtime arrived.
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great pick MNG
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