Masters of the Air Episode 2

Key Battles of American History

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4.7 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Sean and James continue their discussion of Masters of the Air, this time reviewing Part 2, in which the 100th copes with its first combat losses. At a pub, RAF members challenge the American tactic of daytime raids; feeling disrespected, Lieutenant...

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0:00.0	War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding
0:10.8	right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its
0:16.5	size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.0	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.8	a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.8	Here is your host, James Early.
0:43.3	Thank you. host, James Early. Hello and welcome back to Masters of the Air.
0:46.7	Our discussion of the epic series that has just come out on Apple TV Plus called Masters
0:52.8	of the Air, the nine-part series about the 100th bomb group.
0:57.5	In our last episode, we talked about part one, and we just saw how the people were introduced,
1:03.5	the major characters. We met Gail Buck Cleven. We met John Bucky Egan. We met Lieutenant
1:09.3	Curtis Biddick, and we met Lieutenant Harry Harry Crosby as well as many other supporting characters.
1:13.7	And we saw them go from the United States to Greenland, find them to their base at Thorpe Abbott's in East Anglia, or Hanglia, as Sean wants to call it.
1:24.5	And we saw their first mission in which they were not able to drop their bombs, or at least
1:30.5	the colonel didn't think they were, so they didn't drop their bombs.
1:33.1	They turned around.
1:33.7	They lost quite a few planes.
1:35.4	So let's continue the series now.
1:37.2	We're going to have some more air combat in this episode.
1:41.2	We're going to see their second major mission.
1:43.5	But before we do, Sean, do you
1:45.5	want to share any trivia or any other information about this before we jump into the air?
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