Led by Majors Cleven and Egan, the 100th Bomb Group arrives in England and joins the 8th Air Force’s campaign against Nazi Germany. Here’s Nikki & Steven’s reaction to the premiere episode of Masters of the Air.
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@6:48 "How'd they ever make it back?" That's the story of a thousand bomber crews and planes. As you will see.
@15:00 For wheels up landings you wanna go for the grass and make a normal controlled landing and ease it down. For the bomber crews they always landed in the grass to soften the impact and reduce chance of injury or death. But just as important, you land in the grass to avoid putting the runway out of action. Imagine if anyother bomber was waiting to land behind him when they were at empty on fuel, you'd have more crash landings. Would you believe this was a daily occurance for the bomber crews?
@22:00 It really doesn't matter. It's all the same, everyone had the same chances of survival. You can be in a Flying fort, or a C-47 dropping paras into normandy but your not bullet proof. Like Ronald Speirs said in BOB, you abandon all hope and only then you're able to fight as soldier should. You do the job, remember your training and get all your guys back home.
@26:26 that ain't heat, it's frozen cold. His hands literally froze to the metal and ripped the skin off his hands off. At 27,000 feet where the bombers made their runs it was -50 degrees F. Crews were always instructed to never under any circumstances touch bare metal because of this exact reason. Sometimes careless crews even lost fingers for taking off their gloves.
They used azimuth compass readings, taking the speed of the plane, and making a series of calculations to determine their position. And they use visual confirmation on things to help them.
But with too much fog or cloud, you can get lost without a good navigator.
Modern planes don't need that because of advanced radar systems obviously.
But those guys.. whew. Must suck as you're being attacked to maintain calm and keep doing your job.
I actually recommend a movie for you: "The Dambusters". 1955 black & white about a special mission by the RAF. If you're interested in learning, it's a great movie. The only thing to be aware, if you get the original version, is there is a racial slur used in it, a product of the time, used as a pet name and a codeword.
There's a book about one of the biggest raids in the early part of the bombing campaign that has a section devoted to the effects that flak, fighter cannons, extereme cold, and hypoxia had on aircrews' bodies. Pretty nasty stuff, to say the least. Plus, on a bomber, if wouinded – you would be hours away from any real medical care. It ended with the line "This was the clean air war that many an infantryman coveted."
If you ever watch "Saltburn" you will never forget that guy…………
My great great uncle served with the 390th Bomb Group, the 568th Squadron. He was a tail gunner. KIA over the channel back home in '43. His aircraft's crash was witnessed by a US Navy destroyer. They tried looking for survivors but they all died either from flak, fighters, the crash or drowning as the B-17 went under. His brother, my great grandfather served in the 28th Division, 112th Infantry. Marched into Paris, fought in Hurtgen and was wounded near Wiltz during the Battle of the Bulge. MG-42 round hit his shoulder. One of the few survivors of his original company. He went on to marry his French nurse and thats why I'm here. Weird to think they both served and got hit. One came back, one didn't. It's the way of war.
N-E-S-W Never-Eat-Soggy-Wieners.. little thing my dad taught me to remember the compass lol
They can't do interviews 😞 everyone is gone now..
0:02: 🛩️ Excited reaction to the premiere of a new World War II miniseries produced by Spielberg and Hanks, focusing on pilots in battle.
4:09: 🛩️ A group of men prepare for war, facing the unknown. They experience a dangerous mission and encounter unexpected challenges.
9:29: 🎯 Unexpected visit from a friend leads to a replacement offer, broken items, and a talented dart singer causing chaos in a bar.
14:06: ✈️ A pilot faces a crisis when the landing gear malfunctions, leading to a tense situation and potential disaster.
19:26: ⚔️ Intense briefing for a bombing mission on Bremen's ubot pens, emphasizing the importance of the target and the tight formation. References to pop culture and personal feelings.
23:48: 🛩️ Intense aerial combat and communication struggles unfold as the group falls behind and faces engine failure, leading to a tense bombing mission.
29:21: ✈️ Discussion about the challenges and risks faced by bomber jets during their missions, including the difficulty of accurate bombing and the vulnerability of bombers compared to fighter jets.
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If you haven't done so already, you two should really check out the movie about Memphis Belle.
There's no real interviews here because most of these men, if not all, are dead now. Band Of Brothers was made when people were still alive.
I am enjoying this show even with just two episodes. It's very surreal and emotional for me because my pop-pop was a pilot during World War II.
My uncle flew B-17 flying Fortress. He has a storys. There protection came in the form of the defensive box that the formation would stay in each plane in the formation, helped the plane next to it for fighting a defensive formation, support watch everything. They mentioned that you earlier in the show before you take it off. I
I've watched the first 2 episodes. Despite the seamless, excellent special effects, the series so far is bland. The combat scenes are excellent. But back on the ground it's all flat. There are moments here and there where characters come to life, but it mostly feels like I'm watching a program on the History Channel. The navigator with air sickness sticks out and the pilot who has to crash land his bomber in Scotland are the only 2 characters that come to life in the first 2 episodes. As I said before, it's on the ground where the story fails. All of this is based on real life and it's been said they faithfully followed what actually happened. But there are ways, without distorting the truth, to make the mundane, the routine things or events interesting. This is where the script fails. Hopefully the scenes on the ground will get better in the coming episodes. Overall, B-. Btw, I knew Col. Charles McGee who flew fighter escort missions over Germany with the Tuskegee airmen.
Nikki's right. Starting these old gasoline powered piston engines was like starting a lawn mower. You had to prime the fuel lines to pressurize them enough for good ignition when you cranked the engines. They were MUCH more complex to operate than jet engines of today.
SOP for emergency landing is to evacuate the plane as quickly as possible and allow the ground crews to do their jobs.
Alot of ww2 pilots were actually known for being prettier and most fashioned then a on the ground solider , that sparked a lot of the rivalviries within the military, Pretty sure i read somewhere when the British were escaping from Dunkirk their air force were fighting valiantly stopping the germans from bombing the beaches but the ones that broke through did a lot of damage and the soldiers at dunkirk didn't realize they would be dead if their air force wasn't putting up the fight of their lives and some of the insults were "Their too focused on their hair to help us"
15:15 normally you would go for the tarmac because it’s the smoothest but the military NEEDS that runway so they can’t.
If I remember right from a documentary on these planes the tail gunner & belly gunners had the worst survival rates as that was the weakest point of defense (attack from behind & above or below) so that was were the Germans would favour attacking from there. Also the belly turret could easily be damaged to such an extent that opening became impossible, requiring it to be lifted back into the plane to open that hatch (which sometimes could be done while lowered if it was in a position to do so), so if the plane had to crash land the gunner, if not already dead would die in the crash.
This was a complete dud. Where is the narration detailing the history of what's about to take place? Where is the actual footage and battle plan with maps? Where are the interviews of pilots and gunners who did the job? Yes, I understand those men are all likely dead by the time filming started for this series, but I've seen interviews with Pappy Boyington, Chuck Yeager and the like. None of this was included and I for one greatly missed that. This is a huge downgrade from Band Of Brothers and The Pacific. The production team for this series surely missed the ball on this. It's a wreck so far.
Im glad ya'll are watching! My Uncle Bill was a tail gunner in the 15th AF,. He shot down two German fighters, and recieved four Air Medals.