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Masters of the Air is a 2024 American war drama miniseries created by John Shiban and John Orloff for Apple TV+. [3] It is based on the 2007 book of the same name by Donald L. Miller and follows the actions of the 100th Bomb Group, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber unit in the Eighth Air Force in eastern England during World War II. [4]
Robert Viglasky/Apple TV Austin Butler, Callum Turner and more familiar faces will be soaring through the skies in the TV series Masters of the Air. Based on Donald L. Miller’s 2007 novel of the ...
Masters of the Air tells the story of the young men who served in the 100th Bomb Group within the U.S. Eighth Air Force (aka the “Bloody Hundredth”), during World War II, and how they played ...
Lieutenant Colonel Harry Herbert Crosby (April 18, 1919 – July 28, 2010) [1] was an American professor, author and B-17 Flying Fortress navigator. As an officer of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, he flew 32 combat missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (with two oak leaf clusters), the Air Medal (with three oak leaf clusters), the Bronze Star, and the ...
Between 25 June 1943 and 20 April 1945, the 100th Bomb Group took part in just over 300 missions, and it is eight of those that accounted for nearly half of their losses. On average, a crew ...
Rosenthal’s tour with the 100th BG was documented in Lt. Col Harry Crosby’s 1993 memoir of the 100th BG, “Wing and a Prayer.” [16] Rosenthal's wartime experiences with the 100th Bomb Group were featured in the book Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany (2007) by historian Donald L. Miller.
Harry H. Crosby, a navigator in the 100th BG ("Bloody Hundredth") during World War II, wrote A Wing and a Prayer: The Bloody 100th Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action over Europe in World War II (Harpercollins 1993 / Hdcvr ISBN 0-06-016941-9 / Ppbk ISBN 0-595-16703-9). The account is an insightful look into the life of a typical air ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ... about the 100th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Air Force—also known as the "Bloody Hundredth" for Apple TV+. And if their ...