Masters of the Air: WWII's Bloody 100th Bombers

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🗓️ 28 January 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Screenwriter John Orloff joins Dan to talk about the new WWII mini-series 'Masters of the Air'. It tells the true story of the 'Bloody Hundredth', an American bomb group stationed in England that fought in the skies over Nazi-occupied Europe.

A decade in the making, John explains how the show works to faithfully recreate the story of these airmen and the trials that they faced.

Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.

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0:24.8	Sale runs until the 31st of January.
0:27.2	Terms and conditions apply.
0:31.8	This episode is brought to you by Masters of the Air on Apple TV Plus, from the executive producers behind Band of Brothers and the Pacific, and starring Academy Award nominee Austin Butler, Kalam Turner and Barry Keegan.
0:47.0	Masters of the Air is an authentic and action-packed World War II drama told over nine gripping one hour episodes. We'll follow the men of
0:56.0	the hundredth bomb group, the bloody hundredth, as they conduct perilous bombing raids
1:00.5	over Nazi Germany and grapple with the sheer terror of combat at 25,000 feet in the air.
1:07.0	Some were shot down and captured, others were wounded or killed, and others were lucky enough to make it home.
1:15.0	Masters of the Air streams on the 26th of January on Apple TV Plus.
1:21.0	Hi buddy welcome to Dan Snow's history. Well, it's here. Hello. up to the Pacific. It is Masters of the Air, made by many the same team members who made
1:36.2	the original Band of Brothers, Tom Hanks, Stephen Spielberg. It's written by John
1:40.0	Orloff who wrote two of the episodes of Band of Brothers.
1:43.2	It follows the fortunes of the 100th bomb group of the United States Army Air Force during the Second
1:48.4	World War.
1:49.4	They were everywhere. They bombed on D-Day. They bombed U-boat Pence. They bombed Berlin. They bombed oil fields. And they suffered horrific casualties.
2:03.0	In this episode of the podcast, I talked to John Orlov.
2:06.0	It's great to have him back on the show.
2:08.0	We've been in touch ever since you came on an episode a while ago now
2:10.0	where we talked about Band of Brothers.
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