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* AnyoneCanDie: Being set during the largest conflict in human history, not to mention in a unit with some of the highest casualty and attrition rates, it's an inevitability that several men aren't going to make it back home before the war ends.
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* AntiAir: German flak fire is a regular danger to the crews. Shrapnel from flak will tear through an aircraft and maim or kill any crew members in its path.
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* AntiAir: German flak fire fire, particularly from the 88mm Flak 36 gun, is a regular danger to the crews. Shrapnel from flak will tear through an aircraft and maim or kill any crew members in its path.
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* HighAltitudeBattle: Any scene where the B-17s are intercepted by Luftwaffe day and heavy fighters becomes this, with the B-17s forced into a battle of survival against surprise attacks, ambushes, and increasingly large waves of enemy aircraft.
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* MoreDakka: The B-17 has a total of thirteen Browning .50 caliber machine guns for its defensive armament. While impressive on paper and very much capable of shooting down any Luftwaffe fighter that strays too close, the bombers are still very much vulnerable to attack and getting shot down.
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* MoreDakka: The B-17 has a total of thirteen twelve Browning .50 caliber machine guns for its defensive armament. While impressive on paper and very much capable of shooting down any Luftwaffe fighter that strays too close, the bombers are still very much vulnerable to attack and getting shot down.down.
* TheNavigator: Each B-17 has a navigator tasked with getting bombers to the target and back home, with the lead formation's navigator often tasked with leading the entire bomb group both to and from the target. Of particular note is Crosby, a rookie navigator forced to become the lead navigator after his peer Bubbles falls ill.
* TheNavigator: Each B-17 has a navigator tasked with getting bombers to the target and back home, with the lead formation's navigator often tasked with leading the entire bomb group both to and from the target. Of particular note is Crosby, a rookie navigator forced to become the lead navigator after his peer Bubbles falls ill.
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* CommunicationsOfficer: Each B-17 has a Radio Operator, whose job is to receive and relay voice communications to and from other aircraft and the ground.
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* MoreDakka: The B-17 has a total of ten thirteen Browning .50 caliber machine guns for its defensive armament. While impressive on paper and very much capable of shooting down any Luftwaffe fighter that strays too close, the bombers are still very much vulnerable to attack and getting shot down.
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* MoreDakka: The B-17 has a total of ten Browning .50 caliber machine guns for its defensive armament. While impressive on paper and very much capable of shooting down any Luftwaffe fighter that strays too close, the bombers are still very much vulnerable to attack and getting shot down.
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* WarComesHome: Inverted. The 100th Bomb Group, and by extension the rest of the Eighth Air Force's bomber wings, are tasked with taking the European War to Germany by relentlessly bombing their cities by day.
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* WarComesHome: Inverted. Invoked. The 100th Bomb Group, and by extension the rest of the Eighth Air Force's bomber wings, are tasked with taking the European War to Germany itself, by relentlessly bombing their cities by day.
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* WarComesHome: Inverted. The 100th Bomb Group, and by extension the rest of the Eighth Air Force's bomber wings, are tasked with taking the European War to Germany by relentlessly bombing their cities by day.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: One scene of Bucky standing on the wing of a bomber and howling is paired with inspiring music. In context, [[spoiler: he's drunk and screaming out his frustration over the deaths of his friends, and the fact that he can't feel any grief over it.]]
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* ComingInHot: A regular occurrence. A B-17 with malfunctioning landing gear has to make a belly landing.. Another B-17 makes an emergency landing in a field, crashes through a picket fence and narrowly avoids hitting a farmhouse.
* CoolPlane: The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the main aircraft used by the 100th Bombardment Group. Also included is the P-51 Mustang, decorated in the colours of the Tuskegee Airmen.
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* ComingInHot: A regular occurrence. A B-17 with malfunctioning landing gear has to make a belly landing.. landing. Another B-17 makes an emergency landing in a field, crashes through a picket fence and narrowly avoids hitting a farmhouse.
farmhouse.
* CoolPlane: The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the main aircraft used by the 100th Bombardment Group. Also included is the P-51 Mustang, decorated in thecolours [[NoseArt distinctive red-tailed paintjob]] of the Tuskegee Airmen.
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* DramaticGunCock: One of the waist gunners of the B-17s pulls back the cocking handle of his 50 calibre machine gun.
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* ICallItVera: The bombers are all christened by their crews. One crew we meet early on argue over whether to name their plane "Alice from Dallas" or "Alice the Palace," after [[MyGirlBackHome one of the crewman's girl back home.]]
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* NoseArt: Each bomber is [[ICallItVera christened with a name]], with (in)appropriate artwork to match.
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* WarIsHell: The show makes no attempt to pretend that aerial warfare is romantic, with bombers being showered in shrapnel from AntiAir batteries, shot apart by fast-moving fighter planes, and at least one case of a plane on a training flight falling out of the air and crashing in a fireball because of pilot error. Even a moment of levity at their home base is interrupted by a German air raid.
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* BreakingOldTrends: Unlike ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' and ''Series/ThePacific'', this series forgoes using [[DarkhorseCasting a cast of almost all unknown actors]] and instead features many actors who are already well-known.
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* GuyInBack: The B-17 has several of these, with the vast majority being gunners manning the bomber's defensive armament. In addition to these men, there's also the [[CommunicationsOfficer radioman]], TheNavigator, and the bombardier.
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* FailedASpotCheck: A navigator mistakes the French coast for the English one and directs his plane straight into enemy flak fire.
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* FailedASpotCheck: A navigator Crosby mistakes the French coast for the English one and directs his plane straight into enemy flak fire.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: In episode 2 one of the RAF men the boys meets extols the virtues of how the RAF conducts its own bombing war - under cover of night, and with area bombing removing the need for the daylight targeting the Americans need for the Norden bombsight. He's needlessly callous about the American losses and (inevitably) provokes a fight, but after seeing a German night raid, a morose Clemens admits he's right, and that daylight bombing is suicide in its current form.
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* DeathFromAbove: The miniseries is about heavy bomber pilots, the kind that brought much destruction upon Germany.
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''Masters of the Air'' is a 2024 American war drama miniseries set during the European Theater's air campaign of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Executive produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/TomHanks, it is a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' and ''Series/ThePacific''.
It tells the story of the men of the 100th Bombardment Group "Bloody Hundredth" and the African American 332nd Fighter Group "Red Tails" of the United States Army Air Forces.
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''Masters of the Air'' is a 2024 American war drama miniseries set during the European Theater's air campaign of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Executive produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/TomHanks, it is a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' and ''Series/ThePacific''.
It tells the story of the men of the 100th Bombardment Group "Bloody Hundredth" and the African American 332nd Fighter Group "Red Tails" of the United States Army AirForces.Forces, who were deployed in [[WorldWarII/WarInEuropeAndAfrica Europe]].
It tells the story of the men of the 100th Bombardment Group "Bloody Hundredth" and the African American 332nd Fighter Group "Red Tails" of the United States Army Air
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''Masters of the Air'' is a 2024 American war drama miniseries set during the European Theater's air campaign of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Executive produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/TomHanks, it is a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' and ''Series/ThePacific''.
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The main cast includes Creator/AustinButler as Major Gale Cleven, Creator/CallumTurner as Major John Egan, Anthony Boyle as Lt. Harry Crosby, Creator/BarryKeoghan as Lt. Curtis Biddick, Nikolai Kinski as Colonel Harold Huglin, Stephen Campbell Moore as Major Marvin "Red" Bowman, Sawyer Spielberg as Lt. Roy Frank Claytor, Creator/IsabelMay as Marjorie "Marge" Spencer and James Murray as Colonel Neil “Chick” Harding.
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Executive produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/TomHanks as the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' and ''Series/ThePacific'', ''Masters of the Air'' is a 2024 war drama miniseries set during the European Theater's air campaign of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It tells the story of the men of the 100th Bombardment Group "Bloody Hundredth" and the African American 332nd Fighter Group "Red Tails" of the United States Army Air Forces.
The series premiered on Creator/AppleTVPlus, beginning on January 26th, 2024.
The series premiered on Creator/AppleTVPlus, beginning on January 26th, 2024.
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It tells the story of the men of the 100th Bombardment Group "Bloody Hundredth" and the African American 332nd Fighter Group "Red Tails" of the United States Army Air Forces.
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The series is set to premier premiered on Creator/AppleTVPlus, beginning on January 26th, 2024.
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* AntiAir: Germans are seen operating German flak fire is a regular danger to the crews. Shrapnel from flak will tear through an aircraft and loading the "Eighty Eight" Flak gun.
and maim or kill any crew members in its path.
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* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: A tail gunner's machine gun jams just as German fighters attack from the rear. Desperate, he uses his bare hands to unjam it. Due to the extreme cold his hands freeze to the metal and he has to rip the skin from his fingers to get his hands free.
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Executive produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/TomHanks as the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' and ''Series/ThePacific'', ''Masters of the Air'' is a 2024 war drama miniseries set during the European Theater's air campaign of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It tells the story of the men of the 100th Bombardment Group "Bloody Hundredth" and the African American 332nd Fighter Group "Tuskegee Airmen" of the United States Army Air Forces.
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Executive produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/TomHanks as the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' and ''Series/ThePacific'', ''Masters of the Air'' is a 2024 war drama miniseries set during the European Theater's air campaign of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It tells the story of the men of the 100th Bombardment Group "Bloody Hundredth" and the African American 332nd Fighter Group "Tuskegee Airmen" "Red Tails" of the United States Army Air Forces.
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* CoolPlane: The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the main aircraft used by the 100th Bombardment Group. Also included, is the P-51 Mustang, decorated in the colours of the Tuskegee Airmen.
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* TokenMinority: A couple of black pilots are seen in the teaser trailer, one of them sitting in the seat of a fighter aircraft and a group of them celebrating together, in front of a banner celebrating the 99th Fighter Squadron's 500 combat missions.
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* TokenMinority: A couple of black pilots are seen in the teaser trailer, one of them sitting in the seat of a fighter aircraft and a group of them celebrating together, in front of a banner celebrating the 99th Fighter Squadron's 500 combat missions.missions.
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Executive produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/TomHanks as the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' and ''Series/ThePacific'', ''Masters of the Air'' is a 2024 war drama miniseries.
It tells the story of the men of the 100th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
It tells the story of the men of the 100th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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Executive produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/TomHanks as the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' and ''Series/ThePacific'', ''Masters of the Air'' is a 2024 war drama miniseries.
miniseries set during the European Theater's air campaign of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It tells the story of the men of the 100th Bombardment Group "Bloody Hundredth" and the African American 332nd Fighter Group "Tuskegee Airmen" of the United States Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.Forces.
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'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RWohylGm3c Teaser Trailer]]
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'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RWohylGm3c Teaser Trailer]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA-1JCRguZ0 Official Trailer]]
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The series is set to premier on Creator/AppleTVPlus, on January 26th, 2014.
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->''"We came from every corner of the country with a common purpose. To bring the war to Hitler's doorstep'"''
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* TokenMinority: A couple of black pilots are seen in the teaser trailer, sitting in the seat of a fighter aircraft and celebrating together, in front of a banner celebrating the 99th Fighter Squadron's 500 combat missions.
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* TokenMinority: A couple of black pilots are seen in the teaser trailer, one of them sitting in the seat of a fighter aircraft and a group of them celebrating together, in front of a banner celebrating the 99th Fighter Squadron's 500 combat missions.
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->''"We came from every corner of the country with a common purpose. To bring the war to Hitler's doorstep'"''
-->-- '''Major Harry Crosby'''
Executive produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/TomHanks as the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' and ''Series/ThePacific'', ''Masters of the Air'' is a 2024 war drama miniseries.
It tells the story of the men of the 100th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
The series is set to premier on Creator/AppleTVPlus, on January 26th, 2014.
'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RWohylGm3c Teaser Trailer]]
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!! ''Masters of the Air'' provides examples of:
* AntiAir: Germans are seen operating and loading the "Eighty Eight" Flak gun.
* ComingInHot: A B-17 is seen making a crash landing into picket fences in a field.
* CoolPlane: The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the main aircraft used by the 100th Bombardment Group. Also included, is the P-51 Mustang, decorated in the colours of the Tuskegee Airmen.
* DramaticGunCock: One of the waist gunners of the B-17s pulls back the cocking handle of his 50 calibre machine gun.
* TokenMinority: A couple of black pilots are seen in the teaser trailer, sitting in the seat of a fighter aircraft and celebrating together, in front of a banner celebrating the 99th Fighter Squadron's 500 combat missions.
-->-- '''Major Harry Crosby'''
Executive produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/TomHanks as the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' and ''Series/ThePacific'', ''Masters of the Air'' is a 2024 war drama miniseries.
It tells the story of the men of the 100th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
The series is set to premier on Creator/AppleTVPlus, on January 26th, 2014.
'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RWohylGm3c Teaser Trailer]]
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!! ''Masters of the Air'' provides examples of:
* AntiAir: Germans are seen operating and loading the "Eighty Eight" Flak gun.
* ComingInHot: A B-17 is seen making a crash landing into picket fences in a field.
* CoolPlane: The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the main aircraft used by the 100th Bombardment Group. Also included, is the P-51 Mustang, decorated in the colours of the Tuskegee Airmen.
* DramaticGunCock: One of the waist gunners of the B-17s pulls back the cocking handle of his 50 calibre machine gun.
* TokenMinority: A couple of black pilots are seen in the teaser trailer, sitting in the seat of a fighter aircraft and celebrating together, in front of a banner celebrating the 99th Fighter Squadron's 500 combat missions.
