Callum Turner and the Regensburg-Schweinfurt Mission | Making Masters of the Air

[@YiggityYins]

Incredible. Episode 3 was one of, if not, the best episode in the entire Band of Brothers series. Incredible way to honor these young men. Proud to say my two grandfathers fought in the aerial campaigns of WWII. Thank for honoring these veterans.

[@Cplblue]

Episode 3 was fantastic. Lovin the series so far

[@Isleepdiagonally]

the part where he says that the actual buck and bucky were like “we should be the ones getting married” is so cute

[@chriswoodsrealgf]

what minute is this

[@Slip_Knot0]

Minute??

[@conniecooley5542]

This is the best series. Just love it.

[@walterm140]

I have had my copy of "Flying Fortress" by Jablonski since 1967. This episode was very very good. Love the wav. file they use for the .50 cals THUMP THUMP THUMP "Against 20 Russians trying to shoot you down, or even 20 Spitfires, it can be exciting, even fun. But to curve in towards 40 Fortresses and all your past sins flash before your eyes. And when you yourself have reached this state of mind, it becomes that much more difficult to have to drive every pilot of the Geschwader, right down to the youngest and lowliest NCO, to do the same." Hans Philipp in a letter to Hannes Trautloft, 4 October 1943. Philipp was KIA 4 days later, possibly By Robert S. Johnson, during a raid on Bremen.

[@d53101]

I have "Flying Fortress" as well. I got it when I was in grade 8. After I watched the TV series 12 O'clock High".

[@walterm140]

@@d53101 My mother wanted to watch the Jack Parr show when 12 O'Clock High was on! Oh the Horror! The dialog is so crappy in MOTA. "You boys take the lead?" WTF.

[@d53101]

@@walterm140 12 O’Clock TV series is on KZbin. I wouldn’t say the MOTA dialogue was “crappy”. Just watched series Finale Episode 9. Have to say it was outstanding, but a curious lack of B-17 G models. Wonder why? There are is no shortage of them, even now.

[@walterm140]

@@d53101 They way they talked was not not you talk on the radio in the military.

[@ssstripe1]

I've been watching MASTERS OF THE AIR and enjoying it. The bloody 100th Bomb group got its name from an incident not mentioned. My reference is FLYING FORTRESS by Edward Jablonski published in 1965, when I bought the book as a kid. The names in the series are all mentioned in the book. On August 14, 1943 in BIG WEEK on the mission to Regensburg, the plane of Cap. R. Knox initiated the infamous legend of “Bloody 100th”. Knox found himself in serious trouble after one of the fighter attacks. His plane lagged behind with 1 engine out, becoming a focus of sustained attacks. 2 engine went out. The wheels of the plane were lowered, signal to the Luftwaffe that plane had surrendered and according to the code of the air, the attacks would cease and he would be guided to landing at a German field. A few fighters pulled up alongside. Then for some reason the engine trouble cleared up, the gunners aboard the fort blasted the escorting German planes. The wheels went up and they made a dash for home. Within seconds the maddened fighters tore the fort to pieces and it went down. The legend is that after this the Luftwaffe marked the 100th for extinction, ignoring all other forts in formation concentrating on the 100th. Back in England ant airman of the 100th had trouble getting dates with English women, because they believed they wouldn't live long.

[@stevedavis9466]

and he had no trouble getting English ladies , either in the Thorpe Abbotts area ofr in London on leave. he kept a diary and I would not be surprised if I had a brother or sister in England.

[@ssstripe1]

@@stevedavis9466 not him necessarily, but any airman of the 100th group.

[@ssstripe1]

@@stevedavis9466 the stories were airmen once they disclosed that they were a part of that group women would tell them they wouldn't go out with them because the group was targeted by the germans, and because of the story about the forts gunners blasting the escorts with their wheels down. Was your father or grandfather in the 100th?

[@garyboyd3255]

Big Week was of course Feb 1944

[@christiancruz4533]

Sweet ! Great podcast!! ❤

[@meggankittmer7246]

This podcast is FANTASTIC. I look forward to it as much as I do the MOTA episode releases!

[@codypanek]

Episode 3 was amazing.

[@davidkimmel4216]

Wonderful interview

[@davidk7324]

Well done, gentlemen.

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

Damn. Listening to this already making me legitimately sad realizing we may not get another series and if we do it’s at least 9-15 years away. Damn.

[@rickmidkiff9990]

In the early 70's I was stationed in Schweinfurt ( Ledward Barracks) . Same of the bombed out buildings were still there.

[@seanmahoney2755]

Elvis in the Air corps. Love it.

[@jobst-hinrichjacke7593]

At 33:55 it is said "you reach Hannover which is on the German border to Belgium". Hannover is far away from the Belgium border. It might have been the furthest point fighters (though only in later stages of the war with much increased fighter range) could follow when the bombers arrived Germany from the north across the Northern sea instead of crossing the Channel.

[@jaretnegron6809]

> Sponsored by Boeing 😂 uhhhh they're not doing so hot recently

[@ericharmon7163]

They won't be able to sponsor a little league game at the rate they're going, lol.

[@cleverusername9369]

They built the B-17 so it makes some sense

[@michaelsikora6739]

Boeing is just suffering from the same thing that affects ALL of this country...GREED!!

[@jimbraslow1774]

I would attend the Combat Pilots Association meeting with Lt.Col Robert Read. (B24 pilot Foggia Italy) I met many WW11 Pilots, American, British , Polish and German. They never talked about the horror of war. Murdest Manny Segal (top Corsair pilot) was the speaker told jokes for an hour.

[@SM-lg4tw]

Boeing sponsoring a podcast about a show featuring dozens of their planes crashing. Fitting.

[@christiancruz4533]

Wow that psycological aspect was more horrific than the war itself. Just to get on the plane again ...what a heroes. Best gen ever without a doubt

[@164DiecastVideos]

I’m amazed this episode is getting good reviews. The cuts were jarring, the combat was lacking in arguably the most famous 8th airforce cock up. This mission deserved 2 episodes personally to actually show the true brutality of it. Instead it was like being on fast forward. This episode should of been MOAs Band of Brothers Bastogne. It skips most of it, doesn’t portray the sheer nightmare 4 hours they endured or the suffering. The one episode to really focus on the air combat was this one, as unluckily for the 8th, this was the Luffwaffe at its strongest and had something like 150 fighters come at them. So bizarre. Memphis Belle is still a better watch.

[@MROJPC]

Memphis Belle is a movie though. This is a television show. I mean The Godfather is way, way, way, way 1000% superior to Memphis Belle if we’re comparing apples to oranges. Anyhow, the Black Thursday is what I’m really looking forward to.

[@Bobbydawriter]

Spoilers! They pretty early on begin discussing the fourth episode. So, if you don’t mind that you’ll enjoy it but I had to tap out.

[@vonbilka8435]

Haha yeah same I ran out of the shower to turn it off. Pretty bush league to not realize they're spoiling episodes like that.

[@davidbourland8118]

What is the value add of a shuttle mission? I don't see the benefit.

[@VictoriaVaughan-b5n]

Master in air was good flim

[@zantawolf]

Actors did not have the same motivation as the pilots. We almost lost. They wanted to defeat Hitler, Mussolini, Japan.

[@davidlavigne207]

Interesting discussion, but why didn't the subject of the totally inaccurate portrayal of Curtis Biddick and his co-pilot Dickey come up? The manner of their demise during the mission is a dishonor to the way it is presented. Dickey was actually killed trying to bail out from the cockpit window and then struck the horizontal stabilizer as he jumps. Biddick did ride it down with his plane, but actually crashed trying to avoid hitting a German village. These are the actual accounts from several books about the 100th. Why did the writers take such license? Why spend all this money on CGI and special effects only to do such a disservice to two heroic men. I mean Biddick wasn't even from New York, but was a Californian transplant from Michigan. Really guys?

[@heneagedundas]

"It's like baseball" - was he watching rounders?

[@STEVE17X5]

He had it right the first time.. it’s football lol

[@AerialEscape]

I tried to watch it, but it's so boring I lost interest about 10 minutes into the first episode.. My daughter and I loved Band of Brothers, so we were pretty excited to hear this was coming out. We planned a movie night with popcorn and plenty of soda to keep us jazzed. By the end of episode two, we were three rounds into Uno, almost out of soda and searching for our next binge watch.. Some people may like this, but it's no comparison to BoB.

[@loungelizard3922]

You missed a hell of an episode 3, it was action from start to finish. Possibly the worst blooding the American air force ever took. If you didn't have episode 1 and 2 first, you wouldn't have been familiar with the characters that were dying and others making hard choices that they're going to have to live the consequences of for the rest of their lives. If you've already seen 1 and 2, give 3 a go at least before you write the series off.

[@Dune571]

Jesus christ, man. Put down the soda and try to get lost in the drama and history of the time period. Read reference materials after the episodes to educate yourself further. Learn things. If you're after explosions and gunfire, rent a fucking Schwarzenegger flic.

[@wormi-hc6oc]

why r u listeningto the podcast then weirdo 💀no one asked

[@writerchick94]

Band of Brothers is slow for the first episode too, you shouldn't judge the whole series by the first 10 minutes

[@edl1973]

Another show with non American actors playing American servicemen. Hacksaw Ridge was the worst. Is it that hard to find American actors?

[@Iamthestig42069]

In England where they filmed it, during Covid, yeah probably pretty hard. Filming on an old RAF airfield is pretty cool