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Greece transliterated isolatin1 title bat 21 apostoli hilion kindynon. Bat21 is a 1988 american war film directed by peter markle, and adapted from the book by william c. Hambleton was the navigator on a usaf eb66 aircraft and an expert in signals intelligence whose aircraft was destroyed by a surfacetoair missile. Hambleton was a usaf ballistic missile expert with a top secretsci clearance and. The audio has been mastered in dolby digital surround. Iceal hambleton gene hackman, a usaf officer who was shot down while on a scouting mission and the subsequent attempts by us forces to recover him. Danny glover and clayton rohner in bat21 1988 gene hackman and erich.
When his electronic warfare plane, call sign bat 21, was shot down on 2 april 1972, fiftythreeyearold air force navigator iceal gene hambleton parachuted into the middle of a north vietnamese invasion force and set off the biggest and most controversial air rescue effort of the vietnam war. Authors extensive references and interviews provide good basis for his generalizations about the author darrel whitcomb, air force academy 69, served three tours in. It is used as an aid in the selection of united states air force pilot candidates. Keep in mind, the bat21 book, while an excellent read, is still a fictionalized account of the rescue. The bulk of the movie is how birddog struggles to save bat 21 while the. Its the story of a middleaged air force colonels attempt to survive behind enemy lines, where he has no business being in the first place, and about how a stubborn spotter pilot returns time and again in a light aircraft to keep his spirits up. Watch bat21 1988 on novamov online hd no download surveys required. Clark who piloted the 337 and gene hackman, the colonel who was to be rescued from enemy territory during the vietnam war. Colonel iceal hambleton gene hackman gets his first taste of real carnage when he is shot down in enemy territory. A military strategists aircraft is shot down in vietnam while on an aerial. Bat 21 was the call sign of the eb66 radar jamming aircraft in which hambleton flew as a navigator.
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Five additional aircraft were shot down during rescue attempts, directly resulting in the deaths of 11 airmen, the capture of two others, and another. To read a historically accurate account look for a copy of the official air force history of the air war in sea i forget the exact title but they devote a whole chapter to it. Because hambleton used to call the shots from behind a desk, he lacks combat survival experience and is forced to adapt while the enemy surrounds him on all sides. The film stars gene hackman and danny glover with jerry reed, david marshall grant. The only survivor of the crew is the lieutenant colonel iceal hambleton, an expert in missile weaponry. The air force and hambleton began a physical and mental battle with the nva who they had. Bat 21 1988 peter markle synopsis, characteristics.
Hambleton knows the area hes in is going to be carpetbombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. May 30, 2015 bat 21 is a the dramatized story of the rescue of lt col. Bartholomew clark, he maps out an escape route based on golf courses he has played. During the vietnam war, he was the subject of one of the largest oneman rescue efforts in air force history. Aug 12, 2004 keep in mind, the bat 21 book, while an excellent read, is still a fictionalized account of the rescue. Hambleton, and the combat situation surrounding the rescue nva easter invasion of south vietnam. Colonel iceal hambleton gene hackman, whose plane is shot down over enemy territory while on reconnaissance behind enemy lines in vietnam. During the last days of the vietnam war, usaf lieutenant colonel iceal e. Lieutenant clark was already near the cam lo river that flowed east into the cua viet so he remained hidden with instruction to move to the water on the night of april 10th. Gene hambleton died in tucson, arizona on september 19, 2004. Bat21 is the kind of lean, nononsense war film hollywood used to make. With gene hackman, danny glover, jerry reed, david marshall grant. Air force lieutenant colonel iceal gene hambleton hackman, after he survives being shot down over vietnam, finding himself directly.
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