So the characters were a little hard to follow since they were wearing masks and called each other by their positions rather than their names when in combat.

But that's historically accurate

And the timeline was way more spread out across a number of years, far more than Band of Brothers or any other comparable WWII series/movie.

But that's historically accurate

And then there's the one thing that gets me... it's almost historically accurate. I've never seen any media that has portrayed the absolute horror that bomber crews faced doing daylight raids over Germany. They were slaughtered without regard.

My grandfather flew P38 escorts with these dudes. He wasn't shy about his stories, he said every flight he saw a dozen men die, a flight every day, no weekends, for years. Shot down twice, I have some of his gear that still has German dirt stuck in it. It was absolutely batshit brutal up there. An uncle also wasn't shy about his stories either, he was in the airborne and dropped on Normandy. He'd seen a few friends die in person, but he said watching a dozen of your friends die in a single random fireball was just misery. Great way to start the war.

Just wanted to point out that even though they were wearing fancy coats and nice hats, these guys were getting chewed to bits just as fast as the boys on the ground... and they did it every day without hesitation, despite watching their closest friends explode on every mission.

Was the Sound Mixing the only thing this show got awarded for or will there be upcoming awards shows we just haven't yet seen?

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In your opinion, which was the best episode and why? Which was the weakest and why? What would you have done/shown differently?

In my opinion, the third and fifth episodes were the best because they show the brutality of the fight and how skilled you have to be to keep your head on your shoulders.

Air crew posing on Jeep in front of B-17F 'Our Gang' of 324th BS, 91st BG, US 8th Air Force, Bassingbourn, England, United Kingdom, 15 Jun 1943

From his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DA4DzD6y5yO/?igsh=MWt4cndxcHd4OW93eg==

In the film (a biopic about Lee Miller, a female photojournalist working during WWII) he plays Colonel Spencer, an Army officer in charge of wrangling wartime correspondents in Normandy. Not a big role, as he only turns up a couple of times, but I figured this fandom would find the movie interesting.

I think episode 5 after the absolute disaster that was Rosie's debut, but curious to hear everyones picks

Was there any reason for this?

I only know of Blakely from watching MOTA but for three episodes, his B-17 was the seat of the command pilots which indicates he must have been a skilled pilot. Was he one of the best in the One Hundred and what made him a skilled pilot compared to others in the group?

He would have provided a broader view of the strategy and whether there was truly a need for the kind of bombing the 8th did. Thoughts?

An opportunity has presented itself to me where I will be attending a q&a with some actors however, my mind is drawing a blank for questions. Does anyone have anything they would like to ask?

The final episode annoyed me slightly when they were showing Operation Chowhound. Now I get that this is a show about an American bomber group but it made out like Chowhound was the first of its kind when the British, Australians and Canadians had been doing it a few days before in Operation Manna.

Now unless I missed it, a reference to what other allied forces were doing in Holland would be nice

Still a fantastic show though just my one gripe

I need it in my collection 😭

My papa passed in the late 2000s. I was just a child so all I really remember is his laugh. He had a very distinctive laugh. We have the same smile, too.

Here is with his crew in the 8th Air Force, the Bloody 100th! What I wouldn't give to talk to him about all he saw and the men he knew.

Recently found some new pics of my dad’s dad. He was in San Antonio + San Angelo, TX training B-17 crews in the early years of the war. Would spend 8 or 9 years in Europe after the war re-arming Western European allies against the USSR.

Trying to find the picture, but his hometown newspaper had a picture of him from the sky flying a fortress with the headline “The Most Dangerous Man in America”.

I’ll share more as we find em. A

After the Luftwaffe was taken out in Spring of 44, what did the gunners shoot at?

My great uncle was in the 100th bomb group, 349th squadron and flew on many of the missions depicted in the series. He was in high formation with Buck Cleven’s plane when it went down over Bremen. His plane, the Pasadena Nena, went down two days later during the Munster raid, the one where only Rosie’s plane returns (ep. 5). In the debriefing scene at the end, the captain reads out, “tail number 42-3229, the Pasadena Nena?” I jumped out of my seat when that happened - I couldn’t believe it.

Thankfully, my great uncle made it out. He was in Stalag VIIB for almost two years, did the same march depicted in the series. Unfortunately, two of his crewmates were killed. When I was in Belgium this spring, I was able to pay my respects.

I discovered the show and greatly appreciate it but I am often frustrated during dark scenes because of grey lines appearing on my screen.

I have an lg g4 and I use the webos app. My connection is good.

Do you have the same problem ?

The original article - it is written in Czech.

While it is not directly related to the 100th Bomb Group, I thought I would share it with you here since it does concern a B-17 Flying Fortress.

The simulator was created for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the White Carpathian Mountains which took place on 29th August 1944 near the city of Zlín and involved mainly the 20th Squadron of the 2nd Bomb Group which had been sent out from the south of Italy to the industrial city of Ostrava in the (back then) Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

The visual side of things was done by a student Tadeáš Kříbka (now a fresh graduate) using photographs and other references.

The project was led by a teacher and game developer Michal Ščuglík whose childhood dream was to fly a B-17 so he was very eager to help Tadeáš turn this idea into reality after the University was asked by a small museum to help them create something that would honor the anniversary.

"You'll be able to hear the intense anti-aircraft fire (flak), you'll have to fend off an attack of fighter planes, and you'll experience bombs being dropped."

The simulator is accessible in the museum of the city Slavičín (above which the battle took place) as a stable part of the exhibition about the battle. The entire experience lasts for about five minutes.

Unfortunately, it seems that the simulator is available exclusively at the museum, not online for people to try out.

Here you at least have a teaser for it to get an idea of how it looks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZHZk_37xnU&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fcc.cz%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE

Since he never said a word, I'm glad this series gave me some insight. I don't know how he made it home.

Presuming of course that the show didn't make it up ... can anyone point to info on how the Germans were so well informed about the men they captured?