MASTERS OF THE AIR Official Trailer (2024)

First movie trailer for Masters of the Air stars Barry Keoghan, Austin Butler.

[firecapt]

From the son of a CP pilot of a B-17 named Sally Anne from the 369th of the 306th from Thurleigh, THANK YOU FOR THIS. He survived 26 combat missions and piloted his B-17 through another 50 missions of Casey Jones. In the later years, he often spoke of the many that he knew, considered friends, ate briefing breakfast with and never returned. Pop passed in 2019, with full military honors. WE SHALL NEVER FORGET THE GREATEST GENERATON.

[bholl]

My dad and I built a B17 model that hangs in his office today. We went to airshows to see the flying fortress fly in person. We both loved the old Memphis Belle movie from back in the day. And we read this book. Always thought the plane and her crews deserved a serious film adaptation. Well, he died a week ago today. This one's for you Dad! Will miss watching this with you.

[flybywire]

I’ve been waiting on this show for almost 13 years.

[charles]

I wish I could watch this with my grandpa, but he passed away in 2000. He was a navigator on a B-17 ( "The Devil's Daughter" ) and shot down October 1943. He was shot down only three weeks into bombing missions and taken prisoner until his liberation by allied forces several years later. Spent the whole war in a prison camp. He survived and is one of the nicest guys I've known.

[Dentarthurdent]

I HIGHLY recommend the book that this is based on, also called Masters of the Air. It's excellent. 8th Air Force alone lost 26, 000 killed, more than the entire Marine Corps in WW2.

[borisdavidov]

My grandpa was a fighter pilot in ww2. He was on Jak 3 fighter pilot. In late 44 they attacked a German large train carrying shipment of armor. Train was heavily armored and they did not have bombs at all but they went on it. They managed to knock it out but one of the 88 shells blew half the right wing of my grandpa's plane. He managed to return to the airstrip and land with half a bloody wing missing.

[bigd]

The 8th Air Force had around a 75% casualty percentage flying missions against the 3rd Reich. Put that in perspective, 7 out of every 10 men that went into the skies above Europe wound up a casualty in some manner. Truly a terrifying experience. I couldn’t imagine, much respect. Can’t wait for this.

[mstevanovic]

In the year 1943 during the raid on the oil fields in Ploesti, Rumania, an American bomber was shot down over my village in Serbia. Three crew member were rescued by my grandfather and his father. We looked after them for some time. Before they left each of them give my father, who was a baby in a crib (born in February 1943) one US dollar bill. Eighty years later we still have one left and I keep it as one of the most precious possession we have. The one dollar bill was printed in 1935 in Chicago. This will be kept in our family for many more years to come.

[Roy_rj_Hale]

So crazy. Looking forward to watching this! My great grandpa was in the 8th Airforce in the 447th. His B17 was shot down over Germany on his 23rd mission. Him and his crew bailed out at their plane as it was going down and they were captured and made a P.O.W. for over 1 year and a half. He survived and came home and stayed in the AirForce until he finally retired. We have some crazy stories.

[rager]

the army, navy and air force. the trilogy is complete. my personal fave will always be band of brothers. the lack of cgi made it look and feel so realistic

[moorishdignity]

20 years after Band of Brothers and 30 years after Jurassic Park and somehow this looks like a damn video game.

[donnovicki]

If you haven't seen it yet, Smithsonian has a documentary called : The real story of the 8th air force. An outstanding documentary that traces the beginning of the 8th with 7 guys and no planes, til the end when the 8th was up to full force. It's a great show and very sobering considering 25, 000 airmen gave everything they had. Thank you 8th for all that you did for democracy and freedom. We can never repay you for your sacrifice.

[eddisonfoncette]

BWasn't this supposed to be released 10 years ago, under the title of "The Mighty Eighth " ? I've got the book Masters of the Air " in my kindle library so I'm definitely looking forward to watching this. Back in 1990 I had the privilege of meeting of a member of the Mighty Eighth here in London he was wearing a jacket with the 8th Air Force patch on it. I walked up to him and asked " excuse me sorry to bother you, but were you in the 8TH AF" He and his grandson were amazed that I recognised the patch and he took some time out to talk about his service. He told me he was stationed here in 43, flew in a B- 24, thankfully didn't fly in the infamous Schiewnfurt raids, how much London had changed and how I was one few Londoners he could understand what I was saying. Ironically I was wearing a replica US bomber jacket with the sheepskin lining that was in fashion at the time (cost £ 150.00 BTW ) and here I was talking to a guy who wore one for real, I felt a little ashamed to be honest. Anyway we shook hands as we parted and I thanked him for his service it was an amazing, surreal experience that was indelibly imprinted in my memory, a twenty year old black kid from London with a passionate interest in military history with the allied bomber campaign in WW 2, being one of my favourite subjects and meeting a man from the Mid West who fought in. It was truly an honour I didn't expect but am grateful for.

[BakteriaGonzalez]

Band of brothers didn’t have lines like "Let's rack em up and knock em down". Hopefully the rest of Masters is more deep like Band o b.

[billirvin]

I am an AF veteran of Vietnam (27 months) and cannot wait to see this. I've been hoping for years someone would make a movie about the sacrifices made by the 8th AF. God Bless those that fought and died and those that came home.

[redaug]

The 332d Fighter Group was assigned to the 12th & 15th Air Force for the duration of the war, so what would they be doing escorting bombers for the 8th Air Force? 🤔

[ReflectedSimulations]

So why are we seeing a fighter group based in Italy in a series about the 100th BG? Or more precisely: then why aren't we seeing anything about the 4th and the 56th that were the most successful units of the 8th?

[chrisspalding]

Being brought up in Suffolk near several aerodromes that were used by the US 8th Army Air Force the older folk and my late father who was a boy during this time were always respectful of the sacrifice made by these young men from across the pond who faced danger every day. I have been told that they fought the equivalent of a major battle every time they flew a mission. As did their counterparts in RAF Bomber Command who flew at night.

[catherinelw]

I'm about a third of the way into the book. So many died horrific deaths... when you're hit and there is nowhere to go and your buddies are wounded too, trying to minister first aid with one arm or the side of your head blown off... some of it made me cry so much. 😢

[kurtcobainenstein]

Wish I could bring my Uncle Jack back to see this. Jack Flew 12 missions over Germany in a B-24 and was shot down in April ‘44 and made POW, liberated about a year later. He didn’t fly in 17’s at all but he’d have loved to see this all the same. Sadly he passed away in 2009 before I could really get to know him and ask him about his experiences. I am forever proud of what my uncle (and personal namesake) did and grateful for all of these heroic men and what they gave to help save the world from tyranny and oppression. I can’t wait to watch this and will be thinking of you, Uncle Jack