HUGE PRIVATE FLEET OF PLANES
TO FORM PICTURE BACKGROUND Becoming the owner, of the largest private fleet of planes in the world with the acquisition of 475 former army aircraft originally valued at 117,000,000 dollars, Paul Mantz will make first use of the- sky armada'"in his current assignment as a stunt pilot for Columbia's " srjper" air-epic: ' Gallant Journey.' Planes purchased; by the veteran film flier include 228 Liberators, 78 Flying Fortresses, 10 B-25's. 90 P-40's, and 47 P-51's. all of which types will be seen in special montage sequences scheduled by director William A. Wellman to trace the development of the aleroplane..
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Evening Star, Issue 25813, 8 June 1946, Page 10
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102HUGE PRIVATE FLEET OF PLANES Evening Star, Issue 25813, 8 June 1946, Page 10
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