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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 war drama on Apple TV+. Annabel Nugent reads up on the young men in the cockpit
On October 10 1943, the 100th Bomb Group – known as the “Bloody Hundredth” – flew as part of the US Eighth Air Force on a mission to Münster, Germany. Stationed at Thorpe Abbotts in Norfolk, the 100th Bomb Group sent 13 of its B-17 “Flying Fortress” bombers to Münster. Twelve were lost in as many minutes. Only one returned.
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?
A companion to “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific,” the nine-part Apple TV+ miniseries effectively conveys the terror and chaos of aerial combat, but it doesn't always tell us enough about the human beings whose lives were at stake.
The team behind Band Of Brothers bring us another epic war drama. Read the Empire review.