Master of the Air miniseries, 8th AF action, and the next Scenario

[Brooke]

Masters of the Air miniseries is coming soon.

It is a Band of Brothers style miniseries -- but about WWII air combat.

Specifically, it is based on the book Masters of the Air, and focuses on the 8th AF and 100th BG throughout the war.

Masters of the Air will run from late Jan through mid March.

To celebrate this series, the next Scenario will run starting in February-ish or March-ish, and will focus on that action.  8th AF strategic bombing with the 100th BG, allied escorts/sweeps, axis interceptors.

It will be grand.  It will be dramatic.  It will be spectacular.  It will be fun.

I'm letting folks know now so that they know it's coming.

I will give more details as we nail down the exact dates.

[MDStampf93]

 

Sounds great!

 

[Kermit de frog]

 

[Animl-AW]

Masters of the Air miniseries is coming soon.

It is a Band of Brothers style miniseries -- but about WWII air combat.

Specifically, it is based on the book Masters of the Air, and focuses on the 8th AF and 100th BG throughout the war.

Masters of the Air will run from late Jan through mid March.

To celebrate this series, the next Scenario will run starting in February-ish or March-ish, and will focus on that action.  8th AF strategic bombing with the 100th BG, allied escorts/sweeps, axis interceptors.

It will be grand.  It will be dramatic.  It will be spectacular.  It will be fun.

I'm letting folks know now so that they know it's coming.

I will give more details as we nail down the exact dates.

AWESOME!!
Would be great to get some ad on HTC home page well in advance. Great idea to tie it to an up coming movie.

[mERv]

Now this I cannot miss

I still have glorious flash backs from the target for today scenario back in 2015

12 hrs long and as real as it got for Acss High 2. Nothing has topped that last return flight to England after bombing German positions in Paris. That beautiful night sky and full moon over the channel in a formation of 11 sets of B17s and a handful of escorts remaining! Those were the days

[Animl-AW]

Without thinking of the movie, and not knowing you were posting this, I was DLing this for clips. Telepathy.

[Brooke]

Nicely done!

(And one of my favorite bands, too.)

[fudgums]

Now this I cannot miss

I still have glorious flash backs from the target for today scenario back in 2015

12 hrs long and as real as it got for Acss High 2. Nothing has topped that last return flight to England after bombing German positions in Paris. That beautiful night sky and full moon over the channel in a formation of 11 sets of B17s and a handful of escorts remaining! Those were the days

Target for Today was an unbelievable day, and a fantastic design.

Still think about if we(Luftwaffe) was just a tad bit more organized on the last bomber run. We just turned about 1-2 minutes too early into the bomber stream and came in at 9 o'clock, if we just stayed on course and set up a 12 o'clock engagement. We might've done enough damage. Missed chances.

We could've won it. We were outnumbered all day, and found a way. Literally came down to the last hour.

[Shuffler]

Shoulda, woulda, coulda.....

 

[KCDitto]

Target for Today was an unbelievable day, and a fantastic design.

Still think about if we(Luftwaffe) was just a tad bit more organized on the last bomber run. We just turned about 1-2 minutes too early into the bomber stream and came in at 9 o'clock, if we just stayed on course and set up a 12 o'clock engagement. We might've done enough damage. Missed chances.

We could've won it. We were outnumbered all day, and found a way. Literally came down to the last hour.

No sir,

It came down to the last 5 minutes. I was in a FW190D chasing the formation of B-17 watching the clock. The allies dropped with on five minutes left.

You are right though, we could have won it. As the CIC on that one, I made a critical mistake, for the sake of fun, to chase RTB bombers that let a big group hit Antwerp. But even with that mistake, we could have still won it if we just had fighters left at the end.

That one and the BOB scenario where ROC would zoom out to you using CM EYE to verify you in the water and a friendly PT close to save a life! That scenario was EPIC

[Nefarious]

Target for Today was an unbelievable day, and a fantastic design.

One of my favorite scenarios. <S>

[PopJanko]

Masters of the Air miniseries is coming soon.

It is a Band of Brothers style miniseries -- but about WWII air combat.

Specifically, it is based on the book Masters of the Air, and focuses on the 8th AF and 100th BG throughout the war.

Masters of the Air will run from late Jan through mid March.

To celebrate this series, the next Scenario will run starting in February-ish or March-ish, and will focus on that action.  8th AF strategic bombing with the 100th BG, allied escorts/sweeps, axis interceptors.

It will be grand.  It will be dramatic.  It will be spectacular.  It will be fun.

I'm letting folks know now so that they know it's coming.

I will give more details as we nail down the exact dates.

More info, please?

Concept sounds great, but it's hard to make a good series like BoB and production backing.

Hopeful, around every corner is a great new movie with a great production.

[Brooke]

More info on TV miniseries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_the_Air
https://tv.apple.com/show/masters-of-the-air/umc.cmc.7bxcni0vwgll9kmicq738k5q2
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2640044/

[Animl-AW]

The real Masters of the Air: Destruction of the 8th USAAF Over the Reich

[1Canukk]