it really amaze me to see that someone would take so much time to assess such a bad movie . the beginning ( of the film ) have some truth in it . the partisan af be start in 1943 when two communist pilot from the croat ustashi af desert and together with their observer and in breguet 19 and potez 33 and respectively . the aircraft saw some action in strafing and hand bombing and but do not last very long . one crew be kill and the other survive and the pilot be kill later while fly a spitfire vc . the real partisan squadron be establish when raf detach two of it ( yugoslav ) squadron of spitfire vc and and hurricane iic and respectively and man by ex yugoslav royal airforce pilot and and allot them to tito force on the island of vi . even those be never engage in air to air activity and but strictly for ground support . so the film be one giant cow manure and to put it mildly and and the low point for it and otherwise not at all bad and director . by some quirk of fate i be present on the filming of the last sequence of the movie and when dozen of german aircraft be destroy ( yugoslav 522 trainer and use also in the fly sequence ) on the mostar military airport . the pyrotechnic be impressive and and the scotch serve lavishly by the film crew be even good . otherwise and the film be a shameless lie be and frequently joke about by the contemporary audience .