Masters of the Air Part 1 Reaction || THIS IS AMAZING!?
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2024
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1:56 Reaction
20:00 Discussion 
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Understandable. I looked up “Masters of the Sky” immediately after seeing that it was released. It just flows better than “Masters of the Air” because you have to enunciate “the” differently.
Also, great review. I can tell that this is as mind blowing for you as it was for me😂 With the way the first two episodes are looking, I’m guessing it’ll be better than Band of Brothers AND The Pacific. I hope it makes enough profit to fund another miniseries about tank or naval warfare🙏🏻
Submarines would be insane!!
The gunner did not burn his hands. His hands froze to the metal and he had to rip the skin off his hands to get them free.
Most of the pilots in the early episodes were college graduates who learned how to fly in the Air Cadets before the war.
The colonel was drinking milk specifically to calm down his stomach problems.
Frozen makes sense wow considering the altitude.
Makes sense they learned pre war considering most were officers, if not Sergeants.
Also the ulcer makes sense as doctors used to say milk treats the symptoms , but eventually learned it's false
@@732ReviewCrew The pilot, co-pilot, navigator and bombardier were officers and the rest were sergeants.
Fun fact, cold burns are practically the same thing as a heat burn, but far more damaging
@@732ReviewCrewit would get to -50f at 10,000 ft
all areal scenes are done in CGI, using "the Volume" and a gimble at 50ft height to add motion. there are only 6 B17 flying in the world so they can't use those, they however build 2 full scale models for the production for some ground stuff
That's amazing, thank you for the info! They made these models so well and the CGI is good too! Not too noticeable
Is there still 6 after the crash in texas last year?
@@user-tu7ug3re6g That was before. As of 2024, there are only 4 left that are airworthy.
The current ships still flying are Yankee Lady, Aluminum Overcast, Sentimental Journey, Ye Olde Pub (formerly Madras Maiden), and Sally B (Port side painted up as Memphis Belle, operates out of England).
That said, Shady Lady, Lacey Lady, Piccadilly Lilly II, the movie Memphis Belle, Champaign Lady, and Liberty Belle (burned up in 2011) are all currently undergoing various stages of restoration to return them to flight one day. Additionally, Fuddy Duddy and Miss Angela are still registered with the FAA, though they haven’t flown since 2014 and 2004 respectively.
TL;DR, there’s hope yet for more forts returning to the skies. Rest in Peace Nine O Nine and Texas Raiders and all those lost in their wrecks.
@@Crazyasianman286 No way Ye olde pub is still flying. That's amazing, knowing how bad they got in the war!!!
Something ELSE to consider in the CONTEXT of the Three shows, Band of Brothers, the Pacific and Masters of the Air, the Army Air corps had TWICE as many CASUALTIES/DEAD then the Marines did in the Pacific theater!!!
And pretty much over the SAME period of time!!
Late 1942 to mid 1945!!
Combined the Army and the Air Force or Air corps took the MAJORITY of the casualties in World War 2!!😢😢😢
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Percentage wise that is.
Amazing series so far. Ive been waiting for this for years! My mothers Uncle was a Ball Turret Gunner (under the belly of the bomber) in the 381st bomb group 532nd Squad. My mothers uncle went in on a bombing raid March 24th 1944 into Germany and became a POW that day due to having 2 of the 4 engines were knocked out and some of the nose damaged. This damage kept them from keeping up with the rest of the Bombers heading back over to England. So while my mothers uncles B17 pulled out of formation the pilots kept control of the Bombers and limped it across Germany then through France ( which was still being held by the Germans ) but could no longer fly anymore due to the damage sustained. They nursed the bomber as far they could hoping they can get across the channel and back to England ( which some B17’s that were heavily damaged did make it across) but to no avail on this day . So they had to crash land in the French countryside , the French resistance got their before the German Patrols and quickly rounded up whom they could , 4 of the 10 man crew escaped with them and hid for months , the other 5 were captured eventually including my mothers uncle. He spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft 1 POW CAMP. You also need to realize that the German Fighters had 20 or 30 MM rounds being shot at those bombers , where as we were only shooting back at them with 50 caliber rounds , if the bombers got hit with those 20 mill rounds it would go through like a hot knife through butter. God bless these young men who fought and died for this country
We can't forget the sacrifice of our ancestors and their brothers in arms.
As stated in the video, my grandfather was a radio man on a weather recon plane based out of Greenland. He was the code man and would send signals for whether supplies would be shipped or not across the Atlantic but also was involved, as per him , with pre mainland invasion scouting and the weather before landing attempts.
The low/low in formation came to be known as "Coffin Corner" due to the high rate of losses of planes in that position. Flak can be set to detonate at any altitude, the gunners can adjust it on the fly to compensate for missing. The bombers are too big to do evasive actions, so they mostly stayed within a few hundred feet and on the same course towards the target. Flak was also radar guided at times which made it deadlier. The planes never got low enough to 'zoom' through a flak battery killbox.
That was more fighter and fighter bombers like the dauntless and corsair right?
@@732ReviewCrew yes, exactly. The bombers have to stay on course, speed, and altitude for the Norden bombsight to accurately work. While on the actual bomb run, the bombardier is in control of the aircraft's course, speed, and altitude, while the pilot is locked out. This allows the bombardier to make fine-tune adjustments needed for precision bombing without having to relay instructions back to the pilot. Once the payload is dropped, the bombardier returns flight controls to the pilot.
The 88’s delivered a hell of blow
I think it was also called the Purple Heart Corner
My grandfather was the one with the Alice picture. The bombardier on Alice from Dallas.
That's awesome! Must feel really great to see that.
Mine was a radioman and I'm just keeping my ear out for his name to be in there by coincidence
. Amazing group of young men all around! I can't imagine our world had they not "took it to" those bastards!
Apparently, one of the actors on the show is the grandson of one of the pilots from the 100th. The character based on the grandfather will appear in episode 4.
When his hands stuck he didn't burn them. They were operating at temperatures between -40c and -50c. They were stuck to the guns as they froze to them.
The diving scene, the controls we basically cables and pulleys no hydraulics. So think of it this way, when you try to close a storm door on a really gusty day, takes a bit of muscle. So multiply the speed of that wind to somewhere in the 300+ MPH range, it's gonna take some strength to get out of the dive.
Wow that's pretty rough! Took some muscle to do that
@@732ReviewCrew Some of those intrepid Pilots went so far as to put the soles of their feet on the Instrument Panel and used their legs for extra leverage to pull out of a dive. That is the pitfall of non Hydraulically assisted Flight Surfaces. It's pure brute strength.
Pilots were mostly college educated attended Army Flight school then attended Bomber Flight School to get acquainted with B17 flight controls and the rest of the crew its where they got their first look at the Norden Bomb Sight where the bomberdair had control of the plane during the entire bomb run they actually had a lead bomberdair where they looked at the lead plane to drop their bombs first where as soon as they started then the rest follows
Hey guys! Great reaction. I noticed at the beginning (around 3:20) you mentioned the hydraulics on the bomber possibly being messed up. B-17s didn't have hydraulic controls. They were controlled via cables and pulley systems that were attached to the pilots yoke(s).
Thank you!! That clarifies things appreciate it and glad you enjoyed
That’s where the phrases “fly by wire” and “flying by the seat of your pants” comes from.
Slight correction here:
Those were Messerschmitt 109s if I'm not mistaken. It's one of the main German airplane manufacturers along with Focke-Wulf, Heinkel and Junkers. It's not all that different from the US where you have a few major companies ( Lockheed, Northrop-Grunman, Boeing ) involved in manufacturing all kinds of airplanes, they're not divided by roles like this company only manufactures fighters, that one only bombers, etc... The Messerschmitt 109 and the Focke-Wulf 190 were both excellent fighters.
So far after 2 episodes I am really liking this show. I was worried a bit that they will obviously have to go with a lot of CGI but they did a good job, those B-17s look glorious. Obviosuly they built some or used real ones for the inside/ground scenes but I really like the visuals so far. Dont know much about the 100th Bombardment group except that they've suffered tremendous losses due their decision to bomb at daytime unlike the Brits who were only bombing at night time.
BTW in wartime
any landing you can walk away from is a good landing :)
Messerschmitt, Focke-Wulf, Dornier, Junkers, and Heinkel all made fighters for Germany in WWII.
Random stuff....
The aircraft were not pressurized, until ones like the B-29 were showing up later. The aircrew were bundled up, sometimes having uniforms with heating elements in them. The inside of the plane, and the equipment, would be cold.
The closing speed, when enemy fighters attacked head on, is probably over 600 mph. That's mere seconds to see the fighters and shoot at them. It was easy to miss spotting them, get slapped at, and watch them pass behind you.
Some targets to bomb were within range of friendly fighter escort, but not a requirement for the planners.
I'd expect the raids on Schweinfurt to show up in pt 2.
There are very few WWII warbirds still around, so CGI is probably used for many scenes.
Nice to watch along with reactors who know a thing or two about WW2 history as well!
The man drinking milk is real. He drank it because he had stomach alcers. He was in contant pain and the milk helped him to ease the pain a little.
i also started this and was hooked from moment one. Its great, however i was not surprised.
Absolutely agree. It has a lineage to live up to! It helps extra to have connections like Mikey's grandfather being a plane radioman based in Greenland
Fellow 732’r here!!! Just found you guys and cool episode!! Can’t wait to see your reaction for part 2
I’m excited about this series and been waiting a long time for it…
Hey!!! Let's gooo. And you're airborne too? I have a friend who was a paratrooper from 2015 to 2018! Stationed in Germany.
Also Eddie's brother in laws entire family are all Air Force pilots basically, one active the rest retired
That yellow cylinder you saw get hit wasn’t a bomb. That was an oxygen tank, thus the fire instead of an explosion
Bf-109 Messerschmitt FIGHTERS in many variants were used from 1938 through 1945. 190s came around mid 1943.
Buck and Bucky joined the USAF in 1940 and to have an idea on losses throughout each plane crew was 10 men and for later in the series when seeing losses easy company was 150 men
Don't forget Hanks' "Greyhound" 2020
You could take out a bomber quickly by hitting the front/cockpit as that was were the flying crew were...I think that was the primary target for the first pass on a bomber formation by the luftwaffe....After the first pass it was every man for himself which was the flanks and rear of the enemy aircraft for obvious reasons...The reference to '190's' in the episode is the Focke Wulfe 190 german aircraft....The main luftwaffe single engine fighter aircraft at this stage was the Messerschmidt 109 and the Focke Wulfe 190....JFYI
A 99 year old WW2 B24 pilot reacted to 1st episode too. Everyone should check it out
If you thought that vomit bag was gross wait till you read about what they had to use for #1 and #2 on their 15 hour flights
The bikes were a big thing because gas was rationed so no gas for cars. It was for trucks and ambulances and buses. only important people would have access to a car. So a bike was the best way to get around but even they were scarce because few new bikes were being made.
3:43 the Germans used a variety of interceptor fighters during the war, but the more common ones where BF 109’s and FW 190’s. Messerschmitt did mostly produce bombers; they also churned out a lot of the engines used in the fighters. But I’m just an armchair historian, so if you want the cold hard facts I’d go to the proper historians
The crew grows. Ok. I like it.
The silence before “interrogation” is probably to keep reports fresh and unchanged. If they talk amongst each other before recording it, they risk crossing wires with each others reports.
Excellent reaction. Show is really well done so far, I can tell my nerves are going to be shredded by the end of this.
Mikey is already on the edge of his seat, he refused to claim a favorite character due to his curse.
@@732ReviewCrew 😄The characters appreciate Mikey's reluctance.
Maybe this was answered already, I just skimmed through the comments and haven’t seen it yet, but what happened to the ball turret on the B-17 that had to belly land? Just before they put it down, the plane looks like the ball turret has been removed. I don’t claim to be an expert, but my understanding is that the B-17 didn’t have a retractable ball. The B-24 Liberator did, but not the B-17. It’s one of those puzzling things because there’s so much attention to detail, yet the ball turret isn’t there. Maybe arriving in country they weren’t installed yet? Anyone know?
The turret could be jettisoned before making a belly landing.
@@waldoman0 Ok that makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up.
2 bikes on the base at this time went for about 10 pounds sterling. That was a ton of money in 1943.
Interesting reaction video!
Messerschmitt were also the fighters.
Gail seems like a girl's name, but think about it as a Gale in a storm. Pretty cool name actually.
Late on this one, great reaction!
Amazing show
The americans talk about precision bombing but like the British very rarely hit the target accurately
Milk of Magnesia you will find out later
It’s gross🤢
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Looking up the real people the characters are based on is kinda hilarious. The casting department should have been fired. The Real life Buck Clevens played by Austin Butler actually looked more like Jonah Hill or John Belushi.
LOL wow that's actually spot on! They had to Hollywoodize it, make them all attractive, but they've all been pretty good so far in terms of acting
If you read about their real-life swagger, they were described like Hollywood stars. And the actor, Callum, who plays Bucky looks pretty spot on, I’d say.
The first scene shown in this review shows uniformed men in bars with made-up women. This is a very poor representation of what the story allegedly represents. In England men did not meet women in bars. They might meet a woman at a dance. English women were not made up and were rather plain looking, their attractiveness was more their inner selves. In training in the US there may have been the time for meeting women. Generally, however, the use of one's off-time to meet women was looked down on, as rest or at best sightseeing prevailed. Also English women did not have money for cosmetics.
I went through officer school and flight training in the US in 1975 and we did not spend time in bars with women. We had information to study and tests to pass OR ELSE and this recreation just did not happen, as a rule, it was not part of the experience.
The intercourse between men and women simply is off-topic and all the war films that focus on this rather than the real subject, war and its destructiveness and sacrifice and pain and emotional and physical challenge, this barfly approach denigrates the subject.
To put this in perspective, tell me how one would reasonably add scenes with women in bars to "12 O'Clock High".
That makes sense. They may be trying to show that the men had sweethearts or just glorify the going oversees by showing women? Not sure but your experience triumphs all TV episodes
That scene is in the states before they go overseas, not in England.
Correct the first scene is in the states. Please take time to watch it first.
actually the flight crews had a lot of interactions with local ladies in the pubs . My father flew 25 missions with the Bloody 100th/ 351stSQ , Piccadilly Lily , during this time period ( JUN-OCT , '43.) . He kept a diary and had many entries of interactions with young ladies in the local pubs around Thorpe Abbotts. They would ride their bikes to go visit with those ladies. But he was enlisted ( WG) so it may be different for officers.
and as to your ' 12 O'clock High ' reference, it was critiqued because they did not show women in the movie. The fact is there were lots of women around the bases. I think one scene will show a Red Cross worker handing out snacks. My father flew on the Piccadilly lily that was featured in ' 12 O'Clock High' because his co-pilot on several missions was Bernie Lay , who wrote the screenplay for the movie.
A disappointing film. Memphis Belle and 12 O'Clock High (the movie) are both better.
It’s a tv series. Not a film. And if you do a little reading of Harry Crosby’s book “A Wing and a Prayer”, the major and minor incidents in the series are based on real life events and the actors are portraying actual airmen.
It was terrible, just one long cliche after another. Even the graphics look as if they were created for a video game.
Um. Look at the book it’s based on, “A Wing and a Prayer” by Harry Crosby, the real-life navigator who’s narrating the series. This series is based on his memoirs and the memoirs of Rosie Rosenthal. Check out “Reel History” and pick up the book. It’s practically verbatim.