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The series was created after the airing of a one-time special called Dogfights: The Greatest Air Battles in September 2005. That program's combination of realistic-looking CGI dogfights, interviews, period documentary footage, and voice-over narration proved so successful, that the History Channel requested the production of an entire TV series, which became Dogfights. [2]
Masters of the Air is a 2024 American war drama miniseries created by John Shiban and John Orloff for Apple TV+. [4] 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. [5]
Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington and Marine Air Squadron during Pacific War: 1976 1983 Australia The Sullivans: Drama. The effects World War II has on the lives of an average middle-class Melbourne family 1977 1978 United Kingdom Backs to the Land: Comedy. Land Girls: 1977 1979 United States Operation Petticoat (Life in the Pink) Comedy.
Vultee XA-41 - Prototype ground attack aircraft; Culver PQ-8/A-8 - Radio-controlled target aircraft; Culver PQ-14 Cadet - Radio-controlled target aircraft; Curtiss A-12 Shrike - Attack bomber; Curtiss XA-14/Curtiss A-18 Shrike - Attack bomber; Curtiss-Wright AT-9 Jeep - Advanced twin-engine pilot trainer; Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando - Transport
The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries which were at war during World War II from the period between when the country joined the war and the time the country withdrew from it, or when the war ended.
Pappy was an ace pre-World War II combat pilot and has the most air victories, or "kills", of any pilot in the squadron. In the pilot episode, Boyington has six kills from his combat tour in China before World War II with the Flying Tigers. His count climbs into the mid-20s as the series progresses.
The Horten Flying Wing in World War II - The History and Development of the Ho 229. Schiffer Military History. Vol. 47. West Chester, PA: Schiffer Military History. ISBN 978-0887403576. Ford, Roger (2013). Germany's Secret Weapons of World War II. London: Amber Books. ISBN 9781909160569. Francillon, René J. (1987). Lockheed Aircraft since 1913 ...
The documentary interviews modern day pilots, museum curators, and several surviving members of fighter squadrons and the air auxiliaries, such as RAF flying ace Tom Neil and Air Transport Auxiliary pilot Mary Ellis, one of the last surviving women British pilots from the World War II. At the end of the film, Ellis is shown being reunited with ...