When we were discussing historical accuracy in films on another thread, I brought up a series that I thought had done a good job putting together a composite "picture" of an event. The series was the 6 part "Piece of Cake" on the Battle of Britain. For all its faults, which were inevitable (one squadron could not possibly have had all those situations), as a composite piece of history, it was very well done. They also achieved high marks in the use of real aircraft and limited stock footage.

Although the Hurricane bore most of the load, at that time and since, the Spitfire with its somewhat roamntic image and inherent beauty, got much of the credit and the series followed a Spit squadron over a one year period prior to the most of the action in August/September. They didn't have a lot of Spitfires but they made good use of them and the costuming and "lingo" were very accurate....easier I'm sure since it was recent history. Attitudes, the changing tactics, relationships with the French and Americans, politics etc, were all pretty well done. There were a number of other planes used from restoration societies and they too made the "authenticity meter" go up considerably.

Spaw