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Not off to a very good start but in lack of anything else to watch on a Friday at 9 I will watch next week and only hope it get better.

Didnt think much of the bail out scene either. I wonder what aircraft they were trying to pass it off as.

The young lad that was the tell tale on the RAF bloke was wearing what look like a tank top most of the time which looked too modern designed too. I am sure you will find it was made by GAP or George or something.

Would like to see a bit more effort next week.

Having said that the start said that the drama was inspired by real events so artistic license come heavily into play here.

Originally posted by von Perthes
Ian,

Wings Day was at Dulag Luft ‘Before Christmas 1939….’

(‘The longest tunnel’, P17)

Geoff.

So infact he would have probably either gone to a hospital to have his wounds looked at or to Dulag Luft for interrogation and processing.

I wouldn’t bother watching next week.

POW

Hang the technical & historical advisors! God what an awful prog 🙁 I saw about the last 15 minutes of it…
1. For historical accuracy, the producers could have got hold of some of the reenactor groups in the UK & probably got away without even paying them! (reenactors tend to go to great lengths to get it right)
2. What was that RAF uniform made out of? certainly wasn’t blue serge!
3. F/Sgt? (NOT) and what was his crew position? no brevet!
4. Captains hat…. ho ho ho ho
5. ALL the Army types were dressed identically – I doubt it would have REALLY looked like that.
6. Haircuts
God need I go on??
Dreadful 🙁
Halifax7

Maybe I’ve got ot wrong, but, isn’t he supposed to be a Flight Sergeant? If so where are the crowns? And, as aircrew in an aircraft in which we saw at least three or four crew, whh no Brevet?

Quite enjoyable if you don’t take it too seriously.

Regards,

kev35

Flight Sgt. Aircrew. Not according to his tunic!

Mark

Originally posted by EN830
The SBO actually called it a Stalag ‘Luft’ at one point

I thought he had said something along the lines of “I know you think you should be in a Stalag Luft, but I should be in an officer’s camp. We all just have to make the best of things.” Not an exact quote but the gist of it. Perhaps I misheard, but I didn’t think he was referring to that camp as a Stalag Luft. Certainly, the board placed round his neck for the ID photo said Stalag XXXIX (or was it XXIX).

Ian,

Wings Day was at Dulag Luft ‘Before Christmas 1939….’

(‘The longest tunnel’, P17)

Geoff.

Originally posted by RadarArchive
He apparently had a fever and wasn’t fit to travel to a Stalag Luft. The fact that he was fit enough to sit in the back of a truck, and try to run away at one point seems to have been ignored. :rolleyes:

The SBO actually called it a Stalag ‘Luft’ at one point, it fact it wasn’t uncommon for RAF or Army to end up in the wrong service camp, Major Johnny Dodge of the Fifty First Highland Division actual took part in the Great Escape.

I know I have the info somewhere but when did Dulag Luft come into operation? Why wasn’t he interogated at any point on his arrival?

When was custard powder invented, they mentioned looking forward to have some when they got home, but I thought is was an invention of the war, was it around this early ?

His uniform to me was too blue !!!

Would POW’s be used to wait table?

I’m sure that the escape organisation this early in the war was this organised and didn’t have committees etc until much later.

There are so many things I thought were odd.

Thanks for the info. If he’s going to be in each prog, then how are they going to get around that one I wonder?

He apparently had a fever and wasn’t fit to travel to a Stalag Luft. The fact that he was fit enough to sit in the back of a truck, and try to run away at one point seems to have been ignored. :rolleyes: