Talk:Pearl Harbor (film)

The Funeral Scene

In the funeral, Cuba Gooding's character was shown attending. In real life, African-Americans weren't permitted to attend.

Zeros used: A6M5 instead A6M2?

I think the Zeros in the movie were 1943-thereafter A6M5 models. The length of wings makes the external differance between A6M2 (longer) and A6M5 (shorter). There are a few flyable A6M5s today (and no A6M2s to my knowlage), and it was probably them that appeared in the movie - but they also came with their later-war green paint. If they had made replicas they would have probably painted them "correctly" -light gray.

However, this article states incorrectly that a Zero destroyes USS BB Arizona in the movie. It was clearly visable that the aircraft that threw the bomb had eliptical wings and fixed (lowered) landing gear, clear indications that the aircraft "acted" as Aichi D3A Val dive bomber.

Also it should be noted that the two pilots` actions during the attack were loosely based on two real-life pilots: Taylor and Welch (who downed "only" six aircraft, though and only one amoung them was a Zero - the rest being Vals).

I've just looked at that scene from the YouTube, but it seems that the bomber which actually released the bomb in the movie seems not be a Val, but a Kate. I could not find any fixed landing gear. So, could you check this once again? This article states that it is one of the inaccuracies of the movie. However, if my opinion is correct, it seems that it is not an inaccuracy.

Another problem is that in the case of a Val, there are only two crews : a pilot and a gunner. However, in the movie, a crew, possibly a bombardier, aims at the target and releases the bomb. So, we can clearly see that it is an impossible case with a Val. So, it's another reason why I believe that the movie tried to describe a Kate.

In sum, I believe this is not an inaccuracy of the movie, and if no reply to my opinion is given, then I will remove the following statement in the main text.

"In the movie, the USS Arizona was sunk by a Aichi D3A Val using a single bomb. In reality, the Arizona was sunk by a "special bomb" from the B5N Kate utility bomber. "

chanwcom Sep 7, 2006

Yes you're right. Soryy, my bad - the bomber doesn't have it's wheels down. I had no opportunity to check it for a long time.

Veljko Stevanovich 5. Sep 2007. 19:00 UTC+1

"THIS IS INCORRECT"?

That's in the article proper, under Pearl Harbor sequences. What is incorrect? And furthermore, how unpolished. Can someone who has a better grasp of what that is about word this more clearly?

USS Lexington

The Lexington mentioned in the article was not a "Essex class carrier". That was the second Lexington, commissioned in 1943. The Lexington in service at the time of the Doolittle raid was a converted battlecruiser commissioned in 1927,and lost one month after the Doolittle raid at the Battle of the Coral Sea. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.187.28.253 (talk) 18:04, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

While it's true that the original Lexington that was in service at the time of the Doolittle raid was a converted battlecruiser, the Lexington used to represent the Hornet in the Film was the later Lexington, the updated Essex-class. So the article is correct. -B- (talk) 16:05, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

the image of the A6M3 is actually a A6M5

see above 2001:1C00:1215:400:E569:BE4B:3CEA:A165 (talk) 07:16, 28 February 2024 (UTC)