History Channel is good for exaggerations, mistakes, omissions and the occasional downright lie for gullibility's sake. The shows are best watched and jeered in groups with score pads to compete for error-finding.
Watch it for the mistakes, especially when the commentator speaks.
The veteran pilots were there but how many were trained to put everything into words that a non-pilot can correctly understand? Being a WWII pilot did not automatically confer writing ability nor does having a writer confer the ability to explain it all accurately. Did the pilot know everything that went on? How many used the word confusion to describe times in battle? But apparently some people believe that 'being there' is a magical formula to enable the pilots to make everything clear and concise to anyone. What a joke!
History Channel? More like Revision Channel, Quote-Mine Channel, Lightweight Channel, Rah-Rah Channel, Gullibility Channel, etc.
But they usually have some vintage footage to grab stills from.
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