The top mistakes in The Blue Max http://www.moviemistakes.com/film192 en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:55:02 +0000 10616 In the scene where Jeremy Kemp and George Peppard are playing daredevil in their planes and Kemp's plane hits a brick tower there is a shot of the plane plummeting to the ground. The alert viewer can see the shiny metal wires that were used to support and guide the plane on its way to the ground. 1190 The film is set on the Western Front, 1917 but was filmed in Ireland in 1965.  As George Peppard is driving to join his squadren for the first time the camera pans the horizon and loads of houses can be seen to have TV aerials... 1189 The British carry WW-I, No 1 Lee-Enfields, and the Germans carry WW-II era British No. 4 Lee-Enfields. 33485 George Peppard says his squadron shot down seven enemy planes after returning from a dogfight with SIX English aircraft. 54490 In the scene where Lt Stachel and an ordinary soldier search for the wreckage of Stachel's unconfirmed first shoot-down, it is supposed to be dark and pouring rain but blue sky is seen in the background.