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Based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name, and scripted by John Orloff, “Masters of the Air” follows the men of the 100th Bomb Group (the “Bloody Hundredth”) as they conduct perilous bombing raids over Nazi Germany and grapple with the frigid conditions, lack of oxygen, and sheer terror of combat conducted at 25,000 feet in the air. Portraying the psychological and emotional price paid by these young men as they helped destroy the horror of Hitler’s Third Reich, is at the heart of “Masters of the Air.” Some were shot down and captured; some were wounded or killed. And some were lucky enough to make it home. Regardless of individual fate, a toll was exacted on them all.

The series features a stellar cast led by Academy Award nominee Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle and Nate Mann, who are joined by Raff Law, Academy Award nominee Barry Keoghan, Josiah Cross, Branden Cook and Ncuti Gatwa.

Hailing from Apple Studios, "Masters of the Air" is executive produced by Steven Spielberg through Amblin Television, and Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman for Playtone. Amblin Television’s Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey co-executive produce alongside Playtone’s Steven Shareshian. In addition to writing, Orloff co-executive produces. Graham Yost also serves as co-executive producer. Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Dee Rees and Tim Van Patten serve as directors.

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Transcript
00:00 You want to re-up?
00:03 Captain, you know that tours of duty have been extended
00:06 to 30 missions.
00:08 Yes, sir, I do.
00:10 I can't stop you, Captain.
00:24 But don't you want to go home?
00:27 And Jesus, if anyone's on a trip to Florida, it's you.
00:32 Well, sir...
00:36 I guess I'm...
00:41 shown as an helmet.
00:46 How could I sleep at night knowing I get to go home
00:52 while the brass up their numbers mid-tour?
00:56 And then I...
00:58 I can't imagine some rookie coming to take my place...
01:03 getting himself and his crew killed on their first mission.
01:08 Then he gets replaced by another replacement
01:13 and over and over and over again.
01:16 No, sir.
01:20 No, sir.
01:22 I can't go home.
01:27 Not yet.
01:31 Not until the job is done...
01:35 one way or another.
01:38 I see.
01:48 Well, I feel you should at least make your decision
01:52 based on all the information available.
01:55 General Doolittle has ordered the air strategy to shift radically.
02:00 The invasion will not and cannot occur
02:04 until the Luftwaffe is destroyed
02:06 and we have complete and total air superiority.
02:09 And we can do that now with the new P-51s,
02:13 which outflies and outperforms every plane
02:16 the Luftwaffe can throw at us.
02:19 But to shoot them down,
02:23 we need to get them in the air.
02:26 With bombers as the bait.
02:29 Our bombers.
02:33 So that's the strategy.
02:37 That's the mission.
02:39 Bait.
02:41 I understand.
02:46 [sighs]
02:48 Okay, then.
02:54 You know,
03:01 we could use a new commanding officer for the 350th.
03:05 You up for it?
03:10 Yeah, I'm up for it.
03:13 Okay, then.
03:15 Thank you, Carl.
03:21 [sighs]
03:23 [footsteps depart]
03:27 [silence]
03:31 [silence]
03:34 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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