wayne556517
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Very quiet on here what were everyone's thoughts?
Very quiet on here what were everyone's thoughts?
I watched the first 2 episodes. I thought it was pretty good. I don't know if will be up there with BOB and The Pacific, Hopefully someday they will have one about the Navy. I'm surprised that HBO didn't get this series to go with the other 2.
Mark
have not seen it yet as i don't have apple tv but i am waiting to see what everybody thinksvery quiet on here what were everyone's thoughts?
have not seen it yet as i don't have apple tv but i am waiting to see what everybody thinks
HBO passed because of the cost.
An interesting fact, the USAAF lost more acft to training accidents than combat in WWII.
Haven't seen it but there was a hair-raising story on one of those history channel shows. A British bomber crew is flying over Germany at night when they are hit and one of the engines catches on fire and is burning. What to do? They decide to deploy the parachute of one unlucky crew member and hold onto it while he walks out onto the wing with a fire extinguisher to try to put out the fire. Imagine a guy on the wing of a flying aircraft at night while it is on fire and his buddies are holding his parachute to keep him from blowing off. While he is standing on the wing, a German fighter comes out of the sky and strafes the plane. His buddies drop the end of the parachute, and he goes flying off into the night. The plane crashes but there are survivors. They are taken prisoner and pass the medical tent where they discover that the guy who fell off the wing has somehow survived this ordeal and is being treated for his injuries. You had to be tough in those days.