Saw this movie a couple days ago and I agree with a lot of what you said. I hadn't even realized until you mentioned it that I didn't know a single character's name except for George throughout the film. I think I went in expecting a closer resemblance to "Saving Private Ryan" and was severely disappointed in comparison to that movie. I expected to grow with the characters and feel their emotions, but that was not what this movie was about. (That was 100% on me for expecting something the movie wasn't).

I did enjoy how the three stories intersected, but I thought they could have culminated with a little more drama. It felt somewhat forced in terms of the connection between the story-lines.

One thing that I noticed though was that the pilots speak in terms of gallons of fuel as opposed to liters like I would expect for a British group. Is that simply an oversight, a historical accuracy (potentially American built planes?), or a way to connect with an American audience better?