The top mistakes in Midway http://www.moviemistakes.com/film831 en Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:55:06 +0000 5101 American carriers did not have angled decks until after W.W.II. 9635 Another "Recycled Footage Segment" via Tora! Tora! Tora!: When 3 Officers on Midway come out of their bunker and say that the runway is still operational, the footage of the B-17 with the landing gear problem mentioned elsewhere is blatantly used. 5104 Utility poles are visible in the scene of the Japanese aircraft carrier launching planes for the first attack on Midway. 5100 Several shots identifying the American and Japanese carriers are actually those of late W.W.II and Korean War era Essex-class carriers. 5098 There are numerous shots of stock footage showing planes that weren't in service at the time of Midway, notably the Corsair, which didn't see carrier service until 1944, as well as the Helldiver, the Hellcat, etc.