“And then viewers complained. “Ah those are Mk VIIc Heinkels, with rear thrusting exhaust pipes that the Luftwaffe didn’t use until 1943, those are the wrong planes”.
Not nearly as bad as the early 50’s movie “Flattop” about a carrier during WWII.
The carrier has Hellcat squadrons and when they go into battle scenes some of the planes are Corsairs. They also show a plane crash on the deck that starts out as a Corsair and ends up as a Hellcat.
Almost all of the WWII movies featuring tank battles (even Patton, Battle of the Bulge, Longest Day, etc, etc, etc) use the 1960’s and 1970’s era tanks. Very, very few actually showing Grants, Shermans, or the German Panther II, Panther III-IV, or their fixed turret assault guns. One exception is Keyy’s Heroes. Since Donald Sutherland’s worn-out Sherman with loudspeakers and all is one of the stars.
Tigers, on the other hand,since they are so iconic, seem to be favorites in the movies though.
That was a BAD crash!