The B-17s were shown dropping a full bomb load. In reality, for a long range mission like this one, a B-17 could only carry a ludicrously small bomb load of between two (2 x 2000lb) and eight (8 x 500lb) bombs.
Flemish rural people speaking French.
Given the linguistic and cultural circumstances in northern Belgium, known as Flanders, it is virtually impossible that in WWII fellow citizens would speak French among themselves. A regional variant of Dutch (Flemish) was/is spoken there.
Given the linguistic and cultural circumstances in northern Belgium, known as Flanders, it is virtually impossible that in WWII fellow citizens would speak French among themselves. A regional variant of Dutch (Flemish) was/is spoken there.
Sgt. William Quinn lands on a farm in Flanders, Belgium. The farmers can be heard speaking French to William Quinn. This is a mistake as Dutch is spoken in Flanders.
The Catholic priest praying with the flight crew at the front of the B-17 is wearing an old Roman-style violet chasuble backwards.
When Sgt. Quinn lands in what is supposed to be Flanders he encounters a family in which the girl speaks to him in French. In Flanders (northern part of Belgium) the mother language however is Dutch. French is only spoken in parts of Brussels and Wallonia, the southern part of Belgium.
An American parachutist lands in an area dubbed "Flanders, Belgium". The language spoken in Flanders (the Northern part of Belgium) is Flemish.
Yet the locals are heard speaking French. That would only be the case if he had landed in the South of Belgium (Wallonia).
Yet the locals are heard speaking French. That would only be the case if he had landed in the South of Belgium (Wallonia).