Disc 1
B-17 Flying Fortress
Beloved by pilots and crews for its durability and high altitude performance, the B-17 Flying Fortress was the dominant heavy bomber in the early years of World War II. This program looks back at the development and history of the B-17. Through experience of the pilots and crews who were there, it recounts the battles that raged in the skies over Europe as the German interceptors faced off with the B-17 gunners in a life or death struggle.
B-24 Liberator
The B-24 Liberator was meant to be the bomber that would finally break the back of the Germans. Watch as you are hurled back in time, right into the devastating air battles of World War II. Told through euewitness accounts of B-24 crews, this program examines the role the B-24 played in pulverizing the German war machine from the air.
Extra Feature:
Allied Airmen POWs
Find out what it was like to be a POW in Germany during World War II. First person accounts, rare photos and archival footage are woven together to tell the story of these brave young men. From their disastrous final missions to their joyful liberation, see what life was like for those who were locked up behind the wire deep in enemy territory.
|
Disc 2
P-47 Thunderbolt
A big, bare-knuckle brawler of a fighter, the P-47 combined rugged durability with devastating firepower. Built to be the ultimate high altitude fighter of the war, the Thunderbolt helped drive the Luftwaffe from the skies of Europe. The P-47 also proved to be a lethal fighter-bomber, destroying tens of thousands of trucks, tanks and trains.
P-51 Mustang
The P-51 Mustang rose from obscurity to become the greatest long-range fighter in aviation history. Able to outfly even the best of the Axis aircraft, the Mustang decimated its enemies and drove them from the skies over Europe and Japan. But in it infancy, the Mustang flashed mone is its war-winning potential. We trace the P-51's development from its origin through its re-emergence as the dominant aerial weapon of World War II.
Extra Feature:
Fighter Tactics 101
Follow the evolution of air combat tactics during World War II through the experiences of the pilots who flew the nimble and deadly fighter aircraft. See how aircraft performance dictated tactics and determined who would love and who would die in the skies over Europe.
|
Disc 3
RAF
Follw us as Churchill's famous "Few" relate their incredible experiences during some of the greatest air campaigns of World War II. From the Battle of Britain, to the siege of Malta and the flaming fighter-bomber cauldron over Normandy, the brave men of the RAF helped turn the tide against the Luftwaffe and paved the way for ultimate victory.
Defenders Of The Reich
The success of the German army in the first half or World War II was due in large part to German supremacy in the air. The Luftwaffe, working closely with German army units on the ground, seemed on the verge of world domination. However, with America's entrance into the war, the battle for the skies over Europe was on. Even with Germany throwing advance warplanes such as the Me262 het at the Allied planes, the Luftwaffe was falling apart at the seams. Relive the harrowing accounts of these battles as told by both German and American pilots.
Extra Feature:
Attack Air
Forged in the fires of World War I's brutal trench warfare, attack aviation emerged as the on hope to break the gruesome stalemate on the ground. In World War II, attack aviation reached its zenith of success as both the Axis and Allies refined it to a deadly art. Fly with our veterans as they dodge trees, flak and fighters during their zero-altitude missions aganist enemy ground targets.
|
