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To: artichokegrower

Watched recently “Five Came Back” on Netflix.

‘Author Mark Harris on Turning ‘Five Came Back’ Into a Netflix Documentary’

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/five-came-back-mark-harris-interview-1202006357/

There is a sequence in the documentary about the 25th and final mission of The Memphis Belle crew. The film footage of the mission was shot with William Wyler’s direction and there is a famous scene when one of the other B-17s was hit by enemy fire and was circling down before crashing. The crew of the Memphis Belle began counting out the number of airmen who managed to eject from the aircraft. Very haunting.

5 posted on 05/02/2017 6:28:42 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ('You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")

To: Hotlanta Mike

Watched recently “Five Came Back” on Netflix.

As did I. Good series.

7 posted on 05/02/2017 6:42:51 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)

To: Hotlanta Mike

the number of airmen who managed to eject from the aircraft

Unfortunately there was no 'ejection' technology. Would have saved many lives.

32 posted on 05/02/2017 10:48:35 AM PDT by xone

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