Anyone watching Masters of the Air?
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Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
I got about fifteen minutes into it and switched it off.
Nothing at all about the style I liked. I don’t think I made it as far as the Brit-bashing.
I ripped in Chuck Yeager on Twitter years ago because of his constant criticism of us. Still, he’s dead now.
Nothing at all about the style I liked. I don’t think I made it as far as the Brit-bashing.
I ripped in Chuck Yeager on Twitter years ago because of his constant criticism of us. Still, he’s dead now.
Brown Bottle
UTB
If you watch it as entertainment it’s okay, some dodgy CGI. I much preferred the excellent ‘Pacific’.
Cheers BB
Cheers BB
tones
Tones deaf
Yeager was notoriously anti-British because of something that happened when he was there - never found out what exactly. Of course, US servicemen in the UK were often unpopular as being "overpaid, over-sexed and over here" and being able to attract the girls, because they could get luxuries that were scarce in wartime, rationed Britain, such as nylon stockings. One joke was made about a new kind of female undergarment popular in the UK - "one Yank and they're off".
RICHARD1111
pfm Member
I have watched most of them with my son, he loves it and I enjoy it. I also downloaded Luck of the Draw (the book it was based on). The book was ok, not as good as the Band of Brothers book (or TV program).
Not sure how accurate their depiction of RAF bombing accuracy is, but the US were the only ones with the Norden Bombsite, which couldn't have been used at night anyway.
Not sure how accurate their depiction of RAF bombing accuracy is, but the US were the only ones with the Norden Bombsite, which couldn't have been used at night anyway.
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
Which channel is this on?
eternumviti
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Apple TV?
tones
Tones deaf
Haven't seen the show, but RAF bombing accuracy was terrible - most bombs didn't land within 5 miles of their intended targets.
Burdy
pfm Member
A short article (by an American) on bombing accuracy in WWII. https://www.quora.com/In-World-War-...function-of-factors-other-than-the-plane-used
davidjt
pfm Member
I'm not a subsciber, but (slightly o.t.) did catch some of the 'Great Lives' radio program about Frank Whittle, who proposed the idea of jet propulsion in 1928. The Air Ministry/RAF rejected the idea and declined to fund any research. Speculation is just that - Germany would have caught up eventually, but we might still have had a significant edge ten years later. (The programme briefly mentioned the word 'deterrent'.)
It's a truism that military establishments tend to look back to the last war rather than forward to the next, but this does seem to be an egregious example. With 20/20 hindsight, of course.
'Bomber' Harris was a passionate believer in his Command but whether actual results justified the losses in aircrews and civilians has since been questioned. (And that in turn misconstrued as an attack on the personnel involved.)
It's a truism that military establishments tend to look back to the last war rather than forward to the next, but this does seem to be an egregious example. With 20/20 hindsight, of course.
'Bomber' Harris was a passionate believer in his Command but whether actual results justified the losses in aircrews and civilians has since been questioned. (And that in turn misconstrued as an attack on the personnel involved.)
tones
Tones deaf
From YouTube clips I've seen, the series includes the Tuskegee Airmen, the all-black fighter pilots who flew Mustangs with the bombers to protect them. I'd be interested to see how they handle that. The Tuskegee Airmen suffered an enormous amount of prejudice that sought to undermine them at every turn ("scientific" studies that showed that the negro brain was not suited to complex tasks), but they exonerated themselves so well that Harry Truman integrated the armed forces after the war.
TheDecameron
Unicorns fart glitter.
I thought it was grim and didn’t make it to the end of the first episode. The CGI action was incredibly unrealistic to my eyes, the acting wooden and the script riddled with cliches. I was actually surprised by just how bad it was compared with Dunkirk from 2017 for example.
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Dunkirk | Rotten Tomatoes
In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end...
I thought it was grim and didn’t make it to the end of the first episode. The CGI action was incredibly unrealistic to my eyes, the acting wooden and the script riddled with cliches. I was actually surprised by just how bad it was compared with Dunkirk from 2017 for example.
Dunkirk | Rotten Tomatoes
In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end...
Dunkirk is epic.
Philip Read
pfm Member
Apple TV 