When taking off from the carrier, Doolittle's plane's flaps appear to not be extended. As his was the first plane to take off and with the least amount of runway, he would not have been able to make it without flaps. However, while approaching the edge, the shot shifts and when it comes back it's clear that the flaps are down while clearing the carrier deck. The submitter may have confused the flaps with the ailerons, which would have been level as they are only used when banking. In reality one of the planes, the Ruptured Duck, did take off without its flaps down, but that was the result of a nervous mistake. As they were seventh in line, they had enough runway to make it.In addition, when Doolittle's plane departs the following planes are not cued up behind him but are all parked. In reality, by the time that Doolittle was ready for takeoff, the two plane behind him would already revved up and the plane behind them pushed into place and ready to start its engines.Also, the "shooter" (the man who signals the launch of a plane) is not depicted properly, being shown as a tiny speck far away from the plane near the bow and at the right. In reality the shooters were only a few yards away from the plane and at the left - on the pilot's side. When signaling the launch, they would drop to the deck with the wing passing right over him.While in the interviews the filmmakers talk about being extremely accurate, they didn't do their homework. A quick viewing of Missione segreta, (whose technical advisor was Dean Davenport - copilot of the Ruptured Duck) would have shown them how it was actually done.
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