re: "Masters of the Air" | WWII Miniseries | Apple+ Trailer

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The map showing their next mission tells me they are being pretty loose with reality. From England to bomb some in Germany and then ending up in Algeria is well beyond the range of a B17 iirc.

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Those shuttle missions were 100% real, they did a couple before cancelling them. Losses were too high without long range fighter escort.

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On August 17, 1943, the 4th Bomb Wing conducted the first shuttle mission flying from East Anglia, bombing the German aircraft factory at Regensberg, and then continuing to North Africa. Flying in the low and trailing squadron in the larger bomber formation, the 100th flew in what was often referred to as “Purple Heart corner.” German fighters often attacked the bombers at this location first and then worked their way up. While the Division successfully hit the target, the Regensburg force lost 24 bombers. The 100th alone lost nine of the 22 planes it launched that day—a 40 percent loss rate. During this raid, the 100th suffered the most of any other Group.

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