A tremendous start.
Following a similar path to Band of Brothers, this epic miniseries traces the ups and downs of a squadron of Americans flying the B-17 Flying Fortress over Nazi-occupied Europe, adapted from the non-fiction work of the same name by Donald L. Miller.
Part One commences in 1943 with the green, untested Americans arriving on the Continent ahead of their first taste of combat. We get to know some of the main characters - including one known as Buck and one as Bucky, which must have been confusing - before they climb aboard their heavy, unmaneuverable planes, heading out on a mission to bomb a U-boat yard in Bremen.
The action sequences, cinematic in scale, are unflinching and spectacular.
Following a similar path to Band of Brothers, this epic miniseries traces the ups and downs of a squadron of Americans flying the B-17 Flying Fortress over Nazi-occupied Europe, adapted from the non-fiction work of the same name by Donald L. Miller.
Part One commences in 1943 with the green, untested Americans arriving on the Continent ahead of their first taste of combat. We get to know some of the main characters - including one known as Buck and one as Bucky, which must have been confusing - before they climb aboard their heavy, unmaneuverable planes, heading out on a mission to bomb a U-boat yard in Bremen.
The action sequences, cinematic in scale, are unflinching and spectacular.