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| Keywords: T-6 Texan aboard USS Peleliu (LHA-5) 03 for The Winds of War TV series 1981.jpeg Actors from Paramount Studios and crewmen with a North American T-6 Texan trainer aircraft used to simulate a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber during a scene from the TV miniseries The Winds of War taking place aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu LHA-5 in December 1981 The Peleliu was being used to simulate the World War II aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CV-6 in Part VII Into the Maelstrom in late 1941 Several crewmen from the ship were used as extras in the Paramount Studios film The T-6 is painted in the colourful pre-1941 markings and is coded 3-B-10 wearing the emblem of VB-4 High Hatters The scenes were mixed with real scenes from the 1941 movie Dive Bomber which was filmed aboard Enterprise In this movie VB-3 aircraft also wore the VB-4 emblem 6371235 1981-12-07 JO3 Alan J Skripsky USN PD-USGov The Winds of War TV miniseries Aboard USS Peleliu LHA-5 T-6 Texan warbirds | ||||
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