Historical Error

Rating: 5/10 (3 December 2006)

While the movie is entertaining and the special effects are great the movie does contain many errors. The story line of the two P40 pilots who flew out of auxillary field and successfully attacked and downed some of the attacking Japaneses planes is accurate. This movie is entertainment, for learning about the attack on Pearl Harbor I would recommend Tora, Tora, Tora for more historical accuracy. In Pearl Harbor (the movie) an additional error not prevails identified is seen at the completion of the launch of the raid by the Doolittle Raiders. You can see up to about 15 of the Raiders. They were launching at extreme range and had no time to wait for anyone else to launch and join in formation, simply to get off the carrier and head for their individual targets. You would not have seen a scene like this by the original Doolittle Raiders launching.