Originally posted by an0n
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388940/
The American guy Cruise will be playing in that particular film was an Olympic athlete who - while a pleasant and relatively good man - shot down no German planes and died during a ****ed-up landing after his plane was damaged on an escort run just 4 weeks into the Battle of Britain.
Reports suggest The Few will see the Americans basically defeating the entire Nazi armed forces - land, air and sea - before going off to play Tennis, eat scones and laugh at the quaint British people.
So basically - **** them and **** the film.
Yep, to the power of 10
The RAF defeated the Luftwaffe, and while there
were American pilots, they were a very small number along with Canucks, Chechs, Poles etc.
'The Few' were 2353 young men from Great Britain and 574 from overseas, pilots and other aircrew, who are officially recognised as having taken part in the Battle of Britain
Ten American pilots flew with units under the command of RAF Fighter Command between 10 July and 31 October 1940
A fighter pilot's average life expectancy was 87 flying hours and a fair number died before they even had time to unpack their kit-bags.
So let's not have any more films eh? The Battle of Britain (1969) says it well enough for all it's faults....
