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Gibbo · 22-07-2006, 12:41 PM

Pearl Harbor:
Members of the Eagle Squadron portrayed as being serving USAAF personnel, which they weren't.
Germans apparently still carrying out daylight bombing raids on the UK in 1941.
The speed with which the hero gets back home after being shot down over enemy territory.
He returns to Hawaii despite now being a member of the RAF, not the USAAF.
Fighter pilots are transferred to fly bombers, with little conversion time.
In the 1940s nobody smokes! (apparently a deliberate decision by the producers who put modern attitudes above historical accuracy.

22-07-2006, 12:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gibbo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 321	Re: The most historically incorrect movies/books. Pearl Harbor: Members of the Eagle Squadron portrayed as being serving USAAF personnel, which they weren't. Germans apparently still carrying out daylight bombing raids on the UK in 1941. The speed with which the hero gets back home after being shot down over enemy territory. He returns to Hawaii despite now being a member of the RAF, not the USAAF. Fighter pilots are transferred to fly bombers, with little conversion time. In the 1940s nobody smokes! (apparently a deliberate decision by the producers who put modern attitudes above historical accuracy.