I was around 10yrs Old when the filming for this Movie was being Done. And a Remember a Glorious Summer Sky filled with Fighters & Jerry Bombers flying over M&D's house in Benfleet Essex. My Mother was rather Reluctant to watch when a Gaggle of Bombers came over..! At that age, it didn't dawn on me She was having 'Flashbacks' to 1940. She was living in Stratford London in 1940..! I however was Running around with Grand Dad's Old Helmet on..! Having a Ball in the 60's. He a wounded Vet from WW1, so was an ARP warden for WW2. Dad took me to the Movies Twice to Watch the Movie. Mum didn't want to go at all..! Time with Dad Alone without Mum was a very Rare Event..! And of Course Grand Dad's 'Junk Shed' was an Anderson Shelter..! That was Out in the Sticks in Benfleet too..! That Music still gives me 'Goose bumps' nearing 70 years of age..! Nice Models, well Done. Cheers All from Downunder. 🦘
Saw the movie when it was first released in 1969. I was at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus at the time and being an RAF station you can imagine how big the queues were to get in to see the movie. A movie i never tire of watching.
fantastic selection of kits! this film is probably the reason I first built a model kit back in the early 70's after it was shown on TV, some years back I converted a Mk V spitfire into a screen accurate version, used a resin conversion set to turn a 109 G into a buchon, and also still have a resin buchon unbuilt, plus an italeri He 111 I previously built waiting to have some spare merlins grafted on and then a battle of Britain 69 paint job applied. and a bit of film trivia, at the time of making the film, all the aircraft gathered for it were recognised as the worlds 7th or 8th largest air force in the world!
In 1969 or maybe 1970 I saw this film for the first time as a lad 0f 10 0r 11 years old. It led to an immediate trip to the library to find some youth history books about it. One book I read was about the "Eagle" squadrons of Yanks who flew for the RAF during the battle. I have been a lifelong amateur WW2 historian ever since. I still will try to watch this film every year. Brilliant acting, cinematography, and of course the flying! Thanks for the beautiful models and the information about the actual facts.
That’s just brilliant! I really like how you have shown how the aircraft looked during filming. Didn’t know about the Stuka, really interesting. It’s great to be able to model Buchon’s now too.
As I understand it. The hardest part was matching The Hurricane and Spitfire to the fictional Squadron Codes as seen in the movie. Both models retain the original Serial Numbers (as a tribute to the aircraft), while wearing the Codes as seem in the movie. If you want to see pictures of the actual Stuka. Google RAF Chivenor Air Day 1970.
Walton did score the entire film, but it was felt that his soundtrack was a little too 'Imperial', so it was changed. The Battle in the Air was the only piece to survive from Walton.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety - That's such an incredible piece of film music, that, if I hear it, I can see the images that accompany it on screen. I have seen the movie countless times. Only one thing makes me wince, though - the extremely '1960's' front door of Robert Shaw's character's cottage. That's a bit of CGI cleaning up I wouldn't mind seeing!
@@brianartillery The door bell isn't the biggest blooper in the movie. It's the parachute that failed to open, when the dummy was thrown out of the 2-seater Spitfire. They filmed it twice and the 'chute failed to open twice. They kept the shot anyway.
Excellent work! I first saw the film upon its opening run in Melbourne way back in 1970. Thanks to VHS tapes and DVDs, countless views ever since! When looking into the possibility of modelling a CASA 2.111 albeit in 1/144 scale, I noted that almost all the aircraft codes - RAF and Luftwaffe - were fictitious, with one notable exception. That is the Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc (G-AMAU), now a part of the BBMF, when it was painted up to represent Air Vice Marshall Trevor Howard's - sorry, Keith Park's - personal aircraft, OK-1.
Thanks for that. I thought that having the builds on their own was a bit boring. By adding some movie trivia, it gave context to what you were looking at.
I’d forgotten just how good the music soundtrack to this film was. Haven’t seen it in years but it brought it all back! Great idea for a video. Well done 👍
I was 14 when the film came out and a corporal in the Air Training Corps. We were taken to a local cinema to see the film and were allowed to wear our uniform. It was wide sceen and in stereo, as the planes came on screen the sound went from one side of the auditorium to the other, marvellous.
Wonderful. The models here are lovely and the original film, as the famous remembrance words say, "...will grow not old, as we that are left grow old". It's a fantastic archive film and the most stupendous film making achievement when one considers the insanity and cost of assembling so many airworthy (just!) WWII aircraft. Nowadays, it's almost all CGI and although some moments in 'The Battle of Britain' are a bit basic and wobbly due to early effects, the CGI versions today are so often just wrong in the way the animators do not understand the dynamics of actual flight and how aircraft roll and turn into a fight. This video has sparked my desire to watch it all over again!! Thank you ! 😊
Excellent! Hat's off! What a smashing look at a piece of filmic and WWII history! Add to that the well-researched and spiffing models and you have all the boxes well and truly ticked ✅️✅️✅️✅️
Thanks for that. As I've mentioned before. The hardest part was matching the Spitfire and Hurricane to the Squadron codes they wore in the movie. I should point out that all of the codes and serial numbers seen in the movie were fictional, so no one aircraft could be connected to any one Squadron or pilot. This also applies to the Staffel badges on the Luftwaffe aircraft.
Very interesting, well researched. The integrity of authentification for the film was impressive, one of the reasons why this remains in my mind the best of the WWII flight movies.
I had to get creative, as my editing program refused to do DVD resolution in 16:9. It would only do 4:3. What the hell do I do with those two black bars? I know. I'll stick some trivia in there!
Thanks for that. I've been a fan of this movie since it first came out in 1969. There were a number of facts that I've know for years. I've mentioned it before, but I'll mention it again. The hardest part was matching the Spitfire and Hurricane to the markings they wore in the movie. Even the Serial number they wore were fictional. It took a LOT of digging to match everything together!
This was so awesome, and really interesting to read some of the little-known facts. I love how the producers restored a spit to flying condition - "I say, you wouldn't mind just fixing up that spit so we can make our movie would you? there's a good chap' - lol. Try doing that today, it would probably cost more than the movie. Thanks again.
Indeed. This has remained one of my favourite films. I was a kid when this came out and I watched it in a real cinema (Panavision I think with true surround sound) far superior than any modern plex type cinema. It was terrifying when it really sounded like the planes flew overhead. For me the great shame is that there were no Ju 88s or Do 17s - all the great airbattles only showed 111s. Perhaps a "digital" remake might bring some of the other aircraft to life!
Flying officer ‘Dickie’ Lee of 85 Squadron was demonstrating a Hawker Hurricane to some ‘brass’ at Debden around the time of the Battle of Britain. The ground crew had to pick grass out of his radio antenna. He later went missing over the English Channel.
Great movie, perhaps my favourite war history movie. Very interesting to see the movie versions of the combat aircraft. The Battle of Britain was such a pivotal point in WWll often not remembered as well as it should be outside of the UK.
The movie wasn't all that successful outside of Europe either. It was the number 1 movie for 14 weeks in the UK. Globally, it lost money at the Theatre. The movie made its money by selling footage to other productions.
It's extraordinary the difference between British and American film makers in the lengths they go to, to make it real... Battle of the Bulge was made in what was virtually a desert in summer without a single real German tank. The original Dunkirk film included actual footage from Dunkirk. There's was the Glory featured many men who were actually involved in Market Garden.
Great idea for a video and very well done. Pity about the JU52 model, but I really enjoyed whatyou'vedone. Thanks from another guy with too many kits in the loft.
Very cool collection! Had no idea they actually got hold of a Stuka. The only BoB movie replica i've managed so far is a 1/48 Buchon painted as "red 2".
They did convert a couple of Percival Proctors to "resemble" Stukas, but ISTR it was dangerous to fly. It was dubbed the Procktuka. It did a very good job of looking like a Stuka, considering it's origins. You can find pics on the net.
Well done! This movie has aged like a good bottle of scotch - it gets better and better for each year. And it is brilliant to see the explanations and story connected to each model. Well done everybody - home and tea❤
I remember as a kid wondering why they painted all the Buchons the same...Once you've gone to all the trouble of moding the Buchons a little variety in authentic BOB paint schemes always seemed like a missed opportunity to me...The Spits and Hurris didn't have the same variety as the Bf109s during this period.....Brilliant idea to model the aircraft specifically from the film...Thank you
All of the aircraft were painted the same for a very simple reason. The codes on the fuselage were made of tape. In order to give the illusion that there were more aircraft. They simply removed one set of codes and put on another. It has been written that one Spitfire had six different codes while filming.
Many thank's for posting the picture's of scale model's that represent the plane's that flew on both side's of the conflict... (btw you forgot the "plural apstrophe" in "Hurrischmitts")
If I understood correctly, movie-Buchon-"109's" had a camouflage painting scheme 70/02/65. In this video, model-Buchon was painted with genuine 70/71/65. So, instead of black green was RLM 02 grey-green in use. 70/71/65 were not at all a "bad" mistake, but in front bases were sometimes difficulties to obey strict orders from Berlin. 70/71/65 means dark green/black green/pale blue (in undersides). RLM is a short form of "Reichsluftfahrtministerium" or Reich Air Ministry. Vielen Dank, und Halsundbeinbruch aus Finnland.
Although the movie makers went to great lengths to be as accurate as possible. It has to be remembered that the war was over and the original paint was no longer available. Then there's the movie print itself. It's quite possible that some colour correction had taken place, in order to make the cammo pattern more visible. I personally have the A&BC bubblegum card set. One card has a He111 in green and brown!
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Still, knowledge was still available, especially for scale model makers and builders. In my opinion, there was both schemes in use in 1940. Quite soon came although "three-greys-scheme" or RLM74/75/76. Even some multitude of Bf109E's were painted with this (1940). By the way, some three-grey-tones are in use even to-day's F-15, F-16 and F-18's too. Luftwaffe bombers still mainly had 70/71/65 to the WW2 end. Night fighters had different paint schemes. It is a very big job to follow or study all. One thing too: in war's end there were somehow confusion everywhere in nazi-Germany. If your aircraft factory needed some cans of RLM 02, there were no use to demand exact tone, so you could get anything, which was even near grey tone. One thing too: 02 was used in undercarriage wells and cockpit side walls [although there must have coat of RLM 66 (greyish black)].
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Green and brown Heinkel 111? It was quite possible amongst the Afrika Korps and its struggle in desert. At first German and Italian fighter planes had a green and brown desert camo. Lehrgeschwader 1 twin engine Junkers 88's were brown in top and azure blue in undersides.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Bubblegum card maker has never been a member of Reichsluftfahrtministerium. Or even existed in 1940...? Correct me, if I mistook badly?
@@esajuhanirintamaki965 A&BC Gum produced a 66 card set to tie in with the movie in 1969 (I have a set). Some cards have stills from the movie, while others are behind the scenes pictures. Some pictures are better than others. Some pictures haven't been colour corrected (Hence the He111 with brown/green cammo pattern). Others have been flopped (reversed). Many cards turn up on Ebay. Take a look to see what I mean.
I did consider the B-25. However. That would be a nightmare to replicate. The tail gunners position would be easy enough, but the nose? That would need some serious scratch building! Then there's the 2-seater Spitfire (Used in the sequence where the 'pilots 'chute didn't open) and the 2-seater Buchon (Used for POV shots). I do have a 2-seater Buchon kit. I didn't build it, as I didn't want the project to get out of hand. I decided to stick with the primary aircraft in the movie.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety I understand. It's indeed good to limit the scope of such project if you don't want to see your whole model builder carreer revolves around it. To be honset, I did plan to convert a 1/72 B-25 into the "psychedelic monster", and it would have been my only "the battle of britain" project. Maybe I'll do it ultimately, now that I also do 3D designing and printing. Thanks again for the nice video, it's very inspiring. 😉
Excellent presentation. it was good to learn some details about the aircraft used in the flying sequences. The video would have been extra jolly if the turntable had been rotating clockwise for the RAF models and anti-clockwise for the Luftwaffe models.
Reversing the rotation is an idea, but it would mean reversing the footage, as the turntable only goes one way. I like the continuity of the models rotating the same way anyway. It is a thought though.
Thank you very much for this very nice video with all these interesting informations about this classic movie! Can we hope for a future version including the Bf-108 and the Ju-52 too?
I did buy in a Ju52 kit, but I didn't build it, as it had the wrong engines. As far as I'm concerned. This project is done and dusted. Other projects are a possibility. I'm currently looking at building a 'Zero' from the movie Tora, Tora, Tora. It might lead to other builds from the movie.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Thank you for your answer, i appreciate your attention to details with the kind of motors for the Ju-52. I can't wait to see your video about "Tora ! Tora ! Tora !": it is the main great air battle movie with "Battle of Britain" and they're both favorites of mine!... 🙂💯👍
@@ChristopheJOUAN-qd3xu It's going to be quite a while before Tora gets done. At least the Harvard Texan will get tuned into a 'Zero' this year. As for the Ju52. I think that Italeri make the correct one. 'Tante Ju' I think it's called. Oddly enough. The same Ju52 was used in Where Eagles Dare.
I remember seeing this at my local Odeon. There was a circular staircase to the gallery and they had hung a net across the atrium and filled it with all manner of model kits, some appropriate, some ... maybe not quite to "period" but it sure made an impression.
Interesting that you mention that. I saw the movie at my local cinema, when it first came out. In the lobby, there was a glass display case full built models.
A very nice collection. I remember seeing this film in Brisbane when it was released, I was about 13 or 14 years of age. Being an avid WW2 aircraft nut even back then I immediately spotted the Buchon's and although I had no idea they existed I was most incensed that the Bf109's had their engine exhausts up high rather than down low where they should've been. Later in life I found out the details through the Internet and then purchased the 2 disk set of the movie and have watched it regularly over the years. I recall walking out of the cinema into the foyer and seeing Dinky Toys Spitfire Mk11 and I think Bf109 models with retractable undercart and other wondrous things and not coming near to having enough money to buy them....this I rectified later in life also.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Yep you're right it was the Spitfire and Stuka, man how I wanted one of the Spitfires. I now have both of them, the one with the otor and one without, as well as the Stuka :)~~~~~
Thought they were 109 types behind the Hurricanes in the 'Repeat Please' scene. When freeze framed though I could see RAF roundals. Today I learn they are Buchon Spanish aircraft, and the rest you explained, thanks. I've looked up 'Buchon plane' for more information. Useful.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety ok, However I thought that the stukas used in the film were R/C and correct. I was just pointing out that your example is the latter D model used on the eastern front.
Absolutely top hole,old bean. Beware the Huns in the sun,Ginger. 👍😎. Great mix of models and stats,brilliant 👍😃. Thanks for showing and best wishes from jolly old Norfolkshire 👍😎Pete 🤓
It's a fantastic movie, one of my personal top 5, infact I only watched it just over a week ago. Now I'm going to have to watch it again, just so I can spot the differences that you've pointed out!
If you want a movie trivia treat. Wait until Christopher Plummer is standing in front of a Spitfire (Scottish sequence). Ask yourself; Why does that Spitfire have a Griffon engine and not a Merlin.
@@LawrenceDaley-s2u In truth. The movie producers got hold as many Spitfire's as they could. One was a later model, which that added a piece to the rear of the fuselage. In my opinion. Placing an obvious late model (even though it had been altered) behind Christopher Plummer (and in full view of the camera) was a mistake.
Top notch film that was a revelation to me with so many good aircraft. I was nearing the end of my plastic kit career. In those days 1/72 kits cost $.50 and 1/48 were $1. WWII warbirds of course. It was starting to be mandatory that to buy model glue, one had to buy a model kit! This to placate the authorities trying to prevent fools from sniffing the solvents therein. It was also one of those periodic proscriptions of any “war toys” in stores. Mind you, for us, older brothers were being drafted & sent to Vietnam. I wasn’t called up but I still have my draft card. What strange times.
My chum can recall as a school boy the many hurries and spits consigned to the scrappy and collected in an around RAF St Athan, here in Glamorgan. The station retained the historic aircraft collection for many years until relocated to the less accessible current Duxford collection.
Hurricanes and Spitfires were painted half white and half black on their bottom surfaces under the order of Dowding for ground ID purposes. This is correctly shown in the movie for the Hurricanes in France. The movie Dunkirk correctly shows the Spits with this scheme. Mid June Dowding changed his mind and ordered all Fighter Command aircraft undersides painted with the new Sky (a very light bluish green still used by the RN in the Falklands in early 80s). But there were not enough paint stocks so darker duck egg blue, duck egg green (very green), and sky blue (closest to light blue) were used during summer until there was enough Sky in late summer early fall. After the big switch to all green and grey for fighter command in summer 41 Sky was still used for spinners, tail band and side lettering. And for undersides in RN.
Sadly an unfinished project of my teenage years in the 70’s was to build the main planes from the Battle of Britain (Airfix 1/72 scale) My Spitfire IIa had strips of masking tape for the cockpit harness details.
Fascinating. I read Leonard Mosley's book that came out at the same time as the film, and of course saw the film when it was released. It's still an annual viewing. I knew about the difficulties with the Ju-87s, but didn't realise - or had forgotten - that they actually had one static running. There's always something new to learn. Some info on the kits themselves would be interesting too. For future reference, we don't form plurals with apostrophes in English. It was very distracting in an otherwise great video.
@@lewistaylor1965 I've got the 2 DVD set. Interestingly enough. You can watch the movie with the original Waldon musical soundtrack. Even more interesting. One TV Channel (Here in the UK), airs a very early copy of the movie (Possible pre-release). The titles are different and credits Waldon for the entire musical soundtrack!
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Yes. I model in 1/48 these days and am aware of a Buchon conversion, but have never seen a CASA HA-2111 conversion in any scale. It looks good with the paddle blades. My focus is on machines that have a local connection to me near Warmwell, so I have a Bf 110 that crashed near Wareham, a Ju-88 that landed on Portland, etc. I'm currently working on a He-111 that force landed at West Bay after a raid on Bristol.
Here in North Devon. There was an incident where a Ju88 landed at RAF Chivenor after the crew thought it had crossed the Channel (It had actually crossed the Bristol Channel). Noel Coward borrowed the plane for the movie In Which we Serve. I have built a model of it.
Interesting...it's easy for historians to pick holes in the movie, but it's far better than what's come since. I think clips of the A 2 A sequences have appeared in many more films since.
Only 2 He111s flew in the UK? No. I saw at least a dozen, maybe 14, at an airshow at RAF Debden, sometime in the late '60s. It was the most amazing spectacle, all those 111s and Bf109s. Never forget it!
Yup. Only two were flown to the UK for the making of the movie. The two are very easy to spot. When two He111's are in the frame. That footage was shot in the UK. When more than two are in the frame. That footage was shot in Spain. The movie makers mixed UK and Spanish footage, presenting the illusion that there were more than two flying over the UK. What happened after the movie was completed is not subject to this video.
First time seeing this 1 AUGAST 2024……. I’ve been really getting into the BATTLE of BRITAIN lately…. The History behind it…. The Leaders…. And of course THE AIRCRAFT !!!!!!!!! I have a series of 1/72 MODEL KITS of the Aircraft From AIRFIX , REVELL I’m talking about VINTAGE MODEL KITS… No matter what, they’re still great model kits to build……. VINTAGE MODELS ON ….. CHRIS 🇺🇸
Thanks for that. I like building vintage kits. In some of the other video's on this Channel. I've built nothing but Airfix kits that came in a bag (Often called 'Baggies'). It really annoys the collectors. Kits are for building. Not collecting!
He podido ver de cerca en la base aérea de Tablada, donde fueron rodadas algunas secuencias de esta película, a un He111 y un messersmitt buchón que participaron en esta película.
Where was the Ju-52? Watched the film at least 10 times and have never noticed the Hurrischmitts before, will have to have another look. Apparently the communication was made even more complex because they could only get the morse code units to work in Spanish 😂
Good models! So, they had a real Stuka, they managed to get it running, but it never appeared taxiing, running, or in any close ups? As far as I can remember? Did they miss a golden opportunity there?
I suspect that it was intended to appear in the movie. The Producers did modify a Percival Proctor to look like a Stuka. However. It was reported that it flew in the same way as bricks don't. That wasn't used either.
I've no idea, but I'm going to hazard a guess. Although white is wrong for the period. It's quite possible that white tape was all they could get. The producers used tape, so they could change it quickly and make the aircraft represent more than one plane.
I had to fact check this and it's true! It's on a website that deals with the history of P7350. There's even a picture of it, in a row of Spitfires, awaiting to be scrapped.
I was around 10yrs Old when the filming for this Movie was being Done.
And a Remember a Glorious Summer Sky filled with Fighters & Jerry Bombers flying over M&D's house in Benfleet Essex.
My Mother was rather Reluctant to watch when a Gaggle of Bombers came over..!
At that age, it didn't dawn on me She was having 'Flashbacks' to 1940.
She was living in Stratford London in 1940..!
I however was Running around with Grand Dad's Old Helmet on..! Having a Ball in the 60's.
He a wounded Vet from WW1, so was an ARP warden for WW2.
Dad took me to the Movies Twice to Watch the Movie.
Mum didn't want to go at all..!
Time with Dad Alone without Mum was a very Rare Event..!
And of Course Grand Dad's 'Junk Shed' was an Anderson Shelter..!
That was Out in the Sticks in Benfleet too..!
That Music still gives me 'Goose bumps' nearing 70 years of age..!
Nice Models, well Done.
Cheers All from Downunder. 🦘
Fascinating information making an Iconic film even more iconic 55 yrs later!
Saw the movie when it was first released in 1969. I was at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus at the time and being an RAF station you can imagine how big the queues were to get in to see the movie. A movie i never tire of watching.
“Is everything up?”
“The lot sir.”
“Reserves?”
“None.”
“That just what I’ve told the prime minister.”
Fan bloody tastic...brings a tear to me eye...saw this movie at the Whyalla Drive-in sometime in 1970 when I was a nine year old lad.
I was 12 when I saw this movie in 1972 Helsinki, Finland.
fantastic selection of kits! this film is probably the reason I first built a model kit back in the early 70's after it was shown on TV, some years back I converted a Mk V spitfire into a screen accurate version, used a resin conversion set to turn a 109 G into a buchon, and also still have a resin buchon unbuilt, plus an italeri He 111 I previously built waiting to have some spare merlins grafted on and then a battle of Britain 69 paint job applied.
and a bit of film trivia, at the time of making the film, all the aircraft gathered for it were recognised as the worlds 7th or 8th largest air force in the world!
Nice job! I was 5 when my dad took me to see the movie at the theater. I've been hooked on WW2 aircraft ever since. I have the album too!
Don't tell anyone, but I used the music from my own copy.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety cool!
In 1969 or maybe 1970 I saw this film for the first time as a lad 0f 10 0r 11 years old. It led to an immediate trip to the library to find some youth history books about it. One book I read was about the "Eagle" squadrons of Yanks who flew for the RAF during the battle. I have been a lifelong amateur WW2 historian ever since. I still will try to watch this film every year. Brilliant acting, cinematography, and of course the flying! Thanks for the beautiful models and the information about the actual facts.
The Eagle squadrons didn't see action until some time after the Battle of Britain.
Brilliant. "Did you get one?". "All I got was a belly-full of English Channel". Lost count of how many times I've watched this film. A classic.
The apostrophe monster was very busy in the making of this video😊.
They were on a Buy 1 get 10 free offer at the local Supermarket.
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My eyes are bleeding
Yep. Great trove of information, but the vehicle was a fork in the eye. 😀
That’s just brilliant! I really like how you have shown how the aircraft looked during filming. Didn’t know about the Stuka, really interesting. It’s great to be able to model Buchon’s now too.
As I understand it. The hardest part was matching The Hurricane and Spitfire to the fictional Squadron Codes as seen in the movie. Both models retain the original Serial Numbers (as a tribute to the aircraft), while wearing the Codes as seem in the movie.
If you want to see pictures of the actual Stuka. Google RAF Chivenor Air Day 1970.
I didn't know about the Stuka either and about the Hurrischmitts.
It is a great collection.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety is that the same Stuka that now lives in the Hendon museum?
@@TheFatNumpty Yes it is.
Awesome. Iconic film with a great soundtrack. The Luftwaffe March and William Walton's Battle in the Air are incredible
Walton did score the entire film, but it was felt that his soundtrack was a little too 'Imperial', so it was changed. The Battle in the Air was the only piece to survive from Walton.
What's with the terrorist appeasers flag?
@@NorthDevonModelSociety - That's such an incredible piece of film music, that, if I hear it, I can see the images that accompany it on screen. I have seen the movie countless times. Only one thing makes me wince, though - the extremely '1960's' front door of Robert Shaw's character's cottage. That's a bit of CGI cleaning up I wouldn't mind seeing!
@@brianartillery The door bell isn't the biggest blooper in the movie. It's the parachute that failed to open, when the dummy was thrown out of the 2-seater Spitfire. They filmed it twice and the 'chute failed to open twice. They kept the shot anyway.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety I can live with footage of a 'Roman Candle', as it undoubtedly happened - but that doorbell... 😆😆😆
Excellent work! I first saw the film upon its opening run in Melbourne way back in 1970. Thanks to VHS tapes and DVDs, countless views ever since! When looking into the possibility of modelling a CASA 2.111 albeit in 1/144 scale, I noted that almost all the aircraft codes - RAF and Luftwaffe - were fictitious, with one notable exception. That is the Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc (G-AMAU), now a part of the BBMF, when it was painted up to represent Air Vice Marshall Trevor Howard's - sorry, Keith Park's - personal aircraft, OK-1.
Excellent information along with the superb work on the kits!! Brilliant
Thanks for that. I thought that having the builds on their own was a bit boring. By adding some movie trivia, it gave context to what you were looking at.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Much appreciated.
Great job!Loved the models,and the film.Saw it in 1969 aged 11.Also got the album!Never tire of watching this film.
I’d forgotten just how good the music soundtrack to this film was. Haven’t seen it in years but it brought it all back! Great idea for a video. Well done 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Love the subtitles: great information. Thanks for sharing your beautiful models too. Keep up the great work.
Thank you very much!
I was 14 when the film came out and a corporal in the Air Training Corps. We were taken to a local cinema to see the film and were allowed to wear our uniform. It was wide sceen and in stereo, as the planes came on screen the sound went from one side of the auditorium to the other, marvellous.
Unforgettable experience seeing this with my Dad and brother when it was released.
Watched the movie as a kid back in the 70s. Lord I so miss those days thanks for the memories
Wonderful. The models here are lovely and the original film, as the famous remembrance words say, "...will grow not old, as we that are left grow old". It's a fantastic archive film and the most stupendous film making achievement when one considers the insanity and cost of assembling so many airworthy (just!) WWII aircraft. Nowadays, it's almost all CGI and although some moments in 'The Battle of Britain' are a bit basic and wobbly due to early effects, the CGI versions today are so often just wrong in the way the animators do not understand the dynamics of actual flight and how aircraft roll and turn into a fight. This video has sparked my desire to watch it all over again!!
Thank you ! 😊
Excellent! Hat's off! What a smashing look at a piece of filmic and WWII history! Add to that the well-researched and spiffing models and you have all the boxes well and truly ticked ✅️✅️✅️✅️
Thanks for that. As I've mentioned before. The hardest part was matching the Spitfire and Hurricane to the Squadron codes they wore in the movie.
I should point out that all of the codes and serial numbers seen in the movie were fictional, so no one aircraft could be connected to any one Squadron or pilot. This also applies to the Staffel badges on the Luftwaffe aircraft.
Beautifully done.
Thank you very much!
Still the best aerial scenes ever filmed and could not be repeated today.
Very interesting, well researched. The integrity of authentification for the film was impressive, one of the reasons why this remains in my mind the best of the WWII flight movies.
Simply wonderful. I had forgotten what the album poster looked like, brings back great memories:)
The original 1969 movie poster was a bit tricky to find. Subsequent releases (Video, etc) had different ones (Including the 2-disc DVD set).
Absolutely superb and some great model making to bring such a great idea to life. Take a well deserved bow.
"Don't just stand there, get one up", awesome video with some nice facts about the movie's production well done.
Much appreciated!
Very creative and well done project. Great info on the film, which has always been a favorite of mine. Cheers!
I had to get creative, as my editing program refused to do DVD resolution in 16:9. It would only do 4:3. What the hell do I do with those two black bars? I know. I'll stick some trivia in there!
THANKS FOR SHARING!! I Can't Believe There's Still One Flying From The Battle Of Britain! I'll Never See One But It's Still Nice To Know It's There!
It's interesting to note, that websites dedicated to P7350 gloss over its appearance in the movie.
Excellent video. A ton of hard work went into making this presentation. Nicely done and be very proud of your video. 😊😊😊
Thanks for that. I've been a fan of this movie since it first came out in 1969. There were a number of facts that I've know for years. I've mentioned it before, but I'll mention it again. The hardest part was matching the Spitfire and Hurricane to the markings they wore in the movie. Even the Serial number they wore were fictional. It took a LOT of digging to match everything together!
This was so awesome, and really interesting to read some of the little-known facts. I love how the producers restored a spit to flying condition - "I say, you wouldn't mind just fixing up that spit so we can make our movie would you? there's a good chap' - lol. Try doing that today, it would probably cost more than the movie. Thanks again.
Apparently. A number of ex-RAF mechanics turned up at the airfield and offered their services for free.
Thanks chaps! Very nice video, and informative. Ah, the good old days before digital simulations.
Indeed. This has remained one of my favourite films. I was a kid when this came out and I watched it in a real cinema (Panavision I think with true surround sound) far superior than any modern plex type cinema. It was terrifying when it really sounded like the planes flew overhead. For me the great shame is that there were no Ju 88s or Do 17s - all the great airbattles only showed 111s. Perhaps a "digital" remake might bring some of the other aircraft to life!
Glad you enjoyed it!
😊👍 REALLY ENJOYED THIS… ❤ Thanks a lot for making it & uploading it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Flying officer ‘Dickie’ Lee of 85 Squadron was demonstrating a Hawker Hurricane to some ‘brass’ at Debden around the time of the Battle of Britain.
The ground crew had to pick grass out of his radio antenna.
He later went missing over the English Channel.
I was lucky enough to look inside these HE 111s on their transit through Jersey for the film ! Many 109s and a spitfire flew in on way
Great movie, perhaps my favourite war history movie. Very interesting to see the movie versions of the combat aircraft.
The Battle of Britain was such a pivotal point in WWll often not remembered as well as it should be outside of the UK.
The movie wasn't all that successful outside of Europe either. It was the number 1 movie for 14 weeks in the UK. Globally, it lost money at the Theatre. The movie made its money by selling footage to other productions.
The opening sequence is incredible.
It's extraordinary the difference between British and American film makers in the lengths they go to, to make it real... Battle of the Bulge was made in what was virtually a desert in summer without a single real German tank. The original Dunkirk film included actual footage from Dunkirk. There's was the Glory featured many men who were actually involved in Market Garden.
Here's one. In the movie The Longest Day. Actor Richard Todd was asked to play himself. He refused. He did play his own Commanding Officer though.
Great idea for a video and very well done. Pity about the JU52 model, but I really enjoyed whatyou'vedone. Thanks from another guy with too many kits in the loft.
That's where the wrong engined Ju52 kit is currently stashed.
Very cool collection! Had no idea they actually got hold of a Stuka. The only BoB movie replica i've managed so far is a 1/48 Buchon painted as "red 2".
They did convert a couple of Percival Proctors to "resemble" Stukas, but ISTR it was dangerous to fly. It was dubbed the Procktuka. It did a very good job of looking like a Stuka, considering it's origins. You can find pics on the net.
@@ianbeale2527 I found some photos. Not bad, considering the origin. I've certainly seen a lot worse "German" aircraft in movies.
Great background information. 👍
Thanks! 👍
Well done! This movie has aged like a good bottle of scotch - it gets better and better for each year. And it is brilliant to see the explanations and story connected to each model. Well done everybody - home and tea❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
I remember as a kid wondering why they painted all the Buchons the same...Once you've gone to all the trouble of moding the Buchons a little variety in authentic BOB paint schemes always seemed like a missed opportunity to me...The Spits and Hurris didn't have the same variety as the Bf109s during this period.....Brilliant idea to model the aircraft specifically from the film...Thank you
All of the aircraft were painted the same for a very simple reason. The codes on the fuselage were made of tape. In order to give the illusion that there were more aircraft. They simply removed one set of codes and put on another. It has been written that one Spitfire had six different codes while filming.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Thanks for the speedy reply...I read the Leonard Mosley book and don't remember why...
Many thank's for posting the picture's of scale model's that represent the plane's that flew on both side's of the conflict... (btw you forgot the "plural apstrophe" in "Hurrischmitts")
I also used a capital letter instead of a lower case in another section.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety ...Creative writing...! ... 🤣🤣🤣
If I understood correctly, movie-Buchon-"109's" had a camouflage painting scheme 70/02/65. In this video, model-Buchon was painted with genuine 70/71/65. So, instead of black green was RLM 02 grey-green in use.
70/71/65 were not at all a "bad" mistake, but in front bases were sometimes difficulties to obey strict orders from Berlin.
70/71/65 means dark green/black green/pale blue (in undersides). RLM is a short form of "Reichsluftfahrtministerium" or Reich Air Ministry.
Vielen Dank, und Halsundbeinbruch aus Finnland.
Although the movie makers went to great lengths to be as accurate as possible. It has to be remembered that the war was over and the original paint was no longer available. Then there's the movie print itself. It's quite possible that some colour correction had taken place, in order to make the cammo pattern more visible. I personally have the A&BC bubblegum card set. One card has a He111 in green and brown!
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Still, knowledge was still available, especially for scale model makers and builders. In my opinion, there was both schemes in use in 1940. Quite soon came although "three-greys-scheme" or RLM74/75/76. Even some multitude of Bf109E's were painted with this (1940).
By the way, some three-grey-tones are in use even to-day's F-15, F-16 and F-18's too. Luftwaffe bombers still mainly had 70/71/65 to the WW2 end. Night fighters had different paint schemes. It is a very big job to follow or study all.
One thing too: in war's end there were somehow confusion everywhere in nazi-Germany.
If your aircraft factory needed some cans of RLM 02, there were no use to demand exact tone, so you could get anything, which was even near grey tone. One thing too: 02 was used in undercarriage wells and cockpit side walls [although there must have coat of RLM 66 (greyish black)].
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Green and brown Heinkel 111? It was quite possible amongst the Afrika Korps and its struggle in desert.
At first German and Italian fighter planes had a green and brown desert camo. Lehrgeschwader 1 twin engine Junkers 88's were brown in top and azure blue in undersides.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Bubblegum card maker has never been a member of Reichsluftfahrtministerium. Or even existed in 1940...?
Correct me, if I mistook badly?
@@esajuhanirintamaki965 A&BC Gum produced a 66 card set to tie in with the movie in 1969 (I have a set). Some cards have stills from the movie, while others are behind the scenes pictures. Some pictures are better than others. Some pictures haven't been colour corrected (Hence the He111 with brown/green cammo pattern). Others have been flopped (reversed). Many cards turn up on Ebay. Take a look to see what I mean.
I had thought you would actually film a game. Oh well. Nice models. Thank you for the notes on the movie.
I thought the original 1969 movie poster would be the contents of the video biggest clue.
2:12 - Showing Hurricane with a Superman 1 movie sounding tune. I noticed that later on when I watched b of b again few years ago
No. It is the RAF 'theme'.
Beautiful collection!
May I suggest an addition to it : the colorful camera-carrying B-25 N65780 😊
I did consider the B-25. However. That would be a nightmare to replicate. The tail gunners position would be easy enough, but the nose? That would need some serious scratch building! Then there's the 2-seater Spitfire (Used in the sequence where the 'pilots 'chute didn't open) and the 2-seater Buchon (Used for POV shots). I do have a 2-seater Buchon kit. I didn't build it, as I didn't want the project to get out of hand. I decided to stick with the primary aircraft in the movie.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety I understand. It's indeed good to limit the scope of such project if you don't want to see your whole model builder carreer revolves around it.
To be honset, I did plan to convert a 1/72 B-25 into the "psychedelic monster", and it would have been my only "the battle of britain" project. Maybe I'll do it ultimately, now that I also do 3D designing and printing. Thanks again for the nice video, it's very inspiring. 😉
Excellent presentation. it was good to learn some details about the aircraft used in the flying sequences.
The video would have been extra jolly if the turntable had been rotating clockwise for the RAF models and anti-clockwise for the Luftwaffe models.
Reversing the rotation is an idea, but it would mean reversing the footage, as the turntable only goes one way. I like the continuity of the models rotating the same way anyway. It is a thought though.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Had you thought about reversing the polarity (like they did on Star Trek?) 😁
@@margin606 No. I still think that reversing the footage (Played backwards) would add anything to the video.
Great video well done!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great models and fascinating info. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Well done, great Idea 👍🏻
Thank you very much for this very nice video with all these interesting informations about this classic movie! Can we hope for a future version including the Bf-108 and the Ju-52 too?
I did buy in a Ju52 kit, but I didn't build it, as it had the wrong engines. As far as I'm concerned. This project is done and dusted. Other projects are a possibility. I'm currently looking at building a 'Zero' from the movie Tora, Tora, Tora. It might lead to other builds from the movie.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Thank you for your answer, i appreciate your attention to details with the kind of motors for the Ju-52. I can't wait to see your video about "Tora ! Tora ! Tora !": it is the main great air battle movie with "Battle of Britain" and they're both favorites of mine!... 🙂💯👍
@@ChristopheJOUAN-qd3xu It's going to be quite a while before Tora gets done. At least the Harvard Texan will get tuned into a 'Zero' this year. As for the Ju52. I think that Italeri make the correct one. 'Tante Ju' I think it's called. Oddly enough. The same Ju52 was used in Where Eagles Dare.
I remember seeing this at my local Odeon. There was a circular staircase to the gallery and they had hung a net across the atrium and filled it with all manner of model kits, some appropriate, some ... maybe not quite to "period" but it sure made an impression.
Interesting that you mention that. I saw the movie at my local cinema, when it first came out. In the lobby, there was a glass display case full built models.
The best versions of the film are obviously the unedited prints. "Good afternoon my ar*e.....! Nice models, made up nicely. Excellent job.
Thank you for this! I have the DVD and the Soundtrack CD - wasn't aware about the Morse Code use by the CASA crews!
What aspect of the Hurricane II’s appearance needed to be changed to make it resemble a Mk.1, apart from the paint scheme?
In reality. Only the flange behind the prop needed to be removed.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety oil collector ring - subtle.
The stuff one learns on a Sunday morning !!
A very nice collection. I remember seeing this film in Brisbane when it was released, I was about 13 or 14 years of age. Being an avid WW2 aircraft nut even back then I immediately spotted the Buchon's and although I had no idea they existed I was most incensed that the Bf109's had their engine exhausts up high rather than down low where they should've been. Later in life I found out the details through the Internet and then purchased the 2 disk set of the movie and have watched it regularly over the years.
I recall walking out of the cinema into the foyer and seeing Dinky Toys Spitfire Mk11 and I think Bf109 models with retractable undercart and other wondrous things and not coming near to having enough money to buy them....this I rectified later in life also.
Dinky had the Spitfire and the Stuka as Battle of Britain tie-ins. FROG had the tie-in for models.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Yep you're right it was the Spitfire and Stuka, man how I wanted one of the Spitfires. I now have both of them, the one with the otor and one without, as well as the Stuka :)~~~~~
Thought they were 109 types behind the Hurricanes in the 'Repeat Please' scene. When freeze framed though I could see RAF roundals. Today I learn they are Buchon Spanish aircraft, and the rest you explained, thanks. I've looked up 'Buchon plane' for more information. Useful.
Love the original movie dearly but really love to see an epic Battle of Britian movie with today's digital tech.
Your Stuka is the later model not used in 1940 with the smaller intake
If you had read the captions. You'd understand that the movie Producers had got a later model Stuka. The model is correct to the movie.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety ok,
However I thought that the stukas used in the film were R/C and correct.
I was just pointing out that your example is the latter D model used on the eastern front.
@@AdamsOutdoorAntics Yes, but it still was the aircraft that the Producers got hold of. It's still accurate to the movie.
Absolutely top hole,old bean. Beware the Huns in the sun,Ginger. 👍😎. Great mix of models and stats,brilliant 👍😃. Thanks for showing and best wishes from jolly old Norfolkshire 👍😎Pete 🤓
Glad you enjoyed it
@@NorthDevonModelSociety it was great👍
Tally-ho old chap!
"Home and tea. Good job everybody"
It's a fantastic movie, one of my personal top 5, infact I only watched it just over a week ago. Now I'm going to have to watch it again, just so I can spot the differences that you've pointed out!
If you want a movie trivia treat. Wait until Christopher Plummer is standing in front of a Spitfire (Scottish sequence). Ask yourself; Why does that Spitfire have a Griffon engine and not a Merlin.
@NorthDevonModelSociety Yes, the Griffin engine didn't come in until the mk12's I think
@@LawrenceDaley-s2u In truth. The movie producers got hold as many Spitfire's as they could. One was a later model, which that added a piece to the rear of the fuselage. In my opinion. Placing an obvious late model (even though it had been altered) behind Christopher Plummer (and in full view of the camera) was a mistake.
Top notch film that was a revelation to me with so many good aircraft. I was nearing the end of my plastic kit career. In those days 1/72 kits cost $.50 and 1/48 were $1. WWII warbirds of course. It was starting to be mandatory that to buy model glue, one had to buy a model kit! This to placate the authorities trying to prevent fools from sniffing the solvents therein. It was also one of those periodic proscriptions of any “war toys” in stores. Mind you, for us, older brothers were being drafted & sent to Vietnam. I wasn’t called up but I still have my draft card. What strange times.
Very nice🖐👌👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Congratulations on a job well done "Home and tea for once you've earned it" many thanks 👍😃
Thank you! 😃
My chum can recall as a school boy the many hurries and spits consigned to the scrappy and collected in an around RAF St Athan, here in Glamorgan. The station retained the historic aircraft collection for many years until relocated to the less accessible current Duxford collection.
Hurricanes and Spitfires were painted half white and half black on their bottom surfaces under the order of Dowding for ground ID purposes. This is correctly shown in the movie for the Hurricanes in France. The movie Dunkirk correctly shows the Spits with this scheme. Mid June Dowding changed his mind and ordered all Fighter Command aircraft undersides painted with the new Sky (a very light bluish green still used by the RN in the Falklands in early 80s). But there were not enough paint stocks so darker duck egg blue, duck egg green (very green), and sky blue (closest to light blue) were used during summer until there was enough Sky in late summer early fall. After the big switch to all green and grey for fighter command in summer 41 Sky was still used for spinners, tail band and side lettering. And for undersides in RN.
The film is pretty much THE ww2 movie of all time and is over 50 years old, no one could replicate this film now.
I'd agree that it's the best British made WWII movie of all time. For America. I'd nominate Tora! Tora! Tora!.
One of the Heinkels flew over our school when they were filming, naturally all us boys could id it immediately
Well. You did better than the kids in the movie.
What about the Percival Proctors converted into Stukas that were not used after conversion
As they weren't in the movie. I couldn't see the point.
very good
Thanks
Sadly an unfinished project of my teenage years in the 70’s was to build the main planes from the Battle of Britain (Airfix 1/72 scale)
My Spitfire IIa had strips of masking tape for the cockpit harness details.
Fascinating. I read Leonard Mosley's book that came out at the same time as the film, and of course saw the film when it was released. It's still an annual viewing. I knew about the difficulties with the Ju-87s, but didn't realise - or had forgotten - that they actually had one static running. There's always something new to learn.
Some info on the kits themselves would be interesting too.
For future reference, we don't form plurals with apostrophes in English. It was very distracting in an otherwise great video.
The kits used are all mentioned at the top of each section. I take it that you're interested in which ones are OOB and which ones are modified?
Don't forget the documentary on the making of the film...knocking about on here somewhere
@@lewistaylor1965 I've got the 2 DVD set. Interestingly enough. You can watch the movie with the original Waldon musical soundtrack. Even more interesting. One TV Channel (Here in the UK), airs a very early copy of the movie (Possible pre-release). The titles are different and credits Waldon for the entire musical soundtrack!
@@NorthDevonModelSociety Yes. I model in 1/48 these days and am aware of a Buchon conversion, but have never seen a CASA HA-2111 conversion in any scale. It looks good with the paddle blades. My focus is on machines that have a local connection to me near Warmwell, so I have a Bf 110 that crashed near Wareham, a Ju-88 that landed on Portland, etc. I'm currently working on a He-111 that force landed at West Bay after a raid on Bristol.
Here in North Devon. There was an incident where a Ju88 landed at RAF Chivenor after the crew thought it had crossed the Channel (It had actually crossed the Bristol Channel). Noel Coward borrowed the plane for the movie In Which we Serve. I have built a model of it.
Interesting...it's easy for historians to pick holes in the movie, but it's far better than what's come since.
I think clips of the A 2 A sequences have appeared in many more films since.
Here's two examples: Battle of Midway and Battlestar Galactica 1980.
@NorthDevonModelSociety The air raid scene at the end of "Das Boot" has shots from "The Battle of Britain" spliced into it too. 😊
I saw it at the Officers' club at HMS TERROR, Singapore, the night before it was released in the UK
Only 2 He111s flew in the UK? No. I saw at least a dozen, maybe 14, at an airshow at RAF Debden, sometime in the late '60s.
It was the most amazing spectacle, all those 111s and Bf109s. Never forget it!
Yup. Only two were flown to the UK for the making of the movie. The two are very easy to spot. When two He111's are in the frame. That footage was shot in the UK. When more than two are in the frame. That footage was shot in Spain. The movie makers mixed UK and Spanish footage, presenting the illusion that there were more than two flying over the UK. What happened after the movie was completed is not subject to this video.
What do you need to film this? A staffel of spitfires
That's Air Vice Marshall Park!
The full movie is/was available on TH-cam plus several interesting "making of B of B" docos.
First time seeing this
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I have a series of 1/72 MODEL KITS of the Aircraft
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Thanks for that. I like building vintage kits. In some of the other video's on this Channel. I've built nothing but Airfix kits that came in a bag (Often called 'Baggies'). It really annoys the collectors. Kits are for building. Not collecting!
You missed the ju 52.
As I commented elsewhere. I did get a Ju52 kit. However. It had the wrong engines.
He podido ver de cerca en la base aérea de Tablada, donde fueron rodadas algunas secuencias de esta película, a un He111 y un messersmitt buchón que participaron en esta película.
Welldone everybody home and tea!
TIL. Thanks!
Bloody Marvellous !
Where was the Ju-52?
Watched the film at least 10 times and have never noticed the Hurrischmitts before, will have to have another look.
Apparently the communication was made even more complex because they could only get the morse code units to work in Spanish 😂
I do have a Ju52 kit. I didn't build it as it had the wrong engines.
Britain won, and as we can see, the apostrophe Nazis were kept away. (Nice models and history, my good fellows).
You's can say's that again, their axis allies, the Capitalisation Fascists were Also defeated for Their Minimum Effort.
I could address the apostrophe issue, but it would be an exercise in futility.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety The models and history are great and encourage further research and reading on the making of the movie.
Trust me. You're opening a Pandora's Box. You'll spend hours looking for that last little detail!
Good models! So, they had a real Stuka, they managed to get it running, but it never appeared taxiing, running, or in any close ups? As far as I can remember?
Did they miss a golden opportunity there?
I suspect that it was intended to appear in the movie. The Producers did modify a Percival Proctor to look like a Stuka. However. It was reported that it flew in the same way as bricks don't. That wasn't used either.
Love the film mostly because (I think) most of the aircraft were real airplanes. No CGI cartoon.
Why did they take the trouble to cammo them and then put those bloody great big shiny white letters on them?
I've no idea, but I'm going to hazard a guess. Although white is wrong for the period. It's quite possible that white tape was all they could get. The producers used tape, so they could change it quickly and make the aircraft represent more than one plane.
Watched the film last night for the umpteenth time.
You can imagine the number of times I watched the film to get the details right.
A Spitfire for 25 quid!
I had to fact check this and it's true! It's on a website that deals with the history of P7350. There's even a picture of it, in a row of Spitfires, awaiting to be scrapped.
@@NorthDevonModelSociety OMG. I wish I had a time machine and twenty five quid.
Ha! Seen the movie countless times but never spotted those camouflaged Messerschmitts flying in the Polish formation.
I've watched this movie countless times. Doing the research for this video revealed even more surprises. Some I've mentioned. Some I haven't.
Repeat please…
Brilliant!😂
Thanks.
Oh yes, and I wish I could buy a real Spitfire for £25!!, how times have changed!