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Originally Posted by Mango
However, one thing hit me across the face like a brick. In the scramble scenes, the British airmen would jump off their rumps and race across the field to man their.... Messerschmitts!!  I sh*t you not! Me109's painted in RAF colors. And once they got up in the air to intercept the invaders, who do they meet? Spitfires! In German markings!!  I thought I might be having a stroke, but this was the case for the whole movie! It was so weird, I couldn't tell who was who during the combat sequences. |
Right ! Merlin-powered, Spanish-built Bf-109s , made by Hispano Aviacion Works at Sevilla (local code name Ha-1112L "Buchon") in British marks on one side and some strange Spitfires (Merlin engine, eliptical wing but they seem deformed) coming from where?, post-war Italian Air Force?, in German markings.
American contribution comes from T-6 Texan strafing British soldiers on the crowded beaches at Dunkirk !! (with German marks, of course)
Really weird !!
That film was shown on 1969, so it is supposed that many people that fought WWII were still alive and could watch this film. I can't imagine what they would think !.