Masters of the Air - An interview with the real life Harry Crosby

[@sageoasis]

Harry Crosby was a neighbor and friend of my family. I knew nothing of his military career til I was much older. As a human being, I knew him as a quiet gentleman who was always kind. An honorable man.

[@WeHappyFew506]

From my own experience, including the generation of the wars of late, most stay quiet.

[@joshh8245]

Thank you for posting this! Definitely interesting to hear the stories directly from the veterans who lived it. Helps put into perspective what I'm seeing when watching the new series Masters of The Air.

[@WeHappyFew506]

Our pleasure!

[@jparkin01]

Harry Crosby was one of my father's very best friends, going back to college days before the war, and godfather to one of my brothers. Harry's book was the last volume my father--also a navigator in WWII (B-24s in the15th Air Force out of Italy)--read before he died unexpectedly in 1993, and he was delighted with it, as well as by the fact that the perspective of navigators had finally been shared (indeed, there is a photo of Harry and my father in the book when they were students at the University of Iowa). It was poignant and lovely to see our old family friend on screen. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@WeHappyFew506]

That's amazing! I will look in his book for this photo!!

[@Btn1136]

I really enjoyed the first two episodes. Some serious tension during the mission scenes.

[@SarahG436]

Fascinating, thank you for posting!

[@WeHappyFew506]

Our pleasure.

[@dbach1025]

Man, that was fantastic. I was wondering what was being planned for the release of Masters. I love his humility and sense of humor.

[@WeHappyFew506]

Thank you, there is more to come! We have cast members planned to come on the podcast too.

[@johnwriter8234]

❤ "CROZZZ !!" ( I was HH3F helicopter and C-130 US Coast Guard navigator)

[@WeHappyFew506]

Thank you for your service.

[@tracymiller1149]

Love Harry Crosby. A true American hero. And that interviewer has gotta be from Minnesota or North Dakota with that accent.

[@davidcbr0wn]

The prank how they got the idiot lead bombardier to jump out over Germany by the pilot feigning they were going to crash beats anything I know about, including several readings of Masters of the Air.

[@HistoryWorldWar2Channel]

👌👌

[@chrisfetner332]

The B17 needed an escort for protection. A giant mistake by the air force.

[@chrisfetner332]

Rosenthal had no ambivalence. He was delighted to kill Nazis.

[@chrisfetner332]

Did Harry really have an affair or was this fiction in masters of the air?

[@WeHappyFew506]

We can't confirm this, his book discusses this further in detail.

[@ashwong3266]

did he really cheat on his wife in really life?

[@WeHappyFew506]

I'm sorry, we can't comment on that, his discusses this in his book.

[@ashwong3266]

@@WeHappyFew506 why not ?what does the book says? Iam asking because Iam curious if the show is accurate or not regarding this.

[@WeHappyFew506]

@@ashwong3266 because we can't say for certain, it implies there was some sort of relationship with Sandra in the book but nothing that exactly says it.

[@ashwong3266]

@@WeHappyFew506 ahh I see thanks

[@alanfoden571]

The movie is a joke ...overplayed and over acted sorry but it is NOT historical correct

[@Twisted_Throttle77]

it is spot on correct, it's just the dialog that isn't (thats impossible) but the events, missions, death/captures ect are accurate

[@WeHappyFew506]

How so?

[@Twisted_Throttle77]

@@WeHappyFew506 its based on two first hand account books, Masters of the Air and A Wing and a Prayer

[@WeHappyFew506]

@@Twisted_Throttle77 apologies, our comment wasn't meant for your reply but the other poster. His book is fantastic and highly recommend it as well as the book Masters of the Air.

[@tracymiller1149]

Are you referring to the mini-series "Masters of the Air", that aired on Apple TV+? Expand on what you mean by overplayed and overacted, and why you think it's not historically correct.