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Clarification

Why do all the names appear again at the top of the page? It looks terrible. Bhumiya 03:24, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gabriella was not shot by Ryan

The article states...

"Ryan then has to reluctantly shoot Gabriella as she escapes, to prevent her betraying them."

This is incorrect. Ryan does not shoot Gabriella. She is shot by someone else (exactly who is unknown but most probably one of the fake German soldiers guarding the train).

Special effects: regarding the aircraft type

There seems to be some disagreement with regard to the attacking German aircraft near the end of the film. The aircraft are not Curtiss P-40's painted up as Luftwaffe planes, as one editor seems to insist. The planes are in fact either Meserschmitt BF-108's or the Nord Pingouin, which was a BF-108 that was re-engined French built version of the same plane. It was built by SNCAN (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord)in the years following WW2 (see Wikipedia article for details). To be certain, I took several screenshots of the attacking aircraft from the scene in Von Ryan's Express, and compared them side by side with the P40, the NORD, and the BF-108. I hope this clears up any confusion. J.Roth 24.113.206.15 (talk) 05:25, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As the editor who reverted your change, I don't "insist" anything. In fact I inserted the citation request because it seemed dubious to me. There are two points to be made however:

1. If you make a change to an article, as an anonymous user, in which you leave no edit summary and open no discussion on the talk page of the article, then it is difficult to tell whether or not it is vandalism. So in future, please add an edit summary so that people know you are genuine.

2. I think, either way, a reference is required from a reliable source when making this assertion. Your observation is based on your own judgement, and unless you are a noted WWII fighter expert or similar, it is simply a matter of opinion and/or original research.

I don't dispute your assertion and I don't intend to revert it, but the citation request needs to stay unless you have a better reference than "it looks that way to me". SilentC (talk) 06:02, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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 I hope this clears up any confusion.
 J.Roth [[Special:Contributions/24.113.206.15|24.113.206.15]] ([[User talk:24.113.206.15|talk]]) 05:25, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
+:As the editor who reverted your change, I don't "insist" anything. In fact I inserted the citation request because it seemed dubious to me. There are two points to be made however:
+:1. If you make a change to an article, as an anonymous user, in which you leave no edit summary and open no discussion on the talk page of the article, then it is difficult to tell whether or not it is vandalism. So in future, please add an edit summary so that people know you are genuine.
+:2. I think, either way, a reference is required from a reliable source when making this assertion. Your observation is based on your own judgement, and unless you are a noted WWII fighter expert or similar, it is simply a matter of opinion and/or original research.
+:I don't dispute your assertion and I don't intend to revert it, but the citation request needs to stay unless you have a better reference than "it looks that way to me". [[User:SilentC|SilentC]] ([[User talk:SilentC|talk]]) 06:02, 25 August 2008 (UTC)