The Longest Day : German planes attacking their own convoy?

German planes attacking their own convoy?

It seemed to me that the two German planes attacked their own (German) convoy in one scene. It happened right after the two planes had attacked the U.S. troops on the beach. Was there really such a scene? Or was I mistaken? It seems very strange. If there really was such a scene, then I would like to know if that scene was based on actual facts.

Re: German planes attacking their own convoy?

They were allied planes possibly hawker typhoons going by the markings on the wings. Could have been a different allied plane though.

Re: German planes attacking their own convoy?

They were not the same two planes. The two planes strafing the US troops on the beach were German planes led by Josef "Pips" Priller. It was historically true that the Germans had only two fighters on the entire Normandy Front. The two planes that strafed the Germans in the scene that wounded the German officer (played by Hans Christian Blech) were British planes - very likely meant to represent Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers as the poster above me said.

Re: German planes attacking their own convoy?

yes, the "invasion stripes" on the british planes bear this out.
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