The film “Robin Hood” figured in one of my favorite movies, made in the late 80’s, “The Rocketeer.” The star of a film being made that was recognizably “Robin Hood” was the bad guy in The Rocketeer. When I saw this I was stunned, since it came on the heels of a book that claimed that Errol Flynn was a Nazi sympathizer. In any case, everyone in that film was perfect for the role.
Of course just prior to the film being made I was flying from the airfield where they filmed The Rocketeer and was launching rockets 20 miles away, so I have a special reason to like it.
Kelly’s Heroes is my favorite war movie. Well done and probably more accurate in many respects than many others. The details, even for very brief background shots, were incredible. I still wonder if those were real Tigers; they sure looked it.
The movie “Battle of Britain” is also tops, much better than most of the other big-budget war films of that era.
For WWII period war films “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” is my favorite.
Wretchard: I think the way to handle the problem is to estimate what percentage of the time he took the drugs through during each “marketing” period and then use those percentages times the estimated loads for each period. Don’t pick one frame but use all of them.
Habu: A book for you if you have not read it, “Semper Fi in The Sky” about Marine air battles in WWII. The fighter pilot experience is covered quite well, but I found some of the Marine dive bomber missions to be very impressive.








