A single parked Bristol Beaufighter can be seen painted in Italian markings in several shots during the raid on the airfield.
This movie is based on the true story of "Operation Anglo", which involved an attack on two airfields on Rhodes by the S.B.S. (Special Boat Service), not the S.A.S. (Special Air Service) as portrayed in this movie.
Four Italian-built Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (Sparrow Hawk) torpedo bombers of the Lebanese Air Force were used for the airfield sequences, but only two flew in the aerial sequences.
At least one of these Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 was a regular visitor in Cyprus up until the sixties.