Quote Originally Posted by Floatsflyer View Post
Many war movies on TV today including one of the worst ever flying yarns entitled Fighter Squadron from 1948. The good guys are flying P-47's and the Germans they encounter in dogfights are flying P-51's with German crosses on the fuselages. The producers and director obviously thought nobody would notice. Really awful.
well I'm pretty sure not too many ME-109s were airworthy in 1948 and those that were were still in service in spain and other small nations. ever notice that "tiger" tanks in the movies of the late 50s and the 60s are usually m-47 or m-48 tanks? gotta use what you have available