Honest question: Why did he land his plane in enemy territory

>>85814444
He didnt swim so good

>>85814444
I wanna know how come his plane instantly burst into flames from the flare gun when his plane had no fuel left

>>85814444
Because he's a big guy 4444 you.

>>85814444
Wasn't it because his landing gears were malfuctioning and he couldn't get them to work until he was in enemy territory

Crashing planes into water can sometimes lead to no survivors

>>85814574
Then why didn't he cut left into the channel? Lots of boats to take care of him.

There's no logical reason for him to land in the enemy territory, unless getting caught was literally part of his plan.

Enemy materiel gets re-used by the enemy. In WWII, the Germans had Shermans, M1911s, Garands, etc. that they captured from the enemy and put to use for themselves. An intact Spitfire in the hands of the Germans is a plane that will be used in sorties against the English. If you're going to be captured, destroy anything you can so the enemy can't use it.

MY THEORY:

Remember the scenes when Hardy kept looking down intently at the civilian boats? He checked a few of them very purposefully.

Remember when the old civilian captain was freaking out when the plane went down and he wanted to go see if anyone was in it? He was losing his mind?

Remember when the kid on the boat told the other pilot that his big brother had died flying those planes 3rd week into the war?

Tom Hardy is that old fishermans son, and that young boys older brother. He is working as a spy. That is why he needed to be caught by the enemy. Some sort of double/triple cross going on.

>>85814627
He was pretty low and he probably didn't have enough space to maneuver it correctly. Also water landings are usually considered last resort

>>85814751
Last resort? In comparison to what? Getting caught and tortured/killed by the Nazis?

>>85814584
It would be extremely painful.

>>85814720
awful theory

>>85814824
It's either a chance of the Nazis going easy on you and only losing a couple of teeth or crashing a plane with no survivors. People tend to go with the option that doesn't put them in immediate danger.

>>85814824
>Getting caught and tortured/killed by the Nazis?
That probably wouldn't happen. The G*rms might be untrustworthy, but they know that if they treated the western POWs that way, they'd get worse it turn.

That only goes for if you're American, English, French (white). If you're a slav, don't get captured by the Germans.

>>85814824

Getting caught was part of his plan.

>>85814497

Planes are full of flammable things.Hydraulic fluid, oil, cloth, paper, etc.

>>85814720
solid theory, if it is this I wished that they fleshed it out a little more in the film

His iPad (with live updated map showing areas currently controlled by Adolf) had run out of battery.

>>85814824
Pilots had it relatively chill in captivity, at worst you got some flight plans wrestled out of you by intelligence

>>85814444
British and Allied troops heavily demoralized. Only just now as the boats are arriving and Farrier is shooting down planes are they finally getting their spirit back. Seeing the plane crash into the water as opposed to a calm landing might have broken that. Seeing your hero die seconds later isn't fun.

That's my reasoning at least.

>>85815489
headlight fluid too mate

>>85815847

Yeah, the troop morale at Dunkirk revolved around a single plane. Lol.

The movie only showed a tiny tiny little glimpse of things.

>>85814824
In the First World War, downed pilots were basically treated like honored guests by their captors. They still had a duty to try and escape but it wasn't a bad place to be. In 1940 still lots of assumptions that this war would be similar to the first, people weren't yet aware of the barbarity that WWII would become.

>>85815012
>>85814824
Pilots don't get tortured. It's more effective to let them blab in a 5-star hotel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Igyo1DdkrI

>>85814444
Landing planes in water even today is dangerous as fuck, basically you land at a slightly wrong angle and your ship goes spinning into the water at high speeds.

>>85814824
Germans never really tortured US or British POWs, likewise for the germans caught by the US, they were treated very well, specially high ranking officers/pilots.
At most they would give them some rough interrogation treatment that consisted of persuasion, lies and harsh words, never actual torture or anything physical, there were VERY few exceptions to all of this.

Landing on water on the other hand, high chances of drowning.
No civilian is gonna know what the fuck to do with a ditched plane.

>>85816023
not what I was getting at but you're right

>>85814497
it had 1 HP left. bane is that good w/ planes.