In the movie, the aircraft flown by "Bird Dog" was not actually a
Cessna O-2 observation aircraft, but was a civilian Cessna 337
Skymaster, painted gray. An O-2 would have multiple windows in
the doors and floor to allow visibility of the ground.
When Hambleton calls in the first air strike from the ground, the
planes report carrying full loads of "snake and nape". However, the
visual shows the planes carrying something along the lines of sparrow
missiles. The girth of Snake Eye bombs and Napalm bombs (snake
and nape) are easily discernible from the long, slender rocket-like
missiles that these planes carried.
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