The wife used Apple TV.
I agree 100%. I was bored by episode 7 and didn't even bother to watch episode 8. It was disappointing for sure.
The late General Jimmy Stewart piloted B-24's in the war.
My dad was a B-29 pilot based out of Guam. He said he flew his B-29 to Hawaii and from there to Guam. He said when we landed in Guam the runways were still smoking. Everything was a rush to get there and begin the campaign against Japan. He eventually was chosen to fly and something that was brand new. Night missions. He said they stripped the b-29s of anything that weighed a lot and was useless. Including all the guns. Who in the hell in their right mind would be flying Fighters at night? They then went around and painted the underside black on the B-29. And the stories? Here's one. The B-29 was plagued with engine problems. He said they eventually fell back until they were the last ones of like 350 planes. He said the Flames from the oil refineries burning had burned a hole through the clouds and he hit that updraft and it flipped his plane before he could drop his load. He said b-29s were not made to fly like that and it dropped Like a Stone upside down with a full load of bombs. So here I am a little kid with my eyes bugged out of my head going what happened then? He said I feathered all four engines and pulled the wheel into my gut and prayed. Now I don't know if the following is Gospel truth or not cuz you know how stories get embellished? He said when he got back to base his crew chief came running up to him and said Jesus George? How low do you fly this thing? Come here and look at this. In the tail was a broken off tree limb... if this picture comes out, that's my dad and his b29 the 20th Century Fox. After the war he became a sign painter.
Here's another one before I get back building my model. You've all heard stories on the Norden bomb site? You know, The Pickle Barrel and stuff like that. My dad said the scariest time was on the bomb run when the Bombardier had complete control of the plane and the pilot couldn't do anything. So he's sitting there not able to do anything and he looks out the cockpit and happens to glance up because he saw a couple of weird glows above him. A split second later it Dawns on him that that's a B-29 above him and holy shit here comes the Stick of bombs right in front of his nose. And you can't do a damn thing about it.
By the way. My dad watched the movie on the Memphis Belle? When they were doing their bomb runs in the movie the whole plane was shaking and they were moving around in their seats like someone was shaking it? You know like there was a ferocious wind storm out. My dad laughed and said it's nothing like that he goes sometimes it's smooth as glass and you hear the Bombay doors open and suddenly the plane gets a whole lot lighter and control returns to you and all you want to do is reverse course and head back to Guam and hopefully you have enough fuel to make it to the runway. And believe me all the pilots talked about this. Sometimes you landed and the engine stopped. Out of fuel. Bone dry. If it happens on approach? They all decided the best thing to do was to push the stick forward and slam into the Cliff face cuz none of them wanted to mush in and become a rolling Fireball.
I'd recommend putting "The Mighty Eighth" into your reading list.
There are a lot of different books on the Mighty Eighth - including one I’m currently reading - Masters of the Air; so what’s the difference which one you read. I watched a documentary on National Geographic Channel, The Story of the Mighty Eighth, a very good documentary by the way. I highly recommend watching it.
