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jjrrad t1_j5vlkb9 wrote

Reply to comment by BostonUniStudent in TIL that the civilian ship pilot in Dunkirk is based off a real person - Charles Lightoller, the second officer of the Titanic who sailed his own ship to save 127 servicemen at Dunkirk by flotiste

The boy who gets killed in the movie is not the son of the civilian pilot but a friend.

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BostonUniStudent t1_j5vuny3 wrote

So did that happen where one of the rescued sailors killed his son's friend?

I double checked after because it was so horrible. Found no evidence of anything like it.

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FruityFetus t1_j5wx16v wrote

The character in Dunkirk is simply inspired by him, not literally him.

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