![]() ![]() The Hispano Buchon, painted to resemble an early-war Messerschmitt Bf 109E, is owned by Historic Flying Ltd. The film crew seen preparing one of the large-scale, remotely controlled He 111 bombers for flight. No doubt the film makers will enhance these scenes with CGI to give an authentic feel to them. Though too far out over the water to photograph, Rutley observed several of the Spitfire and Me 109 r/c drones filmed as they crashed into the channel, presumably as a result of ‘combat damage’. Remotely controlled, large scale replicas for several wartime aircraft were also in use at the airfield, including Heinkel He 111 bombers, Spitfires and Me 109 fighters. The aircraft would fly out from the former Royal Naval Air Station and over the English channel to perform for the cameras. Rutley reports that three Supermarine Spitfires and a Hispano Buchon, masquerading as a Messerschmitt Me 109, were based at Lee-on-Solent Airfield, near Portsmouth, Hampshire for two weeks during filming. (photo by Mark Rutley) The ‘Messerschmitt’ about to head out over the Solent. (photo by Mark Rutley) The ‘109’ prepares for take off. The Buchon, masquerading as its older sibling, the Me 109, taxiing for take off at Lee on Solent while a brace of Spitfires sit idly on the tarmac behind. While this ship is a post-war example, it is close enough in character to a WWII-era destroyer that most movie-goers won’t notice the difference. He has even gone so far as to resurrect a long-retired French warship, the Maillé-Brézé, for some of the scenes as well. The intense teaser trailer for the movie is HEREĬhristopher Nolan is known for filming things practically, with a minimal amount of CGI, so he is using real aeroplanes, people and equipment as much as possible, and filming on the actual beaches in France where the events actually took place. Directed by Christopher Nolan, the film will portray the extraordinary drama surrounding the miraculous evacuation of nearly 340,000 British and Allied troops from the beachhead in Dunkirk, France between May 26th and June 4th, 1940 amid the onslaught of a withering aerial assault from a rampant Luftwaffe. WarbirdsNews reader, Mark Rutley, recently sent us some fabulous images he took recently while observing flight operations for the upcoming epic film, Dunkirk, currently being filmed at various locations in Britain, France and the Netherlands. Who had how many kills in WWII?īelow we have a list of all fighter aces from Second World War II.A Spitfire Mk.I banks sharply over the former RNAS Daedalus during filming for the epic motion picture, Dunkirk. Which fighter pilot would you like to be included in this list? Please write in comments below – at the bottom of this post. Now it is your turn – we presented outstanding fighter pilots – for different reasons. However, we try to create the list of most remarkable fighter aces not solely based on kills, but also on fame, influence, and value the factor that it matters at what time one was active (WWI vs WWII). ![]() Below the top 30 fighter aces of WWII, so you get an idea of the German scores. So the top 230 fighter pilot aces are ALL axis power pilots. So the list with top kills is actually extremely dominated by Nazi German fighter aces, with the top Allied pilot being Lev Shestakov with 66 kills ranks as 231. One of the main differences in aerial battle score is that German pilots (as well as Japanese) kept flying and gaining experience until they were killed themselves, while successful Allied pilots where “rewarded” by sending them home where they took over the training of young pilots and passing their skills and experience over to them. This list is more entertainment than science, so take it with a pinch of salt. We do compare apple and oranges here, and we know it. We know this is a hard question and easy to criticise – as they flew at different times, had different material etc. ![]()
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