During World War II, five miles above the ground and behind enemy lines, ten men inside an aluminum bomber known as a "Flying Fortress" battle antiaircraft fire and unrelenting flocks of German fighters.
During World War II, U.S. Army Air Force airmen risk their lives flying B-17 "Flying Fortress" heavy bombers from England to destroy Germany's ability to continue the war with the 100th Bomb Group, a brotherhood forged by courage, loss, and triumph.—ETO History Buff
1943. Best friends, US Army Air Force bomber pilots Majors Gale "Buck" Cleven and John "Bucky" Egan have been posted to the 100th Bomb Group in England, flying B-17 bombers. Cleven will be a squadron commander, Egan the group's air exec. The 100th Bomb Group will be part of the allied air offensive against Germany and nothing can prepare Cleven and Egan for what lies ahead.—grantss