Henry, Please Come Home - S1-E9
Continuity mistake: When Henry's being given the Special Citation of Merit - 4th class, in the wide shot of Hawkeye and Trapper there's dark facial stubble on Hawkeye's face, but in their closeups there's barely any stubble on his face.
Henry, Please Come Home - S1-E9
Continuity mistake: The message Radar is presenting to Henry goes from chest height on Henry to face height between angles.
Continuity mistake: Radar hangs the hammer on the "Out of Order" sign and it is covering the 'of'. When he and Frank walk away the hammer has moved and is covering the 't' (00:15:20)
Continuity mistake: Frank hits the pole supporting the center of the tent, which lets the tent collapse. However, in later episodes, the tents, especially hers, has a sturdy wood frame and doesn't need a center pole.
Continuity mistake: As Hawkeye writes a letter to his dad, he says "Christmas, here in Korea, as with you in Vermont, is soon upon us." Later, his dad is in Maine, and has lived there all his life.
Continuity mistake: When Hawkeye and Eddie are dancing in the Swamp, after Hawkeye sits on the hot heater Eddie knocks over the tray of glasses and the mug, but next shot the mug is back up on the table.
Love Story - S1-E14
Continuity mistake: When Trapper puts on the "Dear John" recording, the record is moving at two different speeds in the close up and wide shots.
Continuity mistake: After doing his pushups, Colonel Brighton puts on a red robe and talks with Trapper and Hawkeye. In some shots the cord from the robe's hood is hanging down and in others it is tucked in. (00:10:20)
Continuity mistake: When Frank is trying to examine the Colonel, in some shots Buzz's robe is open and in others it is tied at the waist. (00:10:50)
Continuity mistake: When Radar is slipping the glass of milk into Buzz's tent, we see the outside of the tent and there are no windows. From the inside, the milk is placed on a table that is right under a window. Also, the milk is already on the table in a scene before Radar puts it there. (00:13:20)
Sometimes You Hear the Bullet - S1-E17
Continuity mistake: Frank and Margaret are dancing in her tent when Frank's back seizes up; in the subsequent shots sometimes his arms are around her waist and sometimes around her shoulders. (00:02:30)
Sometimes You Hear the Bullet - S1-E17
Continuity mistake: Hawkeye lifts Wendell's arm, takes his pulse and lays his arm down by his side again. In the next shot, Wendell's arm is across his chest. (00:13:55)
Sometimes You Hear the Bullet - S1-E17
Continuity mistake: As Frank receives his purple heart, Henry calls him 'Franklin D. Burns' All other references to his full name in the series give his middle name as 'Marion'. (00:23:50)
Continuity mistake: In some shots, Radar's exam questions are in his hand, in others they are tucked under his arm. (00:10:30)
Continuity mistake: When Frank is getting drunk he spills gin down the front of his vest. A few shots later, just before he collapses, it suddenly dries out significantly. (00:13:20)
Continuity mistake: During the charity no-talent night, when the curtain opens on the Swinging Surgeons we can see Radar using a set of brushes on the drums, but in Radar's closeups he's using drum sticks, then in the wideshot it's back to the brushes again.
Answer: The C-42 was a military variant of the Douglas DC-2. Very few C-42's were built, so it's questionable that Potter would specifically have seen that particular model, but, given his military background, it's not entirely unreasonable that he might use the military designation even when the aircraft in question is actually a civilian DC-2.
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