TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
Lt. Col. Charles Russhon was the technical adviser on the classic James Bond movies including FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL and YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Before his association with the James Bond movies, Russhon was a photographer with the US Army in World War II where he was awarded the British Distinguished Flying Cross for photo reconnaissance missions with the 1st Air Commando Group which supported British forces in the Burma campaign. Russhon was also the first photographer allowed to photograph Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped on the city.
Russhon's assistance with the James Bond movies is most prominent in GOLDFINGER where he helped the movie production get close access to the Fort Knox Bullion Depository. To show its appreciation, a scene in the movie shows a Fort Knox sign saying, "Welcome to Fort Knox--Gen. Russhon".
In THUNDERBALL, Russhon played a key role in the movie acquiring the high-tech Jetpack James Bond used to escape from SPECTRE gunmen. He also helped obtain experimental rocket fuel used to destroy the Disco Volante hydrofoil, and he helped the movie obtain the B-17 Flying Fortress and Fulton Skyhook used to rescue Bond and Domino at the movie's end.
Russhon was good friends with cartoonist Milton Caniff, the creator of the popular "Steve Canyon" comic strip. The strip's character Charlie Vanilla was based on Russhon, who had a well-known love for ice cream.
Lt. Col. Charles Russhon was the technical adviser on the classic James Bond movies and became good friends with Sean Connery.
In GOLDFINGER, Russhon helped the movie production get close access to the Fort Knox Bullion Depository.
A GOLDFINGER scene showed the movie's appreciation for Russhon's assistance with a Fort Knox sign saying, "Welcome to Fort Knox--Gen Russhon".
In THUNDERBALL, Russhon helped the movie acquire the high-tech Jetpack James Bond used to escape from SPECTRE gunmen.
Russhon helped the THUNDERBALL production obtain the experimental rocket fuel that destroyed the Disco Volante hydrofoil.
He also helped THUNDERBALL obtain the B-17 Flying Fortress and Fulton Skyhook used to rescue Bond and Domino at the movie's end.
Russhon was good friends with cartoonist Milton Caniff, the creator of the popular "Steve Canyon" comic strip. The strip's character Charlie Vanilla was based on Russhon, who had a well-known love for ice cream.
Lt. Col. Charles Russhon was the technical adviser on the classic James Bond movies including FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL and YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. Before his association with the James Bond movies, Russhon was a photographer with the US Army in World War II where he was awarded the British Distinguished Flying Cross for photo reconnaissance missions with the 1st Air Commando Group which supported British forces in the Burma campaign. Russhon was also the first photographer allowed to photograph Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped on the city.
Russhon's assistance with the James Bond movies is most prominent in GOLDFINGER where he helped the movie production get close access to the Fort Knox Bullion Depository. To show its appreciation, a scene in the movie shows a Fort Knox sign saying, "Welcome to Fort Knox--Gen. Russhon".
In THUNDERBALL, Russhon played a key role in the movie acquiring the high-tech Jetpack James Bond used to escape from SPECTRE gunmen. He also helped obtain experimental rocket fuel used to destroy the Disco Volante hydrofoil, and he helped the movie obtain the B-17 Flying Fortress and Fulton Skyhook used to rescue Bond and Domino at the movie's end.
Russhon was good friends with cartoonist Milton Caniff, the creator of the popular "Steve Canyon" comic strip. The strip's character Charlie Vanilla was based on Russhon, who had a well-known love for ice cream.
Lt. Col. Charles Russhon was the technical adviser on the classic James Bond movies and became good friends with Sean Connery.
In GOLDFINGER, Russhon helped the movie production get close access to the Fort Knox Bullion Depository.
A GOLDFINGER scene showed the movie's appreciation for Russhon's assistance with a Fort Knox sign saying, "Welcome to Fort Knox--Gen Russhon".
In THUNDERBALL, Russhon helped the movie acquire the high-tech Jetpack James Bond used to escape from SPECTRE gunmen.
Russhon helped the THUNDERBALL production obtain the experimental rocket fuel that destroyed the Disco Volante hydrofoil.
He also helped THUNDERBALL obtain the B-17 Flying Fortress and Fulton Skyhook used to rescue Bond and Domino at the movie's end.
Russhon was good friends with cartoonist Milton Caniff, the creator of the popular "Steve Canyon" comic strip. The strip's character Charlie Vanilla was based on Russhon, who had a well-known love for ice cream.