i’ve rewatched this show several times and watched Band of Brothers, along with The Pacific. as much as i love every show i would love to know if there’s any shows or movies or any kind of media that’s remotely similar to MOTA mentioned b-17’s

i’ve rewatched this show several times and watched Band of Brothers, along with The Pacific. as much as i love every show i would love to know if there’s any shows or movies or any kind of media that’s remotely similar to MOTA mentioned b-17’s

In episode 4 (I think) during the celebration for Dye making it through his tour, Egan has a different uniform shirt to Cleven, why is that? Cleven had a darker shirt and tie whereas Egan had the lighter tie.

I’ve looked all over online for one but does anyone know if there is or close to a list of every single bombing mission the 8th flew all complied into a single list? Even better if it says what Bomb groups were involved in what missions. There are hundreds of smaller missions the 8th flew like hitting small targets in France that are not well covered or written up on. Thanks!

I just watched this show for the first time. I loved it!! I couldn't help think what possibly could have been the budget spent on leather jackets. $1 million???? Haha maybe not but close

Just a quick question here. Was she a real person, that existed, or was she fictional? Or based on a real person? The series used some real people so I'd like to believe that. Was the affair with Crosby real?

Does anyone know what is all that info on the seat headrests? Watched the series twice and still can't figure! 😅

After they landed in Africa, what happened? Did the fly back having a series of missions? I wish they would have shown that.

I’ve watched it twice and just like BoB and The Pacific there are a lot of characters to keep up with. Crank flew in the mission that only Rosie made it right? Did he become a POW, or was his fort one of the ones that aborted due to mechanical issues?

Does anyone know the quality of Austin Butlers' jacket that is sold by Prime Jackets? I am wanting to get one, but I don't want to waste my money on some cash-grab bull crap.

Was the Sound Mixing the only thing this show got awarded for or will there be upcoming awards shows we just haven't yet seen?

So the characters were a little hard to follow since they were wearing masks and called each other by their positions rather than their names when in combat.

But that's historically accurate

And the timeline was way more spread out across a number of years, far more than Band of Brothers or any other comparable WWII series/movie.

But that's historically accurate

And then there's the one thing that gets me... it's almost historically accurate. I've never seen any media that has portrayed the absolute horror that bomber crews faced doing daylight raids over Germany. They were slaughtered without regard.

My grandfather flew P38 escorts with these dudes. He wasn't shy about his stories, he said every flight he saw a dozen men die, a flight every day, no weekends, for years. Shot down twice, I have some of his gear that still has German dirt stuck in it. It was absolutely batshit brutal up there. An uncle also wasn't shy about his stories either, he was in the airborne and dropped on Normandy. He'd seen a few friends die in person, but he said watching a dozen of your friends die in a single random fireball was just misery. Great way to start the war.

Just wanted to point out that even though they were wearing fancy coats and nice hats, these guys were getting chewed to bits just as fast as the boys on the ground... and they did it every day without hesitation, despite watching their closest friends explode on every mission.

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In your opinion, which was the best episode and why? Which was the weakest and why? What would you have done/shown differently?

In my opinion, the third and fifth episodes were the best because they show the brutality of the fight and how skilled you have to be to keep your head on your shoulders.

Air crew posing on Jeep in front of B-17F 'Our Gang' of 324th BS, 91st BG, US 8th Air Force, Bassingbourn, England, United Kingdom, 15 Jun 1943

In the film (a biopic about Lee Miller, a female photojournalist working during WWII) he plays Colonel Spencer, an Army officer in charge of wrangling wartime correspondents in Normandy. Not a big role, as he only turns up a couple of times, but I figured this fandom would find the movie interesting.

I think episode 5 after the absolute disaster that was Rosie's debut, but curious to hear everyones picks

Was there any reason for this?

I only know of Blakely from watching MOTA but for three episodes, his B-17 was the seat of the command pilots which indicates he must have been a skilled pilot. Was he one of the best in the One Hundred and what made him a skilled pilot compared to others in the group?

He would have provided a broader view of the strategy and whether there was truly a need for the kind of bombing the 8th did. Thoughts?

An opportunity has presented itself to me where I will be attending a q&a with some actors however, my mind is drawing a blank for questions. Does anyone have anything they would like to ask?

I need it in my collection 😭

The final episode annoyed me slightly when they were showing Operation Chowhound. Now I get that this is a show about an American bomber group but it made out like Chowhound was the first of its kind when the British, Australians and Canadians had been doing it a few days before in Operation Manna.

Now unless I missed it, a reference to what other allied forces were doing in Holland would be nice

Still a fantastic show though just my one gripe