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Titolo originale: Fighter Squadron
Regia: Raoul Walsh
Anno: 1948
Origine: United States of America
Generi: Azione Guerra
Tag: fighter pilot |
Cast: Edmond O'Brien Robert Stack John Rodney Tom D'Andrea Henry Hull James Holden Walter Reed Shepperd Strudwick Arthur Space Jack Larson Bill McLean Mickey McCardle Rock Hudson Lilian Bond Bill Cody Jr. Jean Fenwick Joe Gray Creighton Hale Carl Harbaugh Hallene Hill Frank Marlowe John McGuire Ray Montgomery George Offerman, Jr. Frances Osborne Tudor Owen Robert Seiter Loren Tindall Heather Wilde Robert Boon

Inghilterra 1943. In una base aerea americana, nonostante il parere contrario dei superiori, il comandante sperimenta, nelle incursioni contro la Germania, tecniche e assetti nuovi, che risulteranno poi decisivi nell'appoggiare le truppe durante lo sbarco in Normandia.

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During the low level raid on the German airfield, the planes on the ground can be clearly seen mark [...]	D
During much of the aerial combat scenes the countryside below is mountainous and semi-arid, hardly [...]	D
There are several raids on Berlin in the movie, but even with the largest belly tanks used, the P-4 [...]	D
Major Hardin states that he served in both the Flying Tigers and the Eagle Squadron(s). The Eagle S [...]	D
In the first sequence of the fighters returning to their airfield, a wounded pilot is shown making [...]	D
The fighter pilots are called for a briefing so early that "the birds are still asleep," yet the da [...]	D
During the briefing before D-Day; Edmund O'Brien may have misspoken. He stated that one of the squa [...]	D
At the beginning of the film, when Sgt. Dolan talks to a crew filling an external fuel tank, the st [...]	D
Usually in war movies the numbers of the groups and squadrons are high enough that viewers know the [...]	D
At the start we see on a sign that this is "Herfordshire USAAF 3RD Fighter Group " , there is no su [...]	D
The aircraft depicted being used for the D-Day invasion are missing the black and white "invasion s [...]	D
When the first P-47 is landing with the damaged landing gear, the numeral "7" on the fuselage is ba [...]	D
The P-47s in the movie are operating from an airfield in England that has wide concrete runways and [...]	D
As with many Hollywood war movies, the salutes between officers are incorrect. The junior officer s [...]	D
When the P-47 squadron attacks and strafes a German airfield, a good deal of the gun camera footage [...]	D
Post-war "PE" buzzcodes are visible under the wing of some P-47s - these were not in use during Wor [...]	D
The weather the day before D-Day is shown clear when in reality on June 5, 1944 it was quite rainy [...]	D
The relationship between the group officers (Colonel Brickley and Major Hardin) and General McCread [...]	D
There are several clips of the German fighters (American P-51s painted black) attacking a stragglin [...]	D
In the flying sequences, the "German ME-109" fighter planes are actually American P-51 Mustangs. [...]	D
When the Sergeant is driving reporters onto the base he has normal rank patches sewn on his jacket; [...]	D
When the squadron attacks the German airfield, we see an attack view from the air, then a view on t [...]	D
When they attack the German airfield, the AA truck has M2 .50 cals, both firing with no ammo. [...]	D
When there is an air raid on the American fighter base, the explosions are close and spectacular (t [...]	D
Wrong markings on the P-47's. The story is set in England, and is of the 8th Air Force. All 8th AF [...]	D
In the first scene in the officers' club, a long shot shows Chappell with his arm raised and beginn [...]	D
The black-painted P-51s are stand-ins for Me-109s and have balkenkruezes (straight-arm crosses) pai [...]	D
German ground vehicles are marked with a Nazi swastika on the cab instead of the more likely Balken [...]	D
When loading ammo for the D Day mission, the NAPALM tanks are labeled NEPALM.	D

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