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Originally Posted by BE911SC
Battle of Britain is excellent. Dad took me to see it when it came out in 1969 and he kept whispering things like, "Jesus! Those are real Spitfires!"
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And REAL ME 109's and HE 111's...all bought from the Spanish AF after they were decommissioned..
The Technical Advisor for the German scenes was Germany's WW2 General of the Fighters Adolf Galland, He was in the battle...
The movie the
Longest Day told the stories of actual combatants who were also used as technical advisors on the movie. The German Ace Pips Priller was not only a Luftwaffe pilot depicted in the movie he as a technical advisor as well. As was the German major who first saw the invasion fleet and said ..."Sie Kommen."