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Seems that in Tom Cruises new film "The Few" he will be playing Billy Fiske (For those that don't know Billy Fiske is cited for the film as the first american killed in uniform in WW2), he was flying for the RAF in the Battle of Britain, now are hollywood going to stick to the facts!
Billy Fiske, had NO confirmed kills to his name, flew Hurricanes NOT spifires and surviving ground crew members describe him as "Just another pilot" and "unremarkeable", in-fact 2 other american pilots were killed before fiske, but it seems that they weren't as good "propaganda" material back-home!
It seems though that Hollywood is going to create another "celluloid-myth" of a crack american fighter squadron saving Britain from the Nazi's!
It's "The Great Escape", "Braveheart", "Titanic", "U-571" or "The Patriot" all over again! Can't they just find a good story and tell it?? Billy Fiskes story show's a remarkeable amount of bravery and heroism as it is without creating another ficticious piece of Hollywood rubbish passed off as historical fact!
At least the classic "Battle of Britain" show's the fact that the R.A.F. had pilots from all over the world flying for them, though only a tiny few were in fact american!
Billy Fiske, had NO confirmed kills to his name, flew Hurricanes NOT spifires and surviving ground crew members describe him as "Just another pilot" and "unremarkeable", in-fact 2 other american pilots were killed before fiske, but it seems that they weren't as good "propaganda" material back-home!
It seems though that Hollywood is going to create another "celluloid-myth" of a crack american fighter squadron saving Britain from the Nazi's!
It's "The Great Escape", "Braveheart", "Titanic", "U-571" or "The Patriot" all over again! Can't they just find a good story and tell it?? Billy Fiskes story show's a remarkeable amount of bravery and heroism as it is without creating another ficticious piece of Hollywood rubbish passed off as historical fact!
At least the classic "Battle of Britain" show's the fact that the R.A.F. had pilots from all over the world flying for them, though only a tiny few were in fact american!
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