Who really said it
Apollo 13 (1995), Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks). The film transcription records the sentence. It does not establish that the real Lovell used these exact words during the mission.
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“Gentlemen, it's been a privilege flying with you” — William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert
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Apollo 13. 1995. Evidence and bibliographical details reproduced in the linked source; no independent access to an original edition is claimed unless stated.
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