I saw that one also IWY and it too is excellent.
Some questions, Did JG26 not operate from Audembert I Gruppe, Marquise-Ost II Gruppe, and Cartiers III Gruppe during the Battle of Britain moving to Abbeville early December?
With a range of 400 miles it does not stand up geographically that a Bf109 would operate so far west unless it had no intention of returning. It is depicted as escorting bombers ( weaving,high fuel consumption) then high speed combat (very high fuel consumption) and hoping to return to base?
Bf109 operated I believe as far west as Portsmouth on occasions, otherwise they operated over Eastern UK.
There was never a single engined Luftwaffe fighter sighted over Ireland let alone crash.
My understanding is that 19 Sqn got rid of their cannon armed Spitfires in September 1940, too troublesome.
I caught a glance of the Spitfire control column, it had the circular firing button, if cannon armed it should also have had the rocker switch on the stick to operate the cannon.
I don't want to be critical but I think that they could have done with a Spitfire/Bf109 historian.
It is nevertheless an excellent piece of cinema
Tony K
You don't want to be critical? ? ? ? ? ?
Your initial criticism was with the Spitfire but at least I see that you have agreed that cannon armed mk1b Spitfires were used,
as depicted, in the Battle of Britain. Oh and 92 squadron got the hand me downs in September.
Yes, yes, I know about the 410 mile range and that JG26 was based in the Pas-De-Calais but not all Yellow nosed 109's were in that squadron and if I was in a smoking aircraft over an "enemy" country, being attacked by a skilled fighter pilot in a world class machine, than range would be the least of my concerns. Evasion and the desire for revenge brought them to Ireland in the film, nothing else.
Just enjoy the movie, a superb film with excellent CGI depicting the correct aircraft. I applaud the producers for their first rate work.
Who on this site has done better?