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    Hey guys we are the 732 review crew and I’m Mikey I’m Eddie I’m Joe I’m Mike and we are back today with part four of Masters of the air now last time we had a very daring and fumbled kind of bombing attempt on Germany we managed to

    Bomb Germany but we lost so many people to down planes uh you know either successfully or not successfully pulling the parachutes which is you know sad to see I think Kurt being the the biggest surprise of I didn’t think he was going to I felt he is going to die but just

    Not so early and it’s you know it’s terrible to see that but we do have people who did survive um and they are landed currently in Africa so I’m curious to see what’s going on because they have to get back to Greenland SL you know England soon and there’s only

    One way for them to get back but there’s two a couple ways to get back too well I was also wondering if they were actually telling them that as part of the mission but then just redeploying them out of in Africa instead I don’t know I’m curious

    To see you know CU it’ll be interesting to see if we do shift theaters of War which will be an interesting concept I’m very curious to find out and we are ready to lock this in so thank you for joining us we’re going to be starting episode 4 which is technically just part

    Four of Masters of the air in 3 2 1 and H just hustle up get your things boys going home now if anyone was caught helping a down flyer they were either thrown into a concentration camp or executed Bailey you’re alive what who’s he that’s Bob that’s Bob what happened to Baby

    Face uh everybody else please write down your answers H that was the guy who’s watching him right in town no I think it’s the guy behind no that oh oh right down prin please they doing I think they’re interrogating him like to see if he’s actually American do you like baseball who did

    Bab Ruth play for before the do never play for the Dodgers bab Roof oh [ __ ] never played for the Dodgers the Yanke German spy played for the Yankees before that was the Red Sox right today’s date on the top of your paper ah the ultimate test month day

    Year Well a big giveaway is going to be how they actually write down the date that’s what he’s saying yeah oh wow oh say can you oh that’s so awkward I feel like just hey man get into it okay I appreciate it I like how they keep cycling they’re probably Mak sure

    They’re not spies so think executed uh hopefully it’s not the other way around or it could be the other way around this guy’s giv I want to trust it I want to trust it oh oh no you got one for me no oh oh he was the Spy yeah cuz

    They bre recognize that guy I’ve tried many ways to infiltrate our Network huh but we always catch them huh what do he have where’s his lighter damn wow what if he I mean it FL I thought they were all going to die I just that sudden shot

    I was like oh they’re all going to get shot they brought out to the woods to get shot well the way they played Bob I was like a little SAU at first cuz I was like cuz he was in a different airpl how did yeah I thought that was weird too

    But I wasn’t like he’s not American yeah I didn’t I I didn’t see the twist but I was like hm why is this random guy here so did they get like Germans to work on their American accent or did they get Americans to betray americ both probably

    Both but I think it was mostly Germans with American accents cuz there’s people who learn like languages pretty well and can do that type of thing obviously you know like acting and stuff this is like the war that really made like Espionage like a real also a real real thing not

    That it wasn’t real before but I just mean like the only thing that he did that was weird though was how he was singing the S Spangled Banner everyone’s like by the dawns early he was like so excited to sing it that’s probably one of the 25 missions they sent you home

    And build Bond tours around you these boys they keeping you out of trouble they back to England like trouble feel like this is going to go hard no they need to have a win facts doesn’t mean they’re going to get it though bu the tower we’re all this left aren we damn they’re

    Low 12 crews out of 35 the fluent from Greenland he to the fellas who aren’t here tonight who should have been drink to that [ __ ] that somber yeah Ren that’s right co-pilots uh bat and Le speed speed sir you boys you come with a hell of a reputation I’ll tell you that

    You’re talking about us flying in our ski sir you’re not following us in Texas those forts get so hot you can fry an egg on the instrument B that’s so we hadn’t heard about the the underwear but we uh we heard your [Laughter] outstanding yo feels like we’re actually

    Going to do something oh no oh they’re Dead Lieutenant Herbert now Helen like hen of Troy hey hey write that down write that down write that down it [Laughter] worked try to stay alive for at least 11 missions yes sir what uh what happens after that you beat the odds or you didn’t no bro what so you die within 11

    Missions most of the time I just had a moon killing conversation with Doc Stover hate thinks you sisters could be getting black app not us not us what counts is that You Soldiers show up already and able to fight what you do between battles is he arguing against

    Therapy right now I don’t know what he’s arguing for is he wasted he’s got to be real drunk [ __ ] yeah he definitely is [Laughter] now’s you [Laughter] are you are no they’re being silly gooes is he going to fight his boss yeah they’re being silly gooses oh okay

    Wasn’t sure it was right on the edge single Phillies I thought the chest tab was like oh they’re going to fight get thead out single Phillies ERS and ORD you need a break single Phillies Mean Girls weekend pass I think so get your let out you should come yeah maybe next time here

    Yeah he gets head kisses he’s going to dance with Meb yeah well he’s got the love of his life at home you know yeah yeah he’s he’s a committed man look at that come on that dog’s like what I didn’t sign up for any of this no Huskies love that

    They’re like okay you can pick me up dude the more I see of buck the more I think he’s not going to make it he’s just like the the best of don’t put that out there he is the best I feel like one of them can

    I feel like one of them has to die in the sh I think it’s luy as him oh you got a girl oh you fell in love with him he had the unfair advantage of falling from the sky in front of her it’s hard to beat that Mishu is your

    Guide she’s barely a teenager she’s your guide and you will do what she says give it to me now that’s from the girl what yeah does he have like food or something what is it love letter give the Germans find this yeah what do you think they would do to Louise and her

    Family a Maj in Air Corp but not a navigator no I’m pilot you know how to tell if a man it’s a pilot he’ll tell you that’s right d right my husband is a pilot how long have you been a soldier since before HB definitely been out of

    Since the Germans invaded oh yeah where’s the husband he stayed wanted to be a hero like you P was shut down over celesia in the first week he’s either a prisoner of war or rotting in a potato field that’s [ __ ] okay I love me some swing music

    He’s smashed at this point I’m assuming that’s what this is signifying well I mean he’s staring The Gauntlet of death in the face every day well yeah no not blaming him for drinking I’m just saying being bombed and all of his people are dying well it’s London I’m sure there’s

    Probably nightly bombings always bombings yeah there was literally always bombings crazy time to live I believe we should be as IM meress and severe as they were to my people that would be fair true slav says a slav there’s any balance to all this my ticket was punched a long long time

    Ago there is no balance the worst come out untouched the innocent dead here are the the newbies do you want a TOA Panda flying with you mik you’re the one that’s always got bags of candy no hi she going to give him a little kiss you miss me no all four hours we

    Were apart well this will be longer how I manage oh no pleas don’t die what you might be the last pretty face I ever seen don’t say that I will see you later you bet I hope he does well that was the right thing to say our first

    Attempt to bomb Breman was a disaster going back to Breman major sir I have a problem with the left Magneto number two I can fix him while you taxi three engines oh no bro that’s a crazy mechanic well but and you know he seems to really appreciate the duty he’s in

    Charge of you know mechanics are more experienced than the pilots dude well also I feel like these mechanics have had literally the most training they’ll ever get with all the explosives and broken wings and everything yeah on it going as fast as I can man I hope he doesn’t fall out me too

    Dude woohoo continue to really appreciate how much they’re highlighting the mechanics and the maintenance people yeah yeah hope it doesn’t come back to bite them though it’s the hopeful episode me too some it seems like there was some sort of like time skipped this episode though cuz he’s flown 21 missions now

    Yeah yeah definitely bues do make it to Paris we’re going to find out oh it’s no his baby face I um is he dead I couldn’t get him out I done the same thing wait didn’t we see the episode they could eject the ball turret dude he

    Would have just gone crashing into the ground This is the first time I get to see Nazi occupied she said wait in English shead stop running who is that new character resistance or is she working with him she has to be working with them she’s that or she’s French Resistance you’ve been here the whole

    Time she men oh yeah you’re right yeah why did he bro these girls are more hardcore than they are yeah they are that’s that’s the thing you they suspected women less than men for stuff like this so they use them well they’re also experienced spies clearly anything like that

    Again I’ll knock you out 13 Where Are You Buck oh come on no jeez that’s it sit 24 fors 13 Maiden three mechanical returns that makes eight lost kid and Blakeley oh guys too fck no Lieutenant crowby I’m sorry son am [ __ ] off screen too no way no way to show us what’s

    Wrong no they didn’t make it who look after meatball who will look after meall everybody better look after meall oh no yeah here he comes come on yeah the engine just dropped out so the return was slower what do you mean it was if we were flying through a

    Solid wall of flag G Ram head both planes blew up there was a lot of confusion up there after the lead of the 350th went down our baby with bu clev and dco the whole first element Nash and spe too wow new guys I didn’t see any shoots

    [ __ ] you didn’t make it it was hell up there today Lieutenant Nash didn’t make it I’m Sorry I was going to tell Ean should have went on leave with him yeah did they really kill him off screen I can’t imagine there’s no way there’s no way right unless this is his story and that we just no I mean we did there’s no way that they did an

    Offscreen death it’s just crazy cuz s like Buck’s not going to make it but I didn’t know this episode wasn’t going to make it to the end we should not make more of this than what it was my heart couldn’t take another pilot in the potato field

    Oh excuse me man know where I can buy a paper oh no a our daughter damn can I get one of those that’s propaganda oh no how’d the game go yesterday not as well as we hoped was buck in the lineup yeah dude oh my God he’s actually

    [ __ ] dead he went down swinging John dude holy [ __ ] who else most of the starting lineup most of the veterans died is there a game tomorrow yes all right uh tell coach I’ll be there by game time I’m ready I want a pitch [ __ ] yeah h oh man holy [ __ ] they killed [ __ ]

    Buck off screen Y what the [ __ ] is that I don’t like I don’t like that I know there’s no way he’s actually dead though I know it would have listed an emotional response he can’t be dead but you know I feel like there’s no way they they said

    They saw four shoots on his plane but we should we should have seen his plane going down at least I don’t know see the mission there’s no way he’s there’s no way they’re trying to build like I’m going to tell you right now there is a a

    Really good chance he isn’t and there is an actually in my opinion a better chance he is dead like that’s it he’s that’s how these shows that’s how they make these shows work because they want it to feel real they wanted to be like he was our friend we didn’t go on the

    Mission he want on the mission he doesn’t come back you know what I mean like you get no satisfaction out of it you don’t even get to see it it’s just he’s dead yeah I mean listen I mean the entire story can be Bucky’s perspective

    I mean so far the only time we’ve seen Buck really without Bucky was his first mission for us to see what goes on in those missions yeah you’re right and then ever since then I mean whatever he’s been is pretty much which would make sense because we literally got the

    Story By Buck because he wasn’t on the mission and we got the information the same way he got it no so you might be right we got we saw the base we saw the for sure sure so I know if they were truly going to do that it would have

    Been Buck Bucky waking up and going eat the newspaper finding out without us knowing cuz you know they would have sent him off and we would have known he’s going on the mission I it was a little weird cuz we’ve had also point of views of other pilots in Planes like on

    Missions without them like that new guy the one guy who got lost when because he was vomiting was you know it wasn’t Bucky’s play or bucks but uh he said the the voming guy is dead also yeah he was on Buck he’s dead Crosby is dead what or

    Well Mia I’m sorry they’re all currently Mia but he said most of the starting line most characters that we know are gone but it’s hard to process that because we didn’t visualize who was going down or anything well that’s the point that’s what I’m saying I’m saying

    Doing that intentionally feels like yo I don’t know if it’s this show in particular or if I’m just getting older but man this this show in particular is hitting me so much harder than the Pacific or Band of Brothers like every episode I feel like my heart’s getting

    Tugged at or like I want to cry over you see like [ __ ] well that’s because in bner Brothers in the Pacific it felt like they didn’t die in as large groups because if you know if cuz for example you have a whole like 10-man Squad and

    If something goes wrong one or two of them die if in these planes if something goes wrong they’re down the entire plane goes down I don’t even think it’s just that I think like Panda said when you get older it’s true like the gravity of

    Like the weight of a life like makes a lot more sense especially when you look at them and they’re like these guys are younger than me yeah which is cuz a lot of times when you watch this you’re around the age or younger than them so you’re like you’re like ah you know

    These guys are older you know like what’s war war as hell you know but you’re a little desensitized but then you get older and you’re like damn you know like I couldn’t put myself in these shoes because this would have been such a situation like I can’t find out my

    Best friend died in a war while I was on leave for two days cuz I wanted to have fun that would make me feel like and that friend told you you should go do that yeah but didn’t want to join me yeah he Bucky just hopefully doesn’t

    Blame himself for anything it’s not his fault um and it’s I mean he’s absolutely going to blame himself yeah I feel like we’re definitely character on the show we’re going to get a scene with him with the the psychologist that’s why they mentioned it this episode oh all the

    Guys who were flying and not seeing the psychologist I’m pretty sure most of them went down well I think the next episode we’re going to see like his descent he’s just going to be Reckless he’s not going to care he’s just going to want to kill the entire enemy side

    Because they took his best well they also had the Polish leader to be like I think we should be as ruthless as [ __ ] to them because they’ve destroyed my country said feel Noor I feel like they pretty much set it up that he’s going to be like it was actually beautiful how

    They set that up even though it’s really that we didn’t get it on screen what I’m confused about is then what was the point of the engineer fixing the plane scene like I figured that was going to be relevant and that maybe the plane failed because of mechanical issues or

    Maybe the plane was just behind or whatever but like what was the point of that scene I actually you want to know what the point of that scene is just that just grity to the people that the planes it’s war in its purest form at any moment someone can be dead because

    Of one reason or another if he hadn’t been able to fix it they would have delayed or not even been on Mission would have gone yeah so I think they’re trying to really establish that like there’s the smallest things and it’s everyone doing the right thing but it

    Led to that outcome that’s a that’s a really good thing to point out you’re right if that mechanic wasn’t as good Buck wouldn’t have made that mission he would still be alive but again it’s the wrong thing happened for all the right reasons you know like wow yeah and we

    Had um Helen we met one of the girls who was American actually who was there just to help in any way possible Helen and she I don’t remember the Lieutenant’s name Nash Lieutenant Nash thank you her and Lieutenant Nash had a little thing he was flirting with her he said you

    Might be the last pretty face I see and you know she didn’t give him that kiss that he asked for before he went so that I don’t know if that’s going to weigh on her you know she shouldn’t push herself kicker C but you know he threw up so

    Many major death Flags by being like you’re last I’m going to see dude the moment he said that I was like like Nash no I was like yeah I so I still think there is a chance like I’m going to say 75 25 that they just all died off screen

    Well 25% we start the next episode seeing what happens or something else sure I mean I think that would be a nice thing to get but we might not get that but I know I’m I will say I’m still like I said a little sad that I didn’t get to

    See the situation not that I wanted to see them die but it helped pull like it just adds to the drama of the TV show and viewing it to have that type of stuff the only thing I’m I’m hopeful of is when they said like they were all

    Gone they didn’t say they all got shot down they were like oh they were there and then they weren’t or like we there was so much going on I don’t know what happened to them so true there’s a chance there is so we’ll see man I my favorite though like I’m really really

    Going to [ __ ] is G this episode I was like he’s going to die he is literally like the best of us so now we I hope I’m wrong we also have the two Americans that are currently going that have traveled from Belgium and are currently in France in Paris actually they are

    Really close to making it to Spain these these these boys I mean from considering where they started just made it to France well they started though they’re they’re on the home stretch and it’s interesting to see cuz we had a conversation home stretch do you know

    How far away pus is from Spain plus now they’re also like actually in the belly of the Beast Belgium sure still has like German for and it was rural compared to yeah so they’re in the belly of occupied Paris I have to imagine there’s an underground resistance there that’s

    Going to help move them through easier than maybe but at the same time to discuss it was interesting I want to you know when I do the edit maybe I’ll see why if there was anything noticeable about why that Soldier was a spy like

    What did he do that gave him away was it the you know sing the star springle banner maybe he sang I don’t think it’s relevant I think the point of that was just to say like if you try to you know lie to them they’re they’re going to

    Figure it out but I want to see how they figured it out they showed us I don’t think they I don’t think they just a describ cuz they kept cycling the guys in in the scene so you didn’t get anyone’s full answers like I said the only thing that was funny the difference

    Was how he sang he like belted it out than I don’t know I don’t know many people who sing The Star Spangled Banner cuz they kind of showed them each Runing down the date he could have done that one he did the date wrong cuz American right the date like you said

    That’s that might be well that’s like in glorious bastard when they’re like how they order versus you know oh or I’m sorry it was three or you’re supposed to order in Italy well I think Americans order like that but the Germans order like that and that’s what gave them yeah

    And it gave them away like this yeah I forget I forget what fingers I like that and it’s also very interesting to see the uh resistance for you know Belgium France uh working to you know get the troops out you know these young girls are being used primarily as the vessels

    To transport because they’re basically able to you know be under less scrutiny invisible cuz nothing is you know you know it might be a little bit more you know uh suspicious if you see like a bunch of guys going around together but like a woman and you know a guy and a

    Woman and a guy is kind of like you’re kind of L whatever sure I I hear what you’re saying but it’s also so fascinating that these women like they say she’s barely a teenager that girl that was leading them through to see her like kill someone like cold blood she

    Seems like she’s killed people she like really she do seem like super spy to me just that she’s seen [ __ ] and she’s going to keep it she seems like a resistance fighter so serious the moment they were like oh is that your daughter and then she said like one sentence in

    French and he was like what did that say he’s like let me see your [ __ ] bag he like God damn it and he like burned it so she was like yeah hey you might want to check his bag it seems like he has stuff that’s going to [ __ ] up it was

    Interesting you know like she yeah it’s interesting that they um you know that they even like you know obvious something think about but the girl fell in love with the soldier you know that’s why he sh heit the note obviously you know this time of drama and stuff you

    Know they’re like the same age I don’t know how old age difference but it’s it’s wild to think about just parachuting in landing in a foreign country and meeting like some person you consider the love of your life you know that guy went home and told like his

    Grandchild like grandpy m girl in Belgium wants and hey man what what what I I know what you’re trying to say I have no CL also from parachuted in from where he did he parachuted in you got a girl in Belgium was oh you’re talking about the oh God tell his grandma but

    You also have to remember it’s not necessarily that all of these people are falling in love with all these women it’s also just giving them a reason to [ __ ] live exactly like they’re literally like that dude the Nash before leaving on that mission doesn’t know if

    He’s going to come back but if he does it better be [ __ ] worth something so like am I going to see you later at least you know you have a reason to live for exactly exactly he was talking about the farm girl yeah no I know I know yeah

    Yeah cuz I didn’t know that it took me a while to catch on to that I was like what are you talking she get that cry P Voice or whatever I was talking about you the the blond kid the blonde guy who couldn’t get baby face out he’s lucky

    Cuz he looks really European yeah well the other guy looks American Oh Yeah from like the South like he’s got raised on a farm you know yeah yeah but uh it’s also you know I never thought you know how stressful it would be trying to escape a foreign country while not being

    Able to speak the language and the guy’s like just asking for a ticket and you’re like passport like I’m GNA run cuz you saw Nazi soldiers like Nazi soldiers being spooked they had the the SS flag in the background yeah and you know uh he was like oh I got to go and

    There I love how quick the girl was she’s probably had to do before like oh no he’s deaf you’re scaring him they’re both death also like isn’t it kind of like Common Sense they’re going to ask you for a ticket on the train uh yeah but if I just started speaking Russian

    To you would you know what I’m asking for if I was on a train and the guy dressed like the conductor came up to the cabin I feel like do you well hold on let me ask you something do you think that those guys have been on a lot of

    Trains in their life coming from America America has yeah they do but like we had this whole railroad they’re 17 they’re probably from rural no they’re older than 17 planes he’s a sergeant all right 18 either I’m pretty sure they should understand how trains work yeah uh can’t

    Assume that I mean I I would say I I don’t know cuz maybe they take it train at the same time it’s not the point they think about it’s what the big thing to think about is you’re don’t know the language and you’re stressed and you’re trying to maintain cover and you just

    Saw enemy soldiers on the other side like a couple feet away from you so you’re like what do I do what do I do if I see the wrong thing this guy’s going to turn me in and he’s just like dig it you know but the girl was also back by

    That point but not by the time he saw the soldiers he wasn’t back he was just panicking yeah yeah he’s maybe having a panic attack because of I’m sure he was you also have to remember all of that happened right as he admitted that he

    Left his friend to die in the so he was in the middle of a attack yeah so there was a lot going on bleeding up to that happening when the guy was about to ask he like cut him off immediately he like listen I couldn’t do it I couldn’t get

    Him out sorry which is but he even said he was like I would have done the same thing and then the conductor showed up yeah like literally he says that yeah wonder who gets to take control of Meatball now and gets to be his owner

    Who is going to take care of him is going to I I still don’t think we should jump to that conclusion there is a strong chance that they still continue that story and they are not dead I hope trying to escape only because off screen like man that seems just open next

    Buckling in a bush I mean maybe if they put like a scene like even if he got captured like for us to at least know like yeah he made it off the plane like yeah so we’ll see I mean they might even do that is this story based off real

    People yeah do not Google it I’m not going well they also usually do do that where as this season goes on the story expands more and more so we could even see like a p thing I mean we’re getting like the Underground Railroad esque thing right now I figur that would be

    Like the trio options so we could get like you survive your Landing you have to make it back you keep flying cuz you live or you get C maybe there’s some sort of mechanical failure in the engine because of what they were talking about and they had a crash like you saying

    Well they didn’t mention anything about the mechanical fa they said yeah no it seemed like the plane got shot down you also don’t know that because they said there’s three mechanical failures but you’re right they were the first plane in lead and they said there was a wall

    Of flak so it it’s well the mechanic failures returned oh yeah never mind yeah yeah yes correct yeah uh I don’t know what else to say because I just want to know know obviously next episode we’ll cement whether or not Buck actually died we

    Don’t look up know um I am sad that if he is dead it’s just just one of those situations where you know you lose a character that you really like off screen I’ve never had that happened I never had loss of character I liked off screen sure yeah well that’s why I don’t

    Think we need to jump to that give it an I was just trying to say if they did why I think they did it I hope they didn’t I’m not really I hope Buck is dead camp like I really hope he’s not the crazy part about the

    Offscreen death is that we saw him at the start of the episode he was in the episode it wasn’t like oh the actor was busy so we wrote him off it was like he’s dead it’s crazy you’re like what I’m excited to see what happens next episode yeah I’m not

    Sure um that out I’m not sure see you know I’m not sure what we’re going to be you know see next episode cuz we we’re down a lot of people we’re going to have a lot of new Fresh Faces next episode since the starting lineup has been taken

    Out to be fair that’s what these shows do I know like you’ve seen the Pacific you’ve seen Band of Brothers like this is what they do they show you a lot of different stories that we literally only have like one hardened veteran currently you know normally they have was four

    Missions away from they send him back and they use him to yeah profit so like he was so close to the end yeah which means Bucky’s probably pretty close to the end too but it seems like he’s now in the mentality of like I’m not going

    Back I’m gonna this is over yeah uh I’m curious to see how this season series finishes we still have a be I believe uh was it this is the fourth episode four more episodes at least I think there’s eight for this I’m not sure I don’t know

    I’m not sure 100% I hope it’s not six for sure but thank you for joining us with a 732 VI crew I’m Mikey I’m Eddie I’m Joe and I’m Mike and I really hope Buck didn’t die bye

    23 Comments

    1. The were a few give aways of the infiltrator. Firstly how he wrote the date rest of the world way not american way. Now military did sometimes write it that way as well but he also wrote his 1's and 9's the german way.

      Secondly the anthem he messed up some of the lyrics , he also sang all of it which not everyone would know like quinn they ended up humming, thirdly the way he sang it was like the german way he had been taught loud and proud.

      We didnt get some of his answers to other questions but its possible he answered the london one as it was part of their infiltration research to learn about large places

      And the final confirmation for the resistance was the guys lighter. It was an austrian made lighter/brand when nigh on every american would have had a zippo

    2. From what I've seen in other comments there were three to four reasons why they were suspicious of Bob!! The first was he wrote the European way of writing the day and date!! 8 Aug. 1944 instead of Aug.8, 1944! Also he may have written the number nine in a way that was more European than American!! Yes the enthusiasm with how he sang the national anthem was another point of suspicion and he did get a couple of words wrong I believe!! But the icing on the cake was when he asked Bob for a light he pulled out an Austrian lighter rather than a Zippo which all the Americans carried!!!
      I watched the historian who quoted from A memoir of Sergeant Lemmons, the mechanic played by Jude Law's son, and an incident just like that happened but not on this exact mission or this exact plane!! But apparently he did have to do that procedure while the plane was taxing getting ready to go on a mission!! Pretty cool. Also the grandson of the real life Rosenthal played a part back in episode 2 on Buck Clevens plane!! When they were flying into Greenland he was the one sitting in the middle between Buck and the Copilot!!
      How awesome is that for the actual grandson of one of these heroes to get a part in this phenomenal series!!!

    3. Ken Lemmons really did fix an engine while riding the wheel of a taxing aircraft. But it was not Buck's plane.

      The resistance fighters were based on real people who ran a huge escape network in Belgium and France.

    4. Yes, the underground check them out with questions, amongst other things, any doubt you're shot. As for Germans speaking with an American accent, Hitler put a call out b4 the war, all true arians to return to the fatherland, many had moved to America. Check out band of brothers ep2, malarkey meets one just before speirs shot them. Then they infiltrated behind your lines in the battle of the bulge, there were ss divisions made up from most European countries as volunteers. I've not included the one's forced to fight like on omaha beech.

    5. Definitely my favourite episode so far. Wish this level of focus on the characters was done throughout. Lot of great attention to detail in this one with the interrogation, the bomb raid on London, and Bucky's call back to the base. After 1941 there were only rare bomb raids on Britain. The daily attacks lasted 57 days on the summer of 1940, and The Blitz overall was considered over by late summer 1941. Anti air defense was too good it simply wasnt worth it for the Germans (similar to how it really isnt worth it for the Americans right now). But there actually was one of these raids the night Bucky was on London. This will change once again with the "Baby Blitz" in early 1944 and later with the invention of V1 and V2 but not sure if we will see that in the show. Also worth noting civilian casualties from German Bombing were quite low compared to Allied bombing campaigns.

    6. As usual, I greatly enjoyed the episode & your reactions. Mine was much the same as yours. I agree that in this episode the show is putting you in the shoes of the guys waiting which the hasn't dramatized yet to this extent.

      For Eddie, yes it is based on real people and the husky, Meatball, was real also.

    7. I haven’t seen 5 yet. But if Buck is really dead, it’s a brilliant choice by the producers to kill him off screen to give the viewers a small sense of how the soldiers really felt. We found out the same way they did.

    8. Normally the ball turret gunner couldnt have his parachute with him into the ball turret due to lack of space so he had to get into the plane to be able to hatch the chute onto him. So if they would had time to eject the ball turret the gunner inside would have died.

    9. LOVE YOUR REACTION. Historian Donald Miller starts his book with Bucky Egan finding out about his best friend Buck Clevan EXACTLY the way it is shown in the series. One of the points he makes in the book about what distinguishes casualties in the air war vs the ground war is that the airmen had no closure regarding their buddies. They would get back from missions and be confronted with rows of empty cotts where their friends slept. That was the only concrete proof that their friends bought it. Whereas ground troops saw the mutilated remains being removed for burrial, or sometimes had their buddies die in their arms… The air crews just… didn't return from missions.

    10. By the way… All of the aircrews were ranked technical Sargeants or Lieutenants. The very good reason for that was that it was highly likely they would end up either dead or in a prisoner of war camp. According to the Geneva convention, officers and non commissioned officers received better food and treatment than privates and corporals. Giving gunners on air crews a non comissioned rank endured that they would be sent to the same POW camps as the rest of the flight crew and that they would be treated decently by the enemy.

    11. They do a lot off screen. But, by doing that, they're adding to your anxiety and tension. Because that's pretty much what the guys on the ground, back at base, and on leave felt. Not knowing what happened until it was over, and their friends didn't come back. They were simply gone. You didn't know if they were MIA, captured, or dead until much later.

    12. They give us the same feeling that the ground crews and friends left behind, you simply have no idea what happened to them or where they are, some families didn’t find out for well over a year sometimes, tragic. Those who fought in WW2, trained hard and played hard, I know my dad did, and I don’t blame any of them.

    13. So it's possible to drop the ball turret on a B-17, but the process could take over 20 minutes according to a video I watched the other day. It required tools and wrenches to undo the ring of bolts holding the ball to the frame. So when they say "drop the ball" for a gear-up landing, it actually involves a while of the plane flying in circles while they prepare things.

    14. But also too, the Lemmon's scene, a lot of mechanics felt personally responsible for each plane they worked on. They called it sweating out the mission when the bombers left and they couldn't relax until they came back. If they failed to return the mechanics felt like they didn't do well enough or if it was a mistake on their end, you can just imagine the swell of thoughts they had, and we only got a small taste of that.

      As for off screen "deaths", you guys are now getting a taste of what the men felt and went through, you just didn't know what happened. And it may seem jarring but how things are progressing is how it happened historically so yeah, don't get attached to anyone LOL. Again, the reason why the show is written in this way, it was just the reality of what men in the 8th had to experience.

    15. This is the best way the series makers can get the audience to experience the "what" really happened emotion. The wait. Is he dead? Did he parachute? Has he been captured? The UNKNOWN. The are trying to get folks to "feel" what Bucky feels…and indeed the majority of the men at Thorpe Abbots (recall the response of the ground crew). Hang in. These are REAL people. I've looked up the history but won't share here as I'm trying to operate with a "no spoilers" policy (which this is probably too much to say). I am REALLY enjoying this series. Maybe not as good (yet?) as Band of Brothers…better than The Pacific.

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