[Milsurplus] Another ? radio from 'The Wild Geese'

[Mark K3MSB]

The movie is currently available on Amazon Prime.



On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 5:14 AM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> Here's another radio, this one used by the mercs in the movie "The Wild
> Geese", 1978,
>
> starring Richard Burton in the lead role, head of the mercenaries. The
> movie is not
>
> particularly recommended.  It is available in an unauthorized copy on
> Youtube but in
>
> low resolution. Knowing what I know after watching it, I would not do it
> again.
>
> But after reading the NYT piece about Michael Hoare, I wanted to learn a
> little more
>
> of the story, even if a novel very loosely inspired by his adventures. Can
> you name this
>
> radio?
>
>
>
> As the mercs are escaping from Uganda to Rhodesia, in a beat up  Dakota
> aircraft with not
>
> enough fuel, the pilot radios 'Salisbury Control, this is  9 -Q – N – X –
> A  on 6603". He lands
>
> it with one engine left, it sputtering out of fuel, on Kariba dirt
> airfield lit by signal fires.
>
> Yes, it's a fantasy, not a documentary.
>
> -Hue Miller
>
>
>
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