The fighter he tried to steal

The Luftwaffe would have loved to get its hands on the Hawker Hurricane fighter Von Werra tried to steal. Nearly two-thirds of RAF Fighter Command's fighters during the Battle of Britain were Hurricanes, while about one-third were Spitfires, with a small number of less effective types. Most of the Hurricanes in the battle were the Mk. I type, which were slightly inferior to the German Messerschmitt Bf-109E (which Von Werra flew). But the plane Von Werra tried to steal was a brand new Mk. II (if you watch the movie carefully, you'll see this particular plane identified as a Mk. II), which would have been practically equal to the Bf-109, meaning it would have been quite a prize for the Luftwaffe.