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Hogan's Heroes (1965) - 14 mistakes in entire show

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Factual error: Throughout the entire series, there are often uniforms that are incorrect; an oversized eagle on German Visor Caps appears most often.

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Factual error: Series 4, episode 11 - Bad Day in Berlin. Hogan and his men are in Berlin to capture a traitor. They arrive at the Hotel Berlin in an ambulance and park near a K2 phone booth, something only found in England and its colonies, certainly never in the heart of Nazi Germany.

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Factual error: In three episodes of season 1, an aircraft is shown dropping parachutists. This aircraft is a Fairchild C-119. First flown as the C-82 Packet on Sep. 10, 1944, it wasn't operational until 1947.

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Factual error: In many episodes, mainly the early episodes, some German guards carry Thompson submachine guns; an American weapon.

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Continuity: Episode 3 of season 1, "Kommandant of the Year": At least twice while the characters are under the large tarp around the rocket, there are at least three control panels visible. After the rocket fires and they show the general walking toward the people, behind him is the rocket trailer with only the tarp on it and no control panels.

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Continuity: Season 4, Episode 22, "The Purchasing Plan." After the prisoners have loaded the truck, they stand around and the tailgate of the truck is down. Major Hochstetter arrives and we see the tailgate is raised. Next scene it is again in the lowered position.

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Visible crew/equipment: In the episode "Two Nazis for the Price of One" a string is seen attached to Colonel Klink's cap that is used to yank off the cap after Colonel Mannheim fires his pistol at Klink.

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Continuity: In season 1 episode 1, Hogan gives a birthday party when the prisoners capture a German plane. When it is taking off, it is an English Lancaster bomber with a twin tail. As it is flying overhead, it is an American B-17 with a single tail. Finally as it is shown flying, it is a German FW-200 maritime bomber.

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Continuity: Season 4, Episode 11, "Bad Day in Berlin." When a German Major is in Col Hogan's quarters he is wearing black leather gloves. He raises his hand to remove his hat (with gloves). Next scene he is lowering his hat with bare hands.

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Visible crew/equipment: Season 6, Episode 14, "The Dropouts." When Major Hochstetter's car arrives at Stalag 13, it drives towards the camera. The shadow of a crewman's hand raised to stop the car is visible on the ground.

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The Gold Rush (season 1, episode 18)

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Continuity: After the POWs cut the stairs outside Col. Klink's office, Sgt. Schultz walks down them. There is a guard standing to his right. After a switch to show the POWs, when the camera goes back to the stairs, Col. Klink walks out and falls when the stairs collapse. The guard is missing without making any motion to move before. When everybody rushes to Col.Klink, the guard runs in from the left also.

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Man's Best Friend Is Not His Dog (season 4, episode 6)

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Deliberate "mistake": When Hogan heads into Klink's flower bed to get the dog, you can see a modern steel water tank in the distance.

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The Purchasing Plan (season 4, episode 22)

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Continuity: Carter and Hogan are in Klink's outer office when Hogan takes a piece of paper off Carter and folds it into a square. Klink arrives and grabs the paper which has now unfolded to a rectangle.

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Klink for the Defense (season 6, episode 19)

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Continuity: General Burkhalter is eating Klink's dinner. When finished he places a metal cover over the plate. In the next shot the cover is lying on the table and there is extra food on the plate.

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