I'm getting very concerned that the series is in Episode 6 and we're only into October 1943. There's still 18 months of the war left. And if they're telling the story of the 8th AF in WW II, well, they're gonna be skimming over a lot of important stuff.
Not that I don't like what I've seen, its been good, but they need to do a season 2, which won't ever happen because of the cost of producing this series. That's why it took 10 years to get this one made.
The scene last night of the German civilians beating and killing US airmen was close to what my Dad experienced. When he bailed, he landed on the " main street " of a small German town, Wettringen . And he was immediately surrounded by soldiers and civilians who had been waiting for him so they could give a gala reception.
The civilians wanted to kill him but the German soldiers had more gumption than those in the series last night and held off the civilians. Dad and another member of his crew were paraded down the street so the civilians could let them know how happy they were they'd dropped in to see them.
And the interrogator scene was very real. After being captured, all AAF airmen were transported to Frankfurt, to a temporary prison called Dulag Luft. That's where they were interrogated. Every personal account I've read, this stood out to them.
The interrogators name was Hanns Scharff and after the war, there was a book written about him. He had such an impact on Dad, that Dad bought the book. They knew minute details about every captured airman before the interrogation even started. This book is interesting.
The little cell they had Egan in this episode, is just how I had envisioned it from descriptions in personal accounts and what Dad spoke of. They kept them in the cell for three days before interrogating, just to break them down.
