Devotion Aircraft

[hurricane_yank]

Does anyone have a list of the N-numbers of the aircraft they used in the movie? Just curious what birds were used in the filming.

[Warbirdnerd]

Lots of info here- https://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articl ... lease.html

[JohnTerrell]

F4U-1A Corsair N83782 (Planes of Fame Air Museum)
FG-1D Corsair N9964Z (Commemorative Air Force)
F4U-4 Corsair N4TF (Comanche Warbirds)
F4U-7 Corsair N1337A (Erickson Aircraft Collection)
AD-4W Skyraider N4277N (Erickson Aircraft Collection)
F8F-2 Bearcat N3025 (Planes of Fame Air Museum)
F8F-2 Bearcat N8TF (Comanche Warbirds)
Sikorsky HO5S-1 N74817 (Alex Anduze)
MiG-15bis N87CN (Planes of Fame Air Museum)
Sea Fury T Mk.20 N233MB (Lewis Air Legends) - used for rear-facing cockpit shots in the Bearcat flying sequences

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[Lon Moer]

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Sea Fury T Mk.20 N233MB (Lewis Air Legends) - used for rear-facing cockpit shots in the Bearcat flying sequences

Did this one get the dark blue Navy paint job ??

[JohnTerrell]

Just the empennage & tail surfaces (only what needed to be painted). This was used only for the Bearcat flight scenes. All of the Corsair cockpit scenes were filmed in a studio using a mock up.

[hurricane_yank]

Thank you all!

[Lon Moer]

Just the empennage & tail surfaces (only what needed to be painted). This was used only for the Bearcat flight scenes. All of the Corsair cockpit scenes were filmed in a studio using a mock up.

Wow, cool photo.!
Thanks.

[Andy Marden]

The Internet Movie Plane Database is always a good source for this sort of query:
https://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=Devotion

[JohnTerrell]

Note on that web page there is an error, in that they list the wrong Friedkin-owned Bearcat. It was actually N8TF (D-1190) that was used in the movie, not N1DF (in behind-the-scenes photos/video this is easily confirmed based on the antenna arrangement, above and below the rear fuselage). Friedkin's N8TF was painted as "206", and Planes of Fame's N3025 was painted as "202".

[Mike]

I’m sure I’d seen somewhere that 5 Corsairs were used in total, rather than just the 4 listed

[JohnTerrell]

I thought so too, Mike, having sworn to have read an online comment last year that five were used. However, having spent way more time than I would have liked to, going back through social media postings, dozens of behind-the-scenes photos/videos, etc., I haven't been able to find any references or photos/video showing any other Corsairs having been used than those four. The three west coasters bore the brunt of the early filming before the CAF example came onboard later.