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by Moggy
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:44 am
Forum: The Erk's Mess
Topic: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?
Replies: 22
Views: 12382

‘I was one of the Bomber Boys shot down by the Nazis – this is how I survived’

Masters of the Air: ‘I was one of the Bomber Boys shot down by the Nazis – this is how I survived’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/books/2024/02/02/TELEMMGLPICT000364922989_17068780770820_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqvolj60DwqJ4dFc8YOs5F5dw_zaFRRICUEYdJbrBZ3Ck.jpeg?imwidth=1280 The remarkable story of ...
by Moggy
Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: The Erk's Mess
Topic: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?
Replies: 22
Views: 12382

Re: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?

That last is is vital point. Those Mustangs cleared the skies for Overlord. The 8th did a bit of damage to German war industry, as did RAF Bomber Command. It was trendy after the war to pretend that the damage done was insignificant, and not worth the civilian casualties. That was never true as Spee...
by Moggy
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:08 am
Forum: The Erk's Mess
Topic: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?
Replies: 22
Views: 12382

Re: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?

It's one those "register and get a couple of free articles a week" sites.
by Moggy
Thu Feb 01, 2024 1:09 am
Forum: The Erk's Mess
Topic: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?
Replies: 22
Views: 12382

Masters of the Air fact checked – here’s what it gets wrong

Steven Spielberg’s soaring new war drama has sacrificed authenticity for Hollywood clichés

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2024/01/ ... -accuracy/
by Moggy
Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:06 am
Forum: The Erk's Mess
Topic: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?
Replies: 22
Views: 12382

Re: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?

:yes:

A great find. Dresden area I note.

People don't necessarily enjoy seeing the full reality.
by Moggy
Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:46 pm
Forum: The Erk's Mess
Topic: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?
Replies: 22
Views: 12382

Re: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?

Masters of the Air: The story behind the Apple TV drama The story of a group of American World War Two airmen is about to be told in a television drama series featuring Hollywood star Austin Butler. But in a corner of the East Anglian countryside, where the group's B-17s began bombing raids on Nazi ...
by Moggy
Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: The Erk's Mess
Topic: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?
Replies: 22
Views: 12382

Re: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?

‘There were no foxholes in the sky’: the astounding adventures of the real Masters of the Air Apple TV‘s series tells the story of the US Air Force‘s ‘Bloody Hundredth’ Bomber Group. But how does it compare to the truth? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2024/01/26/masters-of-the-air-apple-bloody-hundr...
by Moggy
Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:54 am
Forum: The Erk's Mess
Topic: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?
Replies: 22
Views: 12382

Re: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?

Masters of the Air: the catastrophic true story of the Bloody Hundredth bomb group in the Second World War On their first mission alone, they lost three planes and 30 men. Sky-high casualties earned them their grim nickname early on, and now their incredible story is being put on screen in an epic w...
by Moggy
Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:43 am
Forum: The Erk's Mess
Topic: What's going on at CombatSim?
Replies: 8
Views: 27545

Re: What's going on at CombatSim?

Do you want to change your email address?

Not experienced any spamming here yet.

I have blocked and deleted a number of attempted registrations.
by Moggy
Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: The Erk's Mess
Topic: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?
Replies: 22
Views: 12382

Re: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?

That means I can include them in my Italian setup :)

They were going to work them in somewhere.

I'm trying to work out how to view this. I already have Netflix, Anazon, Disney+, and Paramount+, so I dont want to take on another streaming service.
by Moggy
Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: The Erk's Mess
Topic: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?
Replies: 22
Views: 12382

Re: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?

‘Masters of the Air': Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan's WWII Misfire
Story by Alan Sepinwall

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/m ... r-BB1hc4ih
by Moggy
Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:49 am
Forum: The Erk's Mess
Topic: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?
Replies: 22
Views: 12382

Re: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?

Masters of the Air, review: astonishing wartime epic will take your breath away Somehow, Spielberg and Hanks have surpassed the thrills of Band of Brothers, with a superstar cast including Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2024/01/24/masters-of-the-air-apple-tv-review-st...
by Moggy
Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:47 am
Forum: The Erk's Mess
Topic: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?
Replies: 22
Views: 12382

Re: How accurate is Spielberg’s "Masters of the Air"?

‘They fought flak, frostbite – and the Nazis’: Spielberg, Hanks and the heroes of Masters of the Air Completing the trilogy that began with Band of Brothers and The Pacific, this epic mega-budget TV series tells the brutal, thrilling story of the US bombing raids that left from East Anglia. We meet ...
by Moggy
Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:44 am
Forum: The Erk's Mess
Topic: Shamrock Spitfire: Film spotlights Irish flying ace
Replies: 1
Views: 2994

Shamrock Spitfire: Film spotlights Irish flying ace

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fen-images.kinorium.com%2Fmovie%2F300%2F2756569.jpg%3F1676098124&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=1d88da7490551e09de92fdf0b1485c4f9282b55fd744a537851683b5bc356b06&ipo=images A film about a decorated Irish Spitfire pilot has won almost 50 film...