"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...6-merlins.mpeg

Can anyone give me some information on this remarkable video? It's
wonderfully clear footage of Merlin-powered Spitfires and Mosquitos,
but it looks too new to be original World War II footage.

It almost looks like Hollywood-quality stuff, but the guy who sent it
in didn't know its origin.


It doesn't look like Hollywood-quality stuff to me, it looks too accurate
for Hollywood. You're right that it looks too new to be WWII vintage, far
too new. The airplanes also look real, they don't look like models or
computer generated imagery. But vintage aircraft flown today typically
sport a modern antenna or two, I don't see any of those. I did a quick
check on the squadron codes. HE was used by 263 Squadron, which didn't fly
Mosquitoes, and JE was used by 195 Squadron, which didn't fly Spitfires. Go
figure.