Part One
- Episode aired Jan 26, 2024
- TV-MA
- 1h 2m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
3.5K
YOUR RATING
Led by Majors Cleven and Egan, the 100th Bomb Group arrives in England and joins the 8th Air Force's campaign against Nazi Germany.Led by Majors Cleven and Egan, the 100th Bomb Group arrives in England and joins the 8th Air Force's campaign against Nazi Germany.Led by Majors Cleven and Egan, the 100th Bomb Group arrives in England and joins the 8th Air Force's campaign against Nazi Germany.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the first episode the oft repeated claim is made that the Nordon bomb sight could drop a bomb in a pickle barrel and the belief that the could hit specific targets accurately was one of the factors that led to the US adopting a daylight bombing strategy. Sadly, in reality, the USAAF gained a reputation for unbelievable inaccuracy with its bombing. On 1st April 1944, 50 Liberators which had been dispatched to bomb Ludwigshafen, accidentally bombed Schaffhausen, in Switzerland, 146 miles away from the target causing 310 Swiss casualties. On 22 February 1945, thirteen USAAF air attacks took place on Switzerland with Stein am Rhein receiving the most damage. Other places included Taegerwilen, Rafz, and Vals. Overall, 21 people were killed in these attacks. Overall, Switzerland was attacked over 70 times during the war.
- GoofsBucky starts the jeep by turning a key near the end. Jeeps had a pedal/button on the floor to engage the starter.
- Quotes
Maj. Gale 'Buck' Cleven: So, you want to tell me about this unicorn story?
Maj. John 'Bucky' Egan: The unicorn is my favorite extinct animal.
- ConnectionsReferences Test Pilot (1938)
Featured review
More than solid start
Very good first episode. Directing, writing, acting are as good as you can expect to quality TV shows. Not to mention CGI, effects and breathtaking visuals.
Masters of the Air offers perspectives on war that has not been seen in any other series or movie. I read that the budget was about quarter of a billion and it shows. Hopefully the quality will remain the same in rest of the episodes. I have watched Band of Brothers and Pacific many times and have read(studied) a lot of warhistory, so i really look forward to this. Hopefully here is the future timeless classic for future generations too.
This was thrilling edge of seat stuff: characters are great, but there are so many of them that i don't root no one particular per say, but i expect to get to know them in following episodes.
Hopefully they use some old footage on war veterans: those interviews create an elements such as depth and realism: I was hoping to see those vets at some point.
Masters of the Air offers perspectives on war that has not been seen in any other series or movie. I read that the budget was about quarter of a billion and it shows. Hopefully the quality will remain the same in rest of the episodes. I have watched Band of Brothers and Pacific many times and have read(studied) a lot of warhistory, so i really look forward to this. Hopefully here is the future timeless classic for future generations too.
This was thrilling edge of seat stuff: characters are great, but there are so many of them that i don't root no one particular per say, but i expect to get to know them in following episodes.
Hopefully they use some old footage on war veterans: those interviews create an elements such as depth and realism: I was hoping to see those vets at some point.
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- matiasbockerman-03044
- Jan 25, 2024
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