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During the filming of the Roger Corman Movie "Von Reichthofen and Brown" Colin Devellerez was hired by Julie, Roger's fiance at the time, because of his past association with the movie "Blue Max" in providing and installing the necessary equipment to provide better communication between WWI aerobatic aircraft and the ground camera crew.

In Ireland on the set, Devellerez installed the communication equipment in the replica WWI aircraft which were manufactured at Elstree Aerodrome in England. Devellerez returned to London leaving specific instructions for the use and care of the equipment. When the helicopter that crashed killing the Camera Crew and Art Director Jimmy Murakami, Devellerez was recalled to the set for the rest of the filming in Ireland to insure that the equipment was properly taken care of.

The second crash of the first WWI aircraft killing the leader of the Rothman Aerobatic Team used happened a few hundred feet from Devellerez who witnessed the aircraft being totally burned with the pilot in the aircraft. The heat was too intense for any rescue and the pilot was burned alive.

Devellerez also witnessed the third crash where Don Stroud was in the aircraft that hit the power lines. He rushed to the scene and advised the rescuers that Don Stroud was still strapped in his seat in the aircraft. After he was rescued he took him to base where he was visibly shaken and drank half a bottle of vodka offering Devellerez his wallet as a token of gratitude which was refused. Later when the insurance company insisted that each member of the cast had to be insured against any further similar occurrences he nominated Devellerez as his beneficiary.

Colin Devellerez Now 87 year old and living in Australia