Corrected entry: As the Squadron is getting ready for their mission, the hero gets in a jeep to drive to his plane. He actually travels about 10 yards and stops at his plane. Couldn't he have walked and saved the fuel? There is a war on after all.
633 Squadron (1964)
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Directed by: Walter Grauman
Starring: Cliff Robertson, Harry Andrews, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy
Factual error: Two lumbering, obsolete German trainers (Messerschmitt 108s, made in 1938) attack the RAF airfield, shooting it up unopposed. By early 1944 (the time this film was set) the Luftwaffe was a tattered remnant of its former self and the RAF had complete control of the skies over the UK and most of France. Any German pilot foolhardy enough to try such an attack would be shot to pieces before he got to the English Channel, let alone Southern England.
Trivia: Vintage aircraft fans do not hold this film in very high regard. During filming a perfectly serviceable Mosquito was wrecked deliberately for a crash scene. Considering the scarcity of flying Mossies it's considered almost a criminal act in the vintage aviation world.
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Correction: This is a character mistake, not a movie mistake.
Brian C Friesner