1 00:00:52,300 --> 00:00:57,350 In May 1943, it was established allied airbases in North Africa - 2 00:00:57,430 --> 00:01:01,770 - to initiate flights against German forces in Italy. 3 00:01:01,850 --> 00:01:06,610 It was planned to launch an attack in the capital Rome from 19 July. 4 00:01:06,690 --> 00:01:11,940 These airstrikes were to show to become among the most costly of the war. 5 00:01:13,530 --> 00:01:18,410 B-17 bomber with a crew At 10, 25 flights were expected to fly. 6 00:01:18,490 --> 00:01:24,620 On average, only two crews came whole skinned through all the journeys. 7 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:27,960 Only two. 8 00:01:38,220 --> 00:01:43,430 5 July 1943 Gerbini, Italy 9 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:51,780 Based on actual events 10 00:01:59,780 --> 00:02:04,040 There is not a cloud to be seen over Radusa. Stay close together. 11 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,880 Notification is made heavy anti-aircraft fire over the target. 12 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:25,600 Now it comes, gentlemen. 13 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:30,900 Check the vest, boys. There is heavy anti-aircraft fire out there. 14 00:02:31,020 --> 00:02:33,690 How long, Archie? 15 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,910 - Five minutes to the goal. - Received. 16 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:42,410 Enemy fighters are reported in our area. 17 00:02:42,490 --> 00:02:46,580 Both anti-aircraft fire and fighter jets? I didn't think it would happen. 18 00:02:46,670 --> 00:02:50,340 Yes, today. Eddie, keep an eye out for baddies behind us. 19 00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:54,920 I look behind, so Al must watch my stomach. 20 00:02:55,010 --> 00:02:58,640 Easy to follow with the stomach to Fat Eddie. 21 00:02:59,220 --> 00:03:04,270 - You were heavy in the ass when we took off. - A gnome and whore can only keep quiet. 22 00:03:05,350 --> 00:03:09,100 We enter the target area in two minutes. 23 00:03:15,860 --> 00:03:19,530 - Ranger Rat goes down. - Received, Pops. 24 00:03:19,610 --> 00:03:23,740 Villain at four o'clock, coming fast from the left! 25 00:03:23,950 --> 00:03:26,160 I see him. 26 00:03:29,370 --> 00:03:32,340 Satan comes from the left! 27 00:03:34,710 --> 00:03:38,010 Passing on the right. It was close. 28 00:03:38,180 --> 00:03:41,800 A new one is coming towards us on the left side! 29 00:03:41,890 --> 00:03:45,270 - One minute to the goal. - Shoot! 30 00:03:45,970 --> 00:03:49,810 They go so low, that I cannot aim at them. 31 00:03:51,940 --> 00:03:56,610 Random Act goes down in flames. Count the parachutes, Eddie. 32 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,950 No one came out. We're flying blind up here. 33 00:04:02,820 --> 00:04:06,040 Archie, how far is it to Radusa? 34 00:04:06,410 --> 00:04:09,540 We'll be there in a bit, 30 seconds. 35 00:04:09,790 --> 00:04:14,420 Keep your eyes on the compass and let the boys take care of the fighters. 36 00:04:14,750 --> 00:04:17,300 They're coming back! 37 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,840 I hit the ski slope! 38 00:04:19,930 --> 00:04:23,300 - We are close to the goal now. - Philly, your turn. 39 00:04:23,430 --> 00:04:27,220 Stay the course, boss, I'm in a hurry. 40 00:04:27,350 --> 00:04:30,310 Enemy fire at 12 o'clock - loud. 41 00:04:31,020 --> 00:04:33,980 Philly, they're gunning for the nose! 42 00:04:41,490 --> 00:04:45,330 Engine two gets hot, it may have taken a bullet. 43 00:04:45,410 --> 00:04:50,660 - Stick with it, help the shooters. - Damn, the plane behind us is smoking. 44 00:04:51,330 --> 00:04:54,710 It was a little too tight. Opens bomb hatches. 45 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:05,010 Can you keep the plane steady? We don't throw horseshoes. 46 00:05:05,100 --> 00:05:06,810 I will consider it. 47 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:10,390 Target in sight, the bombs go. 48 00:05:15,730 --> 00:05:20,280 Pops, Wally, steer 285 and get us out of here. 49 00:05:20,490 --> 00:05:23,660 Received, rate 285. 50 00:05:37,420 --> 00:05:39,960 Well done, now we're going home. 51 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,760 Pops, we have an engine fire! 52 00:05:52,060 --> 00:05:55,150 You better turn it off, it smokes heavily. 53 00:05:55,230 --> 00:05:57,360 It looks like this. 54 00:06:04,860 --> 00:06:09,040 Ignite the fire extinguisher. Burt, check the other engines. 55 00:06:09,290 --> 00:06:13,580 Engine three is dead. The second is hot and losing power. 56 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:20,760 Notify squadron leadership that we are injured and breaks out of formation. 57 00:06:21,630 --> 00:06:26,180 Keep your eyes open, boys. We're a target up here. 58 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:50,030 Three villains at 12 o'clock. They attack. 59 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,540 - Watch out, there's one coming! - I'm hit! 60 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,920 Jake! 61 00:07:00,340 --> 00:07:02,460 Hold on, Jake! 62 00:07:02,550 --> 00:07:05,050 Hang in there, Joe. I'm on my way. 63 00:07:05,510 --> 00:07:10,140 They've hit Jake. Help him out, Charlie! 64 00:07:13,270 --> 00:07:17,310 - Jake! - He is badly hurt. Jake! 65 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:23,190 - They attack again! - Shoot! The other side, three o'clock! 66 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,450 My God! 67 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:34,160 - Archie, look what's going on over there. - On the way, Pops. 68 00:07:34,250 --> 00:07:39,250 - I hit someone in the nose! - Nice shot, Burt. Spread the herd. 69 00:07:41,380 --> 00:07:44,710 One shot down, but where are the other two? 70 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:49,260 Charlie, are you okay? You're okay. 71 00:07:50,050 --> 00:07:54,520 - One of the villains attacks. - It comes from below. 72 00:08:06,950 --> 00:08:08,860 Damn it! 73 00:08:10,660 --> 00:08:14,120 Archie, I need you in the cockpit. 74 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,370 They withdraw. 75 00:08:23,710 --> 00:08:28,010 Archie, get Pops down. I'm going to be in the pilot's seat. 76 00:08:28,090 --> 00:08:30,720 We'll make it, mate. 77 00:08:41,190 --> 00:08:44,190 We have problems, boys. 78 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:50,320 pops... Pops isn't coming home. 79 00:08:51,740 --> 00:08:56,410 But we'll make it if we keep at it keep a cool head and do our work. 80 00:08:56,500 --> 00:08:59,670 We've lost the hydraulics on an engine. 81 00:08:59,750 --> 00:09:04,000 But we keep good speed, and the control is intact. 82 00:09:06,260 --> 00:09:07,970 Burt. 83 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,590 I need a damage report. 84 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:14,930 Yes, sir. 85 00:09:16,810 --> 00:09:22,900 We reach the coast of Tunisia in an hour. We have fuel for two hours. 86 00:09:24,060 --> 00:09:27,650 Charlie, notify us of our situation. 87 00:09:28,150 --> 00:09:30,950 That we have wounded and died. 88 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:37,750 We're below 10,000 feet, boys. You can take off the masks. 89 00:09:37,830 --> 00:09:42,500 The hydraulics are affected, we must lower the landing gear manually. 90 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,540 Here is the plan: 91 00:09:47,340 --> 00:09:51,510 We lower the landing gear, when we come in overland. 92 00:09:51,590 --> 00:09:55,220 Those of us who can jumps out in a parachute. 93 00:09:55,300 --> 00:09:59,810 Archie and I try to land the plane at Navrin air base. 94 00:10:00,230 --> 00:10:05,560 Sir, my professional opinion is, that the aircraft is able to land. 95 00:10:07,820 --> 00:10:11,280 - Are you sure? - Absolutely sure. 96 00:10:12,490 --> 00:10:14,280 Everyone stays on board. 97 00:10:44,150 --> 00:10:49,480 11 July 1943 Navrin Air Base, Algeria 98 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,620 Same awakening every damn morning. 99 00:10:59,580 --> 00:11:05,290 And every morning you complain. You are as predictable as the Arabs. 100 00:11:06,130 --> 00:11:11,380 They could give us peace one morning. Why am I talking to you? Shut up! 101 00:11:13,340 --> 00:11:16,180 Would you like a tear, Sergeant? 102 00:11:16,680 --> 00:11:18,850 Damn take it. 103 00:11:54,630 --> 00:11:56,680 Good morning. 104 00:11:57,470 --> 00:12:01,930 Good morning. I didn't know that I had a new roommate. 105 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:07,400 - We met yesterday, but you were a bit... - Drunk. 106 00:12:09,190 --> 00:12:13,070 I was more than drunk, I was completely screwed. 107 00:12:13,570 --> 00:12:18,280 The only thing I remember is canned ham and lima beans. 108 00:12:20,450 --> 00:12:22,450 What was your name? 109 00:12:22,540 --> 00:12:26,670 Michael Schmidt, sir. I have to serve on 4224503 - 110 00:12:26,750 --> 00:12:28,920 - as second pilot. 111 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:34,090 Her name is Lucky Lass. If she flies again, you are welcome on board. 112 00:12:35,090 --> 00:12:39,300 - If she flies again? - If not... 113 00:12:39,390 --> 00:12:43,770 ...can you and I drive a jeep together back to the exchange depot. 114 00:12:43,850 --> 00:12:48,230 You don't know when I leave my equipment delivered? 115 00:12:48,770 --> 00:12:53,650 With next supply from Algiers. You are a reader. 116 00:12:53,780 --> 00:12:58,200 - I flew here with Lucky Lass. - What happened to it? 117 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:02,700 - Nobody says much in the morning. - Sorry, sir. 118 00:13:04,620 --> 00:13:07,040 Excuse me. 119 00:13:08,210 --> 00:13:12,880 I'm not quite in top shape, it has been a rough few days. 120 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,130 You know what? 121 00:13:17,220 --> 00:13:22,550 Let me get some coffee, I'll answer on questions after the briefing. 122 00:13:22,970 --> 00:13:25,930 Until then, please... 123 00:13:42,370 --> 00:13:44,870 How does it taste? 124 00:13:46,830 --> 00:13:51,920 - Refreshing. Do you have the money? - Yes. Are you going to fly today? 125 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:57,170 No, Caparelli has our plane for repair. Are you going to? 126 00:13:57,260 --> 00:14:00,590 Yes, we are going back to Gerbini. 127 00:14:02,260 --> 00:14:05,100 - This one is the house round. - Thanks, Charlie. 128 00:14:05,180 --> 00:14:08,390 Gerbini again? It is the fifth day in a row. 129 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,770 Yes, something like that. They barely shoot at us anymore. 130 00:14:11,850 --> 00:14:17,280 A little anti-aircraft fire, we drop the bombs and is back again for dinner. 131 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,780 As we go inactive on the ground. 132 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:25,870 The chief mechanic can't tell the difference on his ass and a wrench. 133 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,790 - Burt, do you have carpenters? - Good morning, sir. 134 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,630 Got up late today? 135 00:14:32,750 --> 00:14:36,960 Who wants to stand up for that Arabs moan when we don't have to fly? 136 00:14:37,050 --> 00:14:41,260 - He always complains about them. - We don't stay on earth forever. 137 00:14:41,340 --> 00:14:45,720 Didn't they think Lass will fly again, had they put us on other planes. 138 00:14:45,810 --> 00:14:51,230 Good point, sir, but will you take a trip over to the workshop? 139 00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:55,940 Caparelli asks us to fart, and we need a little support. 140 00:14:56,770 --> 00:14:59,360 I would like to do that. 141 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:06,030 Check out Hackman's wing flaps and the hydraulics. He complained about it. 142 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:10,200 - Yes. - And the rest here looks good... 143 00:15:10,290 --> 00:15:12,500 Sorry, sir. 144 00:15:12,670 --> 00:15:14,750 Get it done. 145 00:15:14,830 --> 00:15:18,920 - Can I help you, Sergeant? - We are going on board at 4224503. 146 00:15:19,010 --> 00:15:23,430 It's McAllister's plane. You'll find them over there. 147 00:15:36,110 --> 00:15:41,360 Hello. Sergeant Martinez and Gescar looking for Lt. McAllister. 148 00:15:42,570 --> 00:15:46,450 Damn it! I look like Lieutenant McAllister? 149 00:15:47,580 --> 00:15:51,960 I'm Caparelli. But I know Lieutenant McAllister right - 150 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:56,460 - is he and his crew already drunk and wasting the day. 151 00:15:56,540 --> 00:16:00,510 - We thought we should... - Finding an entire flight crew... 152 00:16:00,590 --> 00:16:04,430 ...with a split plane, who is waiting for his new shooters? 153 00:16:04,510 --> 00:16:07,640 What do you suggest we do Sergeant Caparelli? 154 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,560 Are they bothering you, Caparelli? 155 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,060 No more than I can handle. The two belong with you. 156 00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:16,940 The new shooters. Gescar and Martinez. 157 00:16:17,020 --> 00:16:22,110 Report to Lieutenant Phelps. We need to have a talk with Caparelli. 158 00:16:22,530 --> 00:16:27,870 What do you want? I said yesterday the day before yesterday and the day before that - 159 00:16:27,950 --> 00:16:32,790 - that we have many planes on the ground, after the entire Luftwaffe turned loose on us. 160 00:16:32,870 --> 00:16:34,790 Five days have passed. 161 00:16:34,870 --> 00:16:39,130 Your plane was shot down, an entire engine had to be fixed. 162 00:16:39,210 --> 00:16:41,960 My people work around the clock - 163 00:16:42,050 --> 00:16:46,300 - to keep the planes in the air. But the boys have to sleep too. 164 00:16:46,470 --> 00:16:52,810 We value you and your people works hard for the air force. 165 00:16:53,140 --> 00:16:57,270 But when will our plane be ready? 166 00:16:58,690 --> 00:17:01,520 My God! Here. 167 00:17:02,190 --> 00:17:08,320 42-24503 ready for flight again from 11 July 1943. 168 00:17:08,990 --> 00:17:11,910 Was it so damn hard? 169 00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:19,790 The flight here from the USA took ten hours. There are so few people and planes here - 170 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:24,510 - that they refueled the plane and got bombs on board when we landed. 171 00:17:24,590 --> 00:17:28,470 We were in the air again and out on the p� first train in four hours. 172 00:17:28,550 --> 00:17:33,140 You're lucky you have the time get in order here. 173 00:17:33,220 --> 00:17:38,270 - I'm just eager to fly. - Everyone is eager for the first train. 174 00:17:38,770 --> 00:17:41,440 But after the fifth move - 175 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:47,360 - we must hope that the luck does not stop among fighters and anti-aircraft fire. 176 00:17:47,990 --> 00:17:51,330 Your luggage has probably arrived. 177 00:17:52,660 --> 00:17:54,620 Yes, sir. 178 00:18:03,130 --> 00:18:05,300 That was it. 179 00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:10,800 Boss, Caparelli says Lass is ready to fly again already from tomorrow. 180 00:18:11,140 --> 00:18:16,100 Well. This is Lieutenant Michael Schmidt, our new co-pilot. 181 00:18:16,180 --> 00:18:19,350 - Archie Mason, navigator. - Davs. 182 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:23,230 We have lunch on board the Lass, so you can look at her. 183 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,690 That sounds good. You have something there... 184 00:18:29,030 --> 00:18:32,570 You get used to it. He's a scumbag. 185 00:18:41,630 --> 00:18:46,760 Over there is the officers' area. There you only travel if you have a drain. 186 00:18:47,460 --> 00:18:53,140 The latrines are 150 meters that way. Just follow the smell. 187 00:18:54,970 --> 00:18:58,930 Over there is the marquee. Have you had breakfast? 188 00:18:59,020 --> 00:19:04,020 You get another chance tomorrow. They serve the same thing every day. 189 00:19:06,150 --> 00:19:09,780 And here you will live. 190 00:19:09,990 --> 00:19:13,950 Two beds and a chair. Throw your stuff in. 191 00:19:22,420 --> 00:19:26,420 Me, Eddie and Al is in the tent next to it. 192 00:19:27,090 --> 00:19:29,800 Burt has the tent at the end. 193 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:34,470 Why are you three in a tent, while Burt has one alone? 194 00:19:39,350 --> 00:19:42,020 There we have my girl. 195 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:48,280 It's getting hot next door the boiler. It's warm enough already. 196 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:51,700 - So I'm in Jake and Joe's tent. - What is that thing? 197 00:19:51,780 --> 00:19:56,160 A distillation apparatus. How did you do it? 198 00:19:56,410 --> 00:19:59,330 Copper pipes and hoses from the scrap yard. 199 00:19:59,750 --> 00:20:04,290 Gas from the stove and a regular oil nozzle. 200 00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:08,710 - And then 75 liters of jet fuel. - Jet fuel? 201 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:15,010 They mix pure alcohol in jet fuel to get a higher octane number. 202 00:20:15,850 --> 00:20:20,390 - We distill it out. - Brilliant. 203 00:20:20,810 --> 00:20:25,360 We know that well. Then we mix the home-brewed with a little water. 204 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:30,440 - And a little lemon powder. - Then we have Irish lemonade. 205 00:20:31,150 --> 00:20:33,150 That sounds good. 206 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,540 We probably have room in the tent to a third. 207 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:45,210 - If we get our share, of course. - Of course. 208 00:20:45,540 --> 00:20:50,000 We've got new shooters, and that should be celebrated. 209 00:20:51,460 --> 00:20:56,220 Charlie, do we have some extra in stock? 210 00:20:57,100 --> 00:20:58,720 We have that. 211 00:20:58,810 --> 00:21:03,690 Take the two to the lieutenants, while Eddie gets ladies for tonight. 212 00:21:04,060 --> 00:21:06,940 Fine. This way, boys. 213 00:21:07,020 --> 00:21:10,360 We have refreshments at noon. 214 00:21:19,580 --> 00:21:23,200 You are late for it. I already checked her. 215 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:28,840 They patched her up well. We start the engines after lunch. 216 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:33,420 This is Michael Schmidt, our new co-pilot from Iowa. 217 00:21:33,510 --> 00:21:37,340 New shooters. Empty and... 218 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:40,310 Oliver. 219 00:21:40,390 --> 00:21:43,310 Welcome on board. Where is Charlie? 220 00:21:43,390 --> 00:21:47,980 He provides refreshments for our little celebration. 221 00:21:48,230 --> 00:21:52,440 Wally, can you get Ziri to get us some food tonight? 222 00:21:52,530 --> 00:21:55,400 Then it will also be easier for us to get girls. 223 00:21:55,490 --> 00:21:59,200 - He gets pretty girls, right? - Just drink them straight. 224 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,580 I ask Ziri to take care of food. 225 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,840 Come on, boys. You must be able to remember her. 226 00:22:10,170 --> 00:22:15,300 The dark-haired girl with green eyes, long legs and big... 227 00:22:15,420 --> 00:22:18,140 - Your sister. - No, your mother. 228 00:22:21,510 --> 00:22:23,970 I remember her. 229 00:22:24,220 --> 00:22:29,350 She was nothing compared to the ladies I got for tonight. 230 00:22:29,610 --> 00:22:32,980 Some local Red Cross nurses. 231 00:22:34,570 --> 00:22:37,360 Ziri, what do you have for us? 232 00:22:37,450 --> 00:22:41,580 A local dish: Spicy goat with couscous and mint sauce. 233 00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:45,000 - Food what? - It looks good. 234 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,960 - Thank you, Ziri. - It's okay. Goodbye. 235 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,920 - Take care, boys. - I don't eat that. 236 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,260 - I have my dinner here. - A goat has died for it. 237 00:22:57,340 --> 00:23:02,180 - I'm not going to enjoy anything! - Is it legal to eat civilian food? 238 00:23:02,260 --> 00:23:05,640 - We don't tell anyone. - It is still moving. 239 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:09,940 - Who wants? - Me. It's not that bad. 240 00:23:10,230 --> 00:23:13,570 - It's well marinated. - We stand over. 241 00:23:14,690 --> 00:23:19,320 Then there will be more for me. Enjoy your packages. 242 00:23:59,110 --> 00:24:01,610 Drink up, my boy. 243 00:24:08,290 --> 00:24:11,080 This is a morgue. 244 00:24:12,250 --> 00:24:14,210 Here. 245 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:26,890 I don't drink, sir. 246 00:24:26,970 --> 00:24:31,350 Tonight you go. Everyone drinks to a funeral. 247 00:24:39,190 --> 00:24:42,030 Look out! Thanks for Pops. 248 00:24:43,820 --> 00:24:49,250 You got us through combat training, you got us through Gerbini - 249 00:24:49,330 --> 00:24:53,460 - and your attitude will get us through this war. 250 00:25:00,550 --> 00:25:03,300 Sorry for Jake and Joe. 251 00:25:03,380 --> 00:25:08,640 They were good soldiers, good friends. They will always be remembered. 252 00:25:08,970 --> 00:25:12,310 - For Jake and Joe. - Here, here! 253 00:25:16,110 --> 00:25:19,610 - Schmidt, take a walk with me. - Yes, sir. 254 00:25:19,730 --> 00:25:22,610 We need more music. 255 00:25:25,030 --> 00:25:28,200 Just what we need, a goddamn bully. 256 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,710 Sir? 257 00:25:32,870 --> 00:25:37,250 Being a bomber pilot is more than just flying the plane. 258 00:25:37,340 --> 00:25:39,750 Now I'm not in. 259 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:44,010 The pilot must be more than just the person flying the plane. 260 00:25:44,090 --> 00:25:47,800 He must be father, brother, friend, all at once. 261 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:53,850 He must trust the crew, and they on him, otherwise everything goes down the drain. 262 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,650 - I do my best. - No. 263 00:25:59,270 --> 00:26:02,280 Do you know what's going on in there? 264 00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:05,320 They drink and celebrate, that the plane has been repaired? 265 00:26:05,410 --> 00:26:07,450 No, they endure. 266 00:26:07,530 --> 00:26:12,040 When you get shot up there, watching the friends around you get killed - 267 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:17,580 - do you drink when you come down. So you can fly again the next day. 268 00:26:18,290 --> 00:26:23,010 They gave you a free pass, my boy. You should just relax a little. 269 00:26:23,130 --> 00:26:28,350 Just raise the glass, drink whiskey and praise him whom you replace. 270 00:26:28,430 --> 00:26:34,020 Then they would have followed you to hell. Now you have to find another way. 271 00:26:35,770 --> 00:26:41,190 Next time you get the chance to stay one of the boys, you should grab it. 272 00:27:04,670 --> 00:27:09,930 12 July 1943 At 04.45, the officers' quarters 273 00:27:13,890 --> 00:27:17,980 Lieutenant, there is a briefing in 30 minutes. 274 00:27:24,820 --> 00:27:30,240 12 July 1943 at 05.30 Non-commissioned officers' and privates' quarters 275 00:27:39,420 --> 00:27:41,790 Then we ease the fox! 276 00:27:43,460 --> 00:27:48,180 Get them out of bed. We're going out to bomb Italians. 277 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,510 Come on! 278 00:28:00,310 --> 00:28:02,440 You gentle. 279 00:28:02,860 --> 00:28:04,730 Everything okay? 280 00:28:04,820 --> 00:28:09,610 - I can't find my socks. - I can't find anything right now. 281 00:28:09,740 --> 00:28:12,450 - Boys. - Hey, Wally. 282 00:28:12,530 --> 00:28:14,740 How's it going, Philly? 283 00:28:14,830 --> 00:28:18,210 Coffee and food would be nice now. 284 00:28:18,290 --> 00:28:22,790 - Hurry up, there is a briefing in 15. - I guess I'm still drunk. 285 00:28:38,810 --> 00:28:41,600 Good morning, Monroe. 286 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,860 Good morning. 287 00:28:47,190 --> 00:28:50,070 This is an interesting - 288 00:28:50,150 --> 00:28:54,910 - and rather extensive requisition list, Sergeant? 289 00:28:56,290 --> 00:28:58,200 O'Hara. 290 00:28:58,790 --> 00:29:02,540 Maybe you can explain to me Sergeant O'Hara - 291 00:29:02,630 --> 00:29:06,840 - the formula with just a quarter of the items on the list. 292 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:11,840 The rations are for the march today, and the petrol is for a tent stove. 293 00:29:12,130 --> 00:29:15,890 A tent stove, if ever will be below 35 degrees? 294 00:29:16,060 --> 00:29:20,850 Chocolate, cigarettes, three aid packages... 295 00:29:20,940 --> 00:29:22,900 Do? 296 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,690 And what? The crew looks like bread. 297 00:29:28,990 --> 00:29:34,490 The penalty for selling military equipment to the civilian population is hard. 298 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,660 You should remember that. 299 00:29:39,700 --> 00:29:44,630 You get the rations you are entitled to, That's all for today, Sergeant. 300 00:29:44,750 --> 00:29:48,380 Thank you for the advice and generosity. 301 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,630 Come on, O'Hara. 302 00:29:53,130 --> 00:29:55,850 Thanks. Now take it easy. 303 00:29:56,260 --> 00:29:58,970 I shall, Miss Scarlett. 304 00:30:02,940 --> 00:30:04,810 Good morning. 305 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:13,490 Today's destination is the railway station in the city of Catania on the east coast. 306 00:30:14,990 --> 00:30:21,660 A longer train than usual, the course is laid across the Mediterranean - 307 00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:25,330 - and over the southern tip of Malta. 308 00:30:25,540 --> 00:30:28,880 To avoid to fly over the invasion forces. 309 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,670 Is everything okay, boss? 310 00:30:32,380 --> 00:30:37,930 This target has been bombed ever since june - 311 00:30:38,390 --> 00:30:42,890 - by RAF Wellington aircraft, Mitchell planes and Marauders. 312 00:30:42,980 --> 00:30:48,480 Now that the Huskies are on their way, must our heavy aircraft finish the job. 313 00:30:58,870 --> 00:31:04,040 - You two are both eager. - We want to make a good first impression. 314 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:09,540 I will save your lives, before you board the plane. 315 00:31:09,630 --> 00:31:15,180 - How so? - Can you see the tent with a black tent peg? 316 00:31:16,260 --> 00:31:21,770 If you want to go back in one piece, you must piss on it before you get on board. 317 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,350 - No. - You fart, right? 318 00:31:25,770 --> 00:31:30,940 On the second train we fly through the sea anti-aircraft fire, and the plane was not hit. 319 00:31:31,020 --> 00:31:36,860 On the third train missed an anti-aircraft grenade my head. 320 00:31:36,950 --> 00:31:41,330 Piss on the tent pitch, anti-aircraft fire doesn't hit you. 321 00:31:41,410 --> 00:31:46,370 Jake and Joe, whom we replace, didn't they piss on the tent pitch? 322 00:31:46,460 --> 00:31:48,920 Of course they did. 323 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:53,380 But it was fighters, which killed them, not anti-aircraft fire. 324 00:31:53,460 --> 00:31:57,380 - Just piss on the tent pitch. - Just do it. 325 00:31:58,300 --> 00:32:01,600 I don't piss on a tent peg. 326 00:32:02,220 --> 00:32:07,520 I don't want to see comrades up there, piss now on that fucking place! 327 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:15,610 There you have a man, who take their safety seriously. 328 00:32:15,990 --> 00:32:18,030 Your turn. 329 00:32:19,620 --> 00:32:23,540 - You are saving your life. - And not least ours. 330 00:32:24,910 --> 00:32:27,210 Cross... 331 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,090 Hey, boss. 332 00:32:35,300 --> 00:32:40,390 - Everything okay? You look like a gentleman. - I just drank too much last year. 333 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:45,350 We will let Schmidt stand for the flight today. 334 00:32:45,810 --> 00:32:50,230 - How bad is it? - Not bad. A milk pane. 335 00:32:50,350 --> 00:32:54,530 Bombing of a railway station with an entire squadron of bombers. 336 00:32:54,610 --> 00:32:57,320 Only a little anti-aircraft and hardly fighter planes. 337 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:01,280 But we get Spitfire planes from Malta with as escort. 338 00:33:01,370 --> 00:33:04,990 - Thank God. - Where's Al? 339 00:33:05,580 --> 00:33:09,960 He takes oxygen through his nose, to get rid of the carpenters. 340 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:13,130 It sounds good, let's try it. 341 00:33:13,380 --> 00:33:18,720 We must be in the air and in formation in 45 minutes - 342 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:24,140 - so let's follow the procedure. 343 00:33:35,570 --> 00:33:38,280 Jackpot! Bacon and cheese. 344 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:41,950 Damn it, pork and beans again. 345 00:33:43,490 --> 00:33:47,910 I understand the lemon powder, but what are the biscuits for? 346 00:33:48,370 --> 00:33:51,040 They're for you, mate. 347 00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:56,380 When the Germans shoot at us, do you cool them here out the window. 348 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,720 They interfere with the radar. 349 00:34:00,970 --> 00:34:03,430 Is it true? 350 00:35:06,830 --> 00:35:12,750 Good morning. This is Berlin with tones you enjoy hearing. 351 00:35:13,210 --> 00:35:18,170 I found an axis power t�s. How about a little German propaganda? 352 00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:22,420 ...gets wrecked on the coast of Sicily after a failed landing... 353 00:35:22,510 --> 00:35:25,680 That's my girl! Turn up the volume. 354 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:31,270 The wind blew the paratroopers week They were not motivated enough. 355 00:35:31,350 --> 00:35:34,730 And the poor Sergeant... 356 00:35:34,850 --> 00:35:38,230 - 40 minutes to the goal. - Received. 357 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:43,030 ...was shot as he climbed down from the tree he landed in. 358 00:35:43,150 --> 00:35:46,030 But he's doing well... 359 00:35:46,110 --> 00:35:48,580 Do you have it? 360 00:35:49,030 --> 00:35:51,660 Time will tell. 361 00:35:51,870 --> 00:35:55,420 good luck, soldiers out there. 362 00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:59,670 I want to see you for more bad news and… 363 00:36:11,260 --> 00:36:15,810 I have received a message about thick cloud cover over the target area. 364 00:36:15,890 --> 00:36:19,770 We must use the clouds as cover, until it's our turn - 365 00:36:19,860 --> 00:36:23,530 - to go down to 18,000 feet with a three degree descent angle. 366 00:36:23,610 --> 00:36:25,950 Received, Charlie. 367 00:36:26,150 --> 00:36:29,160 Changing... sector. 368 00:36:48,970 --> 00:36:51,050 oh god 369 00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:54,850 What's the matter, sir? 370 00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:58,560 Burt, give me your helmet. 371 00:36:58,810 --> 00:37:02,820 - Why that? - Just give me the damn helmet! 372 00:37:13,950 --> 00:37:15,830 Damn it! 373 00:37:22,380 --> 00:37:25,170 Charlie, make a note: 374 00:37:25,260 --> 00:37:29,760 Spicy goat with couscous is a bad food choice for a train. 375 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,100 Are you okay, boss? 376 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,430 I feel much better now. 377 00:37:35,810 --> 00:37:38,560 What the hell am I supposed to do with this? 378 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,810 Hand it to Ziri. 379 00:37:40,900 --> 00:37:45,280 Mike, take over for a moment. I need a break. 380 00:38:21,810 --> 00:38:25,780 I had the look on Baker One all the time. 381 00:38:25,860 --> 00:38:29,990 Do not fly on the instruments in this soup? Damn it! 382 00:38:30,530 --> 00:38:33,950 Archie, tell me where the hell we are. 383 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:42,420 Wally, you have to give me some time to find out. 384 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,840 At least we have company. Messerschmitt 109s. 385 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,470 Five pieces, behind! 386 00:38:53,010 --> 00:38:57,390 Wally, what's going on up there? Can you inform the rest of us? 387 00:38:57,930 --> 00:39:02,100 We are off course and under fire. Keep your eyes open, folks. 388 00:39:02,310 --> 00:39:06,320 I'm trying to make us to a more difficult goal. 389 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:41,270 They are everywhere! 390 00:39:42,390 --> 00:39:45,980 Charlie, call for immediate help from allies in the area. 391 00:39:46,060 --> 00:39:50,940 Have done it. Some of the boys in 57. comes, on his way home to Tunis. 392 00:40:14,630 --> 00:40:17,930 They have seen us and is on its way... Damn it! 393 00:40:18,010 --> 00:40:21,020 Tell them to hurry, otherwise they miss the party. 394 00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:24,940 - Ammunition is tight. - Here too. 395 00:40:27,980 --> 00:40:31,070 Make every shot count. Help is on the way. 396 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:35,910 They seem to be done messing around, now they come into formation. 397 00:40:35,990 --> 00:40:39,580 Don't hold back. We only get one shot at them. 398 00:40:39,660 --> 00:40:43,830 Make those fighters look at us, there won't be much left of Lass. 399 00:40:43,910 --> 00:40:47,750 Have the parachutes ready, see you on earth. 400 00:40:48,130 --> 00:40:51,170 They come within range! 401 00:40:51,550 --> 00:40:54,550 Let's give them some resistance! 402 00:40:58,850 --> 00:41:02,350 Wait! Friendly flights at 6. 403 00:41:18,910 --> 00:41:22,450 - War Hogs! - Give them assful, boys! 404 00:41:22,830 --> 00:41:26,080 Yankee One here. We were a little late. are you ok 405 00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:30,040 Better late than never. We only have a little ammunition and for rope. 406 00:41:30,130 --> 00:41:33,880 We are trying to get them away from you. Yankee two, take a left. 407 00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:37,890 - Yes. You have one in your tail. - I see him. 408 00:42:07,290 --> 00:42:13,050 The hunters took care of some, but there are more still. Which course do I have? 409 00:42:13,130 --> 00:42:18,090 - I'm working on it. Towards the south. - I know that. Give me a course. 410 00:42:36,570 --> 00:42:40,320 I hope the fighters have a better time than we do. 411 00:42:40,410 --> 00:42:43,620 Let's see if you can follow along, you pig. 412 00:42:59,380 --> 00:43:02,720 Follow me, now we're going climbing. 413 00:43:13,980 --> 00:43:16,110 Come on... 414 00:43:19,240 --> 00:43:22,070 A little higher, come on. 415 00:43:33,290 --> 00:43:35,170 Now you're mine. 416 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:12,250 Broke one! 417 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:18,090 Well shot. I also got mine. Two more shot down, we head back. 418 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:46,030 Take it, German pig! 419 00:44:54,580 --> 00:44:58,750 They seem to give up. They think not about targets that shoot back. 420 00:44:59,380 --> 00:45:01,260 Received. 421 00:45:05,140 --> 00:45:11,180 We have fuel to escort you. Now don't make any more fuss. 422 00:45:11,470 --> 00:45:16,520 I promise, Yankee One. I see you on leave, I pay for the drinks. 423 00:45:18,610 --> 00:45:23,900 Send a message to the base about the situation. We break the train. 424 00:45:24,700 --> 00:45:29,240 - Archie, navigate us home. - Yes, boss. Course 198. 425 00:45:32,540 --> 00:45:35,170 Changes to 198. 426 00:45:35,710 --> 00:45:38,290 Sir, I'm sorry. 427 00:45:40,090 --> 00:45:43,880 It's another train, we don't get praise for. 428 00:46:37,350 --> 00:46:43,360 - I met the doctor on the way over here. - Mild food poisoning, he said. 429 00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:47,150 I don't think it's mild. 430 00:46:47,700 --> 00:46:52,530 I'll feel better soon, he said. He gave me pepto bismol. 431 00:46:53,450 --> 00:46:57,370 Sorry I made a fool of myself today. It must not repeat itself. 432 00:46:57,460 --> 00:47:00,630 I know it won't happen again. 433 00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:03,420 Sit down, Michael. 434 00:47:06,010 --> 00:47:10,890 That way, you only have to worry once. You can't let it happen again. 435 00:47:12,300 --> 00:47:17,060 That kind of thing needs to get out of the system during training, but it can happen. 436 00:47:19,060 --> 00:47:24,570 You broke down on a routine trip, so you are hardly popular among the others. 437 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,490 How can I make it right again? 438 00:47:29,860 --> 00:47:33,080 Apparently there isn't much you can do. 439 00:47:33,780 --> 00:47:39,040 If I were you, I would go over there with lowered head, excuse me - 440 00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:43,840 - and drink with the boys, to them forgot what I had done wrong. 441 00:47:44,050 --> 00:47:48,930 I don't know if I want to drink but I can say sorry. 442 00:47:50,300 --> 00:47:53,140 It is, after all, a beginning. 443 00:47:54,890 --> 00:48:00,190 They are probably on their way to the exhibition tent or the still. 444 00:48:15,540 --> 00:48:19,330 Lieutenant Air Defense Shield Magnet... What was I talking about? 445 00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:26,380 About the thriller Schmidt. 446 00:48:26,460 --> 00:48:30,630 Yes, the anti-aircraft fire magnet tried to get us killed on the march today. 447 00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:35,260 Lieutenant Schmidt should hold back far away from now. 448 00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:39,180 I don't think the military allows it that one cheats on an officer... 449 00:48:39,270 --> 00:48:44,060 ...no matter how much he whines. - But on a fucking milk window! 450 00:48:44,150 --> 00:48:49,150 My crew wanted to drop him in the field, get him replaced. 451 00:48:49,650 --> 00:48:53,240 Mason, your navigator, have gone to flight school. 452 00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:57,490 - Has Archie gone to flight school? - How did he become a navigator? 453 00:48:57,580 --> 00:49:01,410 He wanted to be a fighter pilot, but they discarded him. 454 00:49:01,500 --> 00:49:05,670 - What did he do wrong? - You are very curious. 455 00:49:06,500 --> 00:49:08,960 I am too. 456 00:49:09,170 --> 00:49:14,260 I heard he smashed a training plane on the runway. 457 00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:19,350 You don't like that at the flight school, so they threw him out. 458 00:49:19,430 --> 00:49:22,810 Landing may not be Mason's strong point - 459 00:49:22,890 --> 00:49:25,770 - but he could have managed following the compass. 460 00:49:25,860 --> 00:49:30,740 Yes, instrument flight is basic pilot training. 461 00:49:31,070 --> 00:49:35,410 - Schmidt couldn't do that. - Even Al could have done it. 462 00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,580 How's it going, Wally? 463 00:49:43,790 --> 00:49:46,670 The cure is worse than the disease. 464 00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:52,170 I hear that. I brought you some food. 465 00:49:53,180 --> 00:49:56,180 I don't think I can eat now. 466 00:49:56,260 --> 00:50:00,060 It's not a Berber specialty, after all. which you have become so happy about... 467 00:50:01,350 --> 00:50:03,100 Yes. 468 00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:09,940 are you okay apart from the food poisoning? 469 00:50:10,030 --> 00:50:14,610 I didn't think a pilot should be a hen for some wild bass - 470 00:50:14,700 --> 00:50:18,240 - and an inept co-pilot, who can't even find his ass. 471 00:50:18,330 --> 00:50:21,330 No, but you're better for it, than you think. 472 00:50:21,410 --> 00:50:23,710 Yes, maybe. 473 00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:28,130 But regardless whether I'm good or not - 474 00:50:28,210 --> 00:50:31,670 - I was not prepared for to face that problem. 475 00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:36,550 Had we waited until we were ready to things before we did anything - 476 00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:39,890 - we would never get anything done. 477 00:50:40,430 --> 00:50:42,720 You're probably right, Arch. 478 00:50:43,770 --> 00:50:46,350 Of course I'm right. 479 00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:50,690 - I'm always right. - And yet so humble. 480 00:50:52,610 --> 00:50:54,950 Get well, boss. 481 00:51:00,660 --> 00:51:03,250 Try it here at Lass. 482 00:51:21,010 --> 00:51:24,020 Boss, come on. 483 00:51:25,430 --> 00:51:27,770 You have to see it here. 484 00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:36,990 Cover the engines. Speed ​​on! 485 00:51:51,630 --> 00:51:56,720 - Come on, it will soon be upon us. - Yes, and we get thirsty. 486 00:52:32,670 --> 00:52:36,420 A sandstorm. They appear occasionally. 487 00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:40,890 Problems? 488 00:52:41,050 --> 00:52:45,470 Yes. I'm thinking about asking to be transferred to another flight. 489 00:52:46,930 --> 00:52:50,020 Did the apology not help? 490 00:52:50,190 --> 00:52:54,440 I got the impression that that they would not hear one. 491 00:52:54,570 --> 00:52:57,570 Let them sleep on it, then it will be alright. 492 00:52:57,650 --> 00:53:02,320 I do my best, but I don't know if I can be Pops. 493 00:53:03,370 --> 00:53:09,120 It would be unreasonable of them to demand. I know something that helps. 494 00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:11,500 What is it? 495 00:53:11,580 --> 00:53:17,340 Anti-aircraft fire. When it is so thick that you can walk on it, you are there together. 496 00:53:23,180 --> 00:53:26,350 So I should hope for anti-aircraft fire. 497 00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:30,890 Such a crowd that hates me will trust me instead. 498 00:53:30,980 --> 00:53:33,190 Yes, something like that. 499 00:53:33,270 --> 00:53:37,530 And shots are fired in this war, so it's only a matter of time. 500 00:53:37,610 --> 00:53:42,610 - Have you felt that you are living on borrowed time? - Yes, every single second. 501 00:53:44,490 --> 00:53:47,870 But there is medicine for it. 502 00:53:51,250 --> 00:53:54,880 Open a bottle and take a break. 503 00:53:55,790 --> 00:53:59,300 You benefit from it, it calms the nerves. 504 00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:14,690 - It tastes terrible. - Yes, but it works. 505 00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:21,490 Rest yourself. We're going on the air tomorrow. 506 00:54:23,860 --> 00:54:29,830 16 July 1943 at 05.30 Non-commissioned officers' and privates' quarters 507 00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:43,090 - Have you tried having d�ja vu? - Every single day. 508 00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:47,800 Finally. 509 00:54:58,650 --> 00:55:00,900 What the hell? 510 00:55:01,940 --> 00:55:05,240 I shit in your field bottle. 511 00:55:06,780 --> 00:55:08,530 Ass hole! 512 00:55:11,450 --> 00:55:14,830 - This time you lose, my friend. - Give me two. 513 00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:18,380 - You gave me these cards. - Play now. 514 00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:24,010 - Boys. - Hello, Captain. 515 00:55:24,760 --> 00:55:28,100 Fine, the anti-aircraft fire magnet. 516 00:55:28,510 --> 00:55:31,520 So he survived the sandstorm. 517 00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:37,980 I'm not in top shape, so you take the pilot seat today. 518 00:55:38,060 --> 00:55:42,610 - Are you sure about that, Captain? - We review the routines. 519 00:55:42,820 --> 00:55:48,370 The farmer cannot tell the difference on the donkey hole and a hole in the ground. 520 00:55:48,620 --> 00:55:53,250 Tommy, how much do you bet, that he's also whining now? 521 00:56:05,130 --> 00:56:07,930 I'm blanking you out. 522 00:56:14,060 --> 00:56:16,390 Damn it. 523 00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:23,940 First he destroys a train, and now he's spoiling the poker game. 524 00:56:24,030 --> 00:56:26,070 I had good cards. 525 00:56:26,150 --> 00:56:29,820 Reduces engine power, wing flaps. 526 00:56:30,830 --> 00:56:33,830 - Checked. - Landing gear. 527 00:56:34,120 --> 00:56:36,370 Up and locked. 528 00:56:40,580 --> 00:56:45,260 - What was it? - Don't know. One moment, boss. 529 00:56:45,970 --> 00:56:50,180 We are the last ones in the air. Climb to 20,000 feet. 530 00:56:50,760 --> 00:56:52,680 Received. 531 00:56:52,760 --> 00:56:55,600 Rises to 20,000 feet. 532 00:56:56,850 --> 00:56:59,060 What the heck? 533 00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:01,560 Burt, we have a problem. 534 00:57:01,650 --> 00:57:06,320 I can see that. Oil pressure rises on engines three and four. 535 00:57:07,570 --> 00:57:11,530 - Difficult to stay in the formation. - I can imagine that. 536 00:57:11,620 --> 00:57:16,870 See if you can keep up while I trying to adjust the oil mixture. 537 00:57:25,710 --> 00:57:29,760 It doesn't work. We have an engine fire at this speed. 538 00:57:29,840 --> 00:57:32,930 Received. Slow down. 539 00:57:33,640 --> 00:57:36,060 Engine three is dead. 540 00:57:36,770 --> 00:57:39,600 Now engine four is also dead! 541 00:57:39,690 --> 00:57:42,940 One moment while I check! 542 00:57:43,020 --> 00:57:48,070 - The engines are way too hot. - We're losing speed. Situation report? 543 00:57:49,780 --> 00:57:54,080 The second is dead. Only one engine works. Give me a minute, boss! 544 00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:59,040 - That is a little too optimistic. - I want to work with motor three. 545 00:58:01,500 --> 00:58:05,460 I have done everything I can. Try engine three. 546 00:58:15,560 --> 00:58:19,020 We are way too heavy to fly on only one engine. 547 00:58:19,100 --> 00:58:22,850 The air is too thin up here. We must fly lower. 548 00:58:22,980 --> 00:58:26,110 Michael, go further down quickly. 549 00:58:26,940 --> 00:58:29,530 Boss, now we try. 550 00:58:37,450 --> 00:58:40,750 Engine three and four gears. Try the two. 551 00:58:43,790 --> 00:58:47,250 - The runner-up is at it again. - Rise. 552 00:58:58,850 --> 00:59:03,140 Wally, why is there a mountain outside my window? 553 00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:06,190 Let it come from me. 554 00:59:11,150 --> 00:59:16,240 Notifies the squadron commander that we interrupts the tour due to mechanical failure. 555 00:59:19,490 --> 00:59:21,960 Second routine train in a row! 556 00:59:22,040 --> 00:59:26,420 The sixth. That we don't fly means not that we didn't miss them. 557 00:59:26,500 --> 00:59:29,050 Is there a curse upon us? 558 00:59:29,130 --> 00:59:33,300 No, it's the spaghetti Caparelli, who farts with us. 559 00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:48,400 - Boss? - Haven't you learned to knock? 560 00:59:49,070 --> 00:59:52,900 - One of the planes is coming back. - Which one? 561 00:59:53,650 --> 00:59:55,820 Lass, Capt. 562 00:59:57,990 --> 01:00:01,120 The unlucky bird again. 563 01:00:02,700 --> 01:00:06,540 Let me get to the bottom of it, will be there in ten minutes. 564 01:00:18,300 --> 01:00:23,100 Open the damn engines and get it sorted! 565 01:00:23,680 --> 01:00:26,900 Half the crew is asleep. 566 01:00:26,980 --> 01:00:31,780 Both shifts were up all night to remove sand from the runway. 567 01:00:31,860 --> 01:00:36,030 - N�, is it you again? - Are you repairing our plane or what? 568 01:00:36,110 --> 01:00:38,990 - Not in 43 degree heat. - We are working then. 569 01:00:39,070 --> 01:00:44,330 - Where is your pilot? - Makes final check. What is wrong with the plane? 570 01:01:15,070 --> 01:01:19,530 Promise me the plane can take off tomorrow, Sergeant Caparelli. 571 01:01:19,620 --> 01:01:23,700 I cannot approve a flight without looking at it. 572 01:01:23,910 --> 01:01:27,750 So look at it. Shall I give you order to do that work? 573 01:01:27,830 --> 01:01:33,750 We don't work in the middle of the day half a squadron is shot to pieces. 574 01:01:33,840 --> 01:01:36,920 We don't work between nine and five! 575 01:01:37,010 --> 01:01:42,720 Look at that plane immediately. You have available personnel. 576 01:01:42,930 --> 01:01:46,390 I put the first team on it tonight. 577 01:01:58,740 --> 01:02:03,490 She was smoking in the air. 578 01:02:08,370 --> 01:02:11,630 Forget it, it will pass. 579 01:02:14,050 --> 01:02:17,970 Another canceled train, the bomb load back in storage. 580 01:02:18,050 --> 01:02:23,010 Relax, the expenses will not be deducted from our loan. 581 01:02:23,100 --> 01:02:27,730 I'm not worried about the money, but for him Schmidt. 582 01:02:28,100 --> 01:02:32,770 - We have six interrupted flights now. - Gerbini, it went like clockwork. 583 01:02:32,860 --> 01:02:38,320 - At least we got over the goal. - The big birds are difficult to fly. 584 01:02:38,400 --> 01:02:42,070 Okay, I'll give him a chance. 585 01:02:42,950 --> 01:02:47,290 I guess you won't be soft-hearted if I give the spaghetti a go? 586 01:02:47,370 --> 01:02:52,460 Caparelli? No, he deserved it all the crap we can see beyond him. 587 01:03:12,190 --> 01:03:16,400 - Apparently it wasn't a routine trip. - Damn it! 588 01:03:28,500 --> 01:03:32,040 - Did you find out what happened? - Not quite. 589 01:03:32,120 --> 01:03:38,590 Caparelli and I looked at Lass. They have got big ropes. 590 01:03:43,970 --> 01:03:47,470 - It's not good. - No, not at all. 591 01:03:47,810 --> 01:03:50,770 Wally, am I bringing misfortune? 592 01:03:50,850 --> 01:03:55,560 Had we not had an engine stop, had we also been shot to pieces. 593 01:03:55,650 --> 01:03:58,190 Let's not think about it any more. 594 01:03:59,730 --> 01:04:03,110 You bring no more misfortune than the rest of us. 595 01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:07,160 When we're up in that plane, is our life in God's hands. 596 01:04:09,910 --> 01:04:13,870 Whiskey? Good choice. 597 01:04:15,040 --> 01:04:18,840 I'm starting to see the need for it. 598 01:04:20,550 --> 01:04:25,220 Yesterday our train left knows Messina terribly wrong. 599 01:04:26,300 --> 01:04:28,680 The intelligence had quailed. 600 01:04:28,760 --> 01:04:32,980 Our escort was transferred to a riskier train - 601 01:04:33,060 --> 01:04:37,480 - in the belief that the Luftwaffe does not operate in Sicily. 602 01:04:38,980 --> 01:04:42,490 They were wrong. But today, gentlemen - 603 01:04:43,150 --> 01:04:48,870 - we will eliminate the problem by to hit the airport in Catania. 604 01:04:49,580 --> 01:04:53,870 The boss has secured us a squadron of War Hawks from Tunisia. 605 01:04:53,960 --> 01:05:00,050 They escort us to and from the destination in case we receive an unwanted visit. 606 01:05:00,840 --> 01:05:04,720 We mix aircraft and crews on this train. 607 01:05:04,800 --> 01:05:09,050 We fly some of the older ones E-models we have in reserve. 608 01:05:09,140 --> 01:05:13,890 So check which flight you are going on, before you go to the runways. 609 01:05:13,980 --> 01:05:16,770 In terms of practicality... 610 01:05:20,190 --> 01:05:23,110 I'm on 410019. What about you? 611 01:05:23,990 --> 01:05:26,570 423819, Irish Bee. 612 01:05:27,780 --> 01:05:31,370 I'm going to fly with Al. Then I'll have company. 613 01:05:32,040 --> 01:05:35,410 I have not been assigned a flight. Sorry. 614 01:05:35,500 --> 01:05:41,050 It's a good thing you can take care of that Caparelli repairs our aircraft. 615 01:05:41,420 --> 01:05:46,430 Yes, it won't be airworthy, must we be transferred to other planes. 616 01:05:46,760 --> 01:05:49,140 He's right. 617 01:05:49,600 --> 01:05:52,930 - Are you coming, Arch? - Just go ahead. 618 01:05:53,020 --> 01:05:58,400 Don't let that damn spaghetti dog with you. Caparelli is a fool - 619 01:05:58,480 --> 01:06:03,230 - but he is talented. Make sure he fixes the plane - 620 01:06:03,320 --> 01:06:07,990 - so we can get in the air, do our work and come home. 621 01:06:09,660 --> 01:06:13,040 - I will, Archie. - See you tonight. 622 01:06:13,700 --> 01:06:15,620 Thanks. 623 01:06:18,580 --> 01:06:22,210 - Just take it, Al. - It's yours, I can't take it. 624 01:06:22,300 --> 01:06:26,920 - It brings luck, take it. - While there's still war, Al. 625 01:06:29,840 --> 01:06:33,180 Have something good for us, when we come back. 626 01:06:33,260 --> 01:06:37,980 Do I have to sit in a bar for seven hours? and hear Southerners fable about - 627 01:06:38,060 --> 01:06:43,070 - that they miss mother �blepie, then I need a sharp one. 628 01:06:43,480 --> 01:06:49,490 I'll probably try, but the still exploded. 629 01:06:50,070 --> 01:06:54,410 You are a sly prankster with no morals. You won't let me down. 630 01:06:54,490 --> 01:06:58,040 I guess I am. I'm looking at it. 631 01:07:00,920 --> 01:07:05,250 - Take care of the little one. - Yes, get that back too, Al. 632 01:07:07,920 --> 01:07:10,390 Listen, gentlemen. 633 01:07:10,590 --> 01:07:13,680 We probably never get a break here. 634 01:07:13,970 --> 01:07:19,640 But a major offensive is in store, and the pressure on us is great - 635 01:07:19,730 --> 01:07:25,650 - to get the damaged planes into the air or made them into spare parts. 636 01:07:27,240 --> 01:07:31,820 I don't know about the others, but we will not disappoint you. 637 01:07:31,910 --> 01:07:34,780 I know that. 638 01:07:36,870 --> 01:07:39,040 That was all. 639 01:07:39,210 --> 01:07:41,170 Thread off. 640 01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:44,500 Get some sleep. 641 01:07:46,550 --> 01:07:50,300 You didn't get a flight today, Lieutenant Schmidt? 642 01:07:50,680 --> 01:07:54,220 - That's right. - You are with the Mc crew. 643 01:07:54,390 --> 01:07:57,810 I remember you. What can I help you with? 644 01:07:57,890 --> 01:08:00,730 - Status of Lucky Lass. - A moment. 645 01:08:00,810 --> 01:08:05,690 Ladies, is this an amateur theater? Get some sleep, I said. 646 01:08:06,520 --> 01:08:08,780 Lass, yes... 647 01:08:09,990 --> 01:08:14,950 We checked the engines that remained error reported but found no problems. 648 01:08:16,120 --> 01:08:20,040 The engines started, and nothing abnormal was found. 649 01:08:20,120 --> 01:08:25,380 So your diagnosis is that there is not something mechanically wrong with the engines? 650 01:08:25,460 --> 01:08:30,510 The mechanics wrote that. The plane is cleared for flight tomorrow. 651 01:08:31,760 --> 01:08:36,970 We couldn't fly in formation, lost engine power at 15,000 feet. 652 01:08:38,640 --> 01:08:43,940 I repeat: We look at it and found no problems. 653 01:08:44,400 --> 01:08:50,360 A prankster, maybe, but there is nothing mechanically wrong with the plane. 654 01:08:51,280 --> 01:08:54,740 Two things, Sergeant Caparelli: 655 01:08:55,820 --> 01:09:00,750 I'm an officer, see to show respect for my rank. 656 01:09:01,250 --> 01:09:04,040 - Sorry, sir, I just wanted to... - In addition: 657 01:09:04,120 --> 01:09:08,550 I'm new here, and last man on that plane, but it's my plane. 658 01:09:08,840 --> 01:09:14,180 I ignore the lack of respect. I can turn the other cheek. 659 01:09:14,260 --> 01:09:16,850 With Lass it is something else. 660 01:09:16,930 --> 01:09:21,680 Wherever that goblin hides, You and I have to find it. 661 01:09:21,770 --> 01:09:24,480 Today. Now. 662 01:09:25,190 --> 01:09:28,400 I understand the urgency, sir. 663 01:09:28,480 --> 01:09:33,280 But we must not use the manpower in the heath in the middle of the day. 664 01:09:33,700 --> 01:09:36,620 Is it an order from higher up? 665 01:09:36,700 --> 01:09:41,700 It is over 40 degrees in the shade. My people don't go out there. 666 01:09:43,830 --> 01:09:45,790 Well. 667 01:09:48,380 --> 01:09:51,170 Give me your two best mechanics. 668 01:09:51,260 --> 01:09:54,880 The four of us can quickly review the engines. 669 01:09:55,260 --> 01:09:57,180 Really? The four of us? 670 01:09:57,390 --> 01:10:02,140 I repaired tractors at home fence and can use a wrench. 671 01:10:02,220 --> 01:10:06,810 You tell me what to do so I do it, in 41 degree heat. 672 01:10:09,860 --> 01:10:14,030 i want to see if I can find a couple of volunteers. 673 01:10:14,780 --> 01:10:18,700 Good, then we meet at Lass in 20 minutes. 674 01:10:19,620 --> 01:10:24,870 When we fly tomorrow, must the prankster be dead and buried. 675 01:10:27,040 --> 01:10:29,130 Yes, sir. 676 01:10:29,790 --> 01:10:31,960 Damn... 677 01:10:41,140 --> 01:10:44,730 - Eddie, we have to come up with something. - I think. 678 01:10:50,690 --> 01:10:52,980 I have an ID. 679 01:10:53,190 --> 01:10:57,740 We are given a jeep, drives to the Red Cross in Constantine. 680 01:10:57,990 --> 01:11:01,660 There we get beer and wine, which we can exchange for something stronger. 681 01:11:01,740 --> 01:11:06,460 I have tried that. The hardest wounded were sent there yesterday. 682 01:11:06,540 --> 01:11:12,340 Today they were badly injured the regiment. The jeeps will stay there tonight. 683 01:11:13,210 --> 01:11:15,760 We are isolated here. 684 01:11:16,920 --> 01:11:21,300 The officers' club probably won't miss a few bottles. 685 01:11:22,430 --> 01:11:24,930 They have plenty of them. 686 01:11:26,100 --> 01:11:29,940 - Do you do it? - I thought you could do it. 687 01:11:30,270 --> 01:11:33,730 You are faster. I can keep an eye out. 688 01:11:34,110 --> 01:11:38,910 I'm running a big risk, so hold on looking for ski rich Monroe. 689 01:11:38,990 --> 01:11:42,910 Absolutely. Let's get some booze. 690 01:11:49,580 --> 01:11:53,540 What is that there? It looks like an oil pump. 691 01:11:53,630 --> 01:11:55,630 That's it. 692 01:11:55,960 --> 01:12:01,590 We had high oil pressure just before the engine stops. 693 01:12:01,680 --> 01:12:04,560 What does the oil pump look like? 694 01:12:04,640 --> 01:12:09,270 Like a brand new oil pump, changed three weeks ago. 695 01:12:11,650 --> 01:12:16,400 - Check it just to be sure. - We changed it three weeks ago. 696 01:12:16,480 --> 01:12:19,650 Disassemble it for the lieutenant. 697 01:12:21,070 --> 01:12:23,910 We actually changed them. 698 01:12:24,740 --> 01:12:29,080 That's where I wanted to hide, if I were a prankster. 699 01:12:42,140 --> 01:12:46,560 The farming changed pumps and filters last night. 700 01:12:47,060 --> 01:12:53,400 All the sand in the filter must be entered via a hole in the cover. 701 01:12:54,020 --> 01:12:57,980 In the last sandstorm. Sorry, sir. 702 01:12:58,570 --> 01:13:02,610 You don't have to apologize it was just overlooked. 703 01:13:02,700 --> 01:13:07,660 - Then we found the prankster. - We did... 704 01:13:07,790 --> 01:13:09,620 ...sir. 705 01:13:10,120 --> 01:13:14,130 Thanks for the extra effort for aircraft and crew. 706 01:13:14,210 --> 01:13:17,050 I will tell them. 707 01:13:17,130 --> 01:13:21,300 Well... You don't have to thank me, before you get the bill. 708 01:13:45,070 --> 01:13:48,830 - Sir, it was good I found you. - I have good news. 709 01:13:48,910 --> 01:13:53,540 I don't have that. Do you know when Wally's plane coming back? 710 01:13:53,620 --> 01:13:57,790 In the course of an hour, according to the briefing. What is happening? 711 01:13:57,880 --> 01:14:01,840 Our flight is arriving to lack a radio operator. 712 01:14:02,010 --> 01:14:07,180 The MPs followed him to the tent, where he changes into parade uniform. 713 01:14:07,260 --> 01:14:13,020 Silly Monroe, the quartermaster, caught him stealing. 714 01:14:15,350 --> 01:14:17,690 Steal what? 715 01:14:18,020 --> 01:14:21,780 Sir... The still exploded. 716 01:14:23,610 --> 01:14:26,530 Sad. Where is he now? 717 01:14:26,620 --> 01:14:30,910 I don't know. I ran over here, as soon as I found out. 718 01:14:32,370 --> 01:14:36,580 He must be produced for the base commander now. 719 01:14:39,550 --> 01:14:45,380 When I opened the box, I found seven liter bottles of alcohol. 720 01:14:45,970 --> 01:14:50,850 I had seen Sergeant O'Hara go out of the officer's mess - 721 01:14:51,020 --> 01:14:56,310 - a few minutes before, so we know, where the thieves came from. 722 01:14:58,020 --> 01:15:03,490 And the military court is very clear regarding theft. 723 01:15:03,740 --> 01:15:07,990 Do you have an explanation for or a defense for this? 724 01:15:08,320 --> 01:15:11,040 I was over in officer's... 725 01:15:11,120 --> 01:15:16,040 Colonel, Lieutenant Schmidt, co-pilot of Sergeant O'Hara's plane. 726 01:15:16,120 --> 01:15:19,590 He was caught stealing alcohol from the officer's mess. 727 01:15:19,670 --> 01:15:23,800 - He won't stay on your plane for long. - I heard that. 728 01:15:24,130 --> 01:15:27,970 Has Sergeant O'Hara explanation given? 729 01:15:28,050 --> 01:15:31,560 No, he had to explain himself, when you came in. 730 01:15:31,970 --> 01:15:35,430 Good, because I can explain it. 731 01:15:36,730 --> 01:15:42,320 It's my fault. Our plane had to turn around about yesterday due to mechanical problems. 732 01:15:42,400 --> 01:15:47,360 We looked at it today and found that it was due to sand in the fuel and oil. 733 01:15:47,530 --> 01:15:53,830 Oil pump and filters have been changed, but dirt still accumulates. 734 01:15:53,910 --> 01:15:58,790 Acetone, which is used for engine cleaning, will tear holes in the rubber hoses. 735 01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:02,630 If they need to be changed, may we stay on earth one more day. 736 01:16:02,710 --> 01:16:07,630 The chief mechanic suggested using alcohol to flush the hoses clean. 737 01:16:08,010 --> 01:16:09,760 Really? 738 01:16:09,840 --> 01:16:12,430 I told Sergeant O'Hara to find something. 739 01:16:12,510 --> 01:16:16,930 I thought he would requisition it from the quartermaster. 740 01:16:17,020 --> 01:16:21,520 But I didn't specify it, gave him no precise order. 741 01:16:21,610 --> 01:16:26,820 He should not be court-martialed to steal because of my mistake. 742 01:16:27,950 --> 01:16:30,280 Lieutenant Schmidt. 743 01:16:30,370 --> 01:16:36,500 It is irresponsible to order a subordinate in your service... 744 01:16:36,580 --> 01:16:42,040 ...to acquire things without instructions. - Colonel, you can't believe this? 745 01:16:42,420 --> 01:16:46,510 Lieutenant Monroe, you accuse a fellow officer - 746 01:16:46,590 --> 01:16:50,840 - for conspiracy for theft of military property? 747 01:16:52,300 --> 01:16:55,810 No, sir. Not at all, but... 748 01:16:56,180 --> 01:16:59,690 So stop it to waste my time with this v�s. 749 01:16:59,770 --> 01:17:03,980 I have a war to fight and a bomber division to lead. 750 01:17:04,070 --> 01:17:09,570 If a soldier deliberately damages the war effort - 751 01:17:09,650 --> 01:17:13,780 - you have to pick it up with his immediate superior. 752 01:17:13,870 --> 01:17:18,960 - Is that understood, Lieutenant Monroe? - Yes, sir. Understood. 753 01:17:20,290 --> 01:17:23,710 Well. You can go. 754 01:17:30,550 --> 01:17:34,260 Take your solvent, Sergeant O'Hara, and g�. 755 01:17:35,890 --> 01:17:37,810 Yes, sir. 756 01:17:40,600 --> 01:17:44,230 - Sergeant, one more question. - Yes, sir. 757 01:17:45,440 --> 01:17:48,820 You could choose between a lot of alcohol in the officer's mess. 758 01:17:48,900 --> 01:17:52,280 Why choose seven bottles of scotch? 759 01:17:53,780 --> 01:17:56,830 Lucky Lass is an Irish plane, sir. 760 01:17:57,580 --> 01:18:00,870 That is why she is a bit picky. 761 01:18:06,420 --> 01:18:09,170 - Look to get out. - Yes, sir. 762 01:18:09,460 --> 01:18:12,180 - Sergeant. - Yes, sir. 763 01:18:17,970 --> 01:18:21,100 - Now you can go. - Yes, sir. 764 01:18:28,900 --> 01:18:31,820 Because of the explosion recently… 765 01:18:31,900 --> 01:18:36,070 First he drives around with Caparelli. 766 01:18:36,160 --> 01:18:39,080 Get him to dismantle and clean our engines. 767 01:18:39,160 --> 01:18:44,580 Then the fucking German goes through the entire base to save my skin. 768 01:18:45,130 --> 01:18:47,960 I was actually done. 769 01:18:50,380 --> 01:18:55,930 Well done, we owe you one service. And Charlie owes you two. 770 01:18:57,600 --> 01:19:01,640 One last thing: A reason for fidelity to duty - 771 01:19:02,520 --> 01:19:07,270 - endurance and nuts as big as 250 kilo bombs. 772 01:19:08,190 --> 01:19:12,650 I hereby appoint Lieutenant Michael Schmidt to �resirer... 773 01:19:12,740 --> 01:19:16,740 ...with all the benefits... - And limitations. 774 01:19:16,820 --> 01:19:20,290 ...such an appointment entails. 775 01:19:21,870 --> 01:19:25,670 Welcome aboard, Lieutenant O'Schmidt. 776 01:19:30,670 --> 01:19:34,220 Gentlemen, I say thank you. 777 01:19:35,510 --> 01:19:38,430 That's all I have to say. 778 01:19:40,720 --> 01:19:42,810 19 July 1943 779 01:19:42,890 --> 01:19:45,350 Good morning, gentlemen. 780 01:19:45,440 --> 01:19:50,270 The high command and the politicians now has this offensive in place. 781 01:19:50,360 --> 01:19:53,860 Today, gentlemen, shall we attack Rome. 782 01:19:54,820 --> 01:20:00,160 Precision bombing. We have to fly at an altitude of 10,000 feet. 783 01:20:01,290 --> 01:20:04,500 According to Gerbini, the management believes - 784 01:20:04,580 --> 01:20:08,670 - that our squadron, the Diamondbacks, are they right for the task. 785 01:20:08,750 --> 01:20:14,550 Roosevelt has contacted the Vatican and gave the Pope certain assurances. 786 01:20:15,050 --> 01:20:20,390 As a result of the risk of damaging priceless historical sites - 787 01:20:20,470 --> 01:20:25,770 - and cause harm to the civilian population, started RAF two days ago - 788 01:20:25,850 --> 01:20:29,480 - to drop leaflets - 789 01:20:29,560 --> 01:20:35,700 - which tells where we want to bomb, so the civilians can avoid those places. 790 01:20:36,400 --> 01:20:40,160 We are waiting to meet heavy anti-aircraft fire. 791 01:20:40,240 --> 01:20:43,290 Good luck, may God be with you. 792 01:21:25,450 --> 01:21:29,920 We are approaching the goal, change course to 34 in 30 seconds. 793 01:21:30,080 --> 01:21:33,090 Received, Archie. Thanks. 794 01:21:34,550 --> 01:21:38,010 - Are you ready for this, Mike? - Yes, sir. 795 01:21:43,350 --> 01:21:45,890 No fighters, boss. 796 01:21:45,970 --> 01:21:48,600 But a lot of anti-aircraft fire. 797 01:21:48,940 --> 01:21:52,060 Look at the compass, not the anti-aircraft fire. 798 01:21:52,150 --> 01:21:56,610 When Archie says, we turn and keeps her on course. 799 01:21:56,690 --> 01:21:58,610 Yes. 800 01:21:59,150 --> 01:22:03,490 - Is it always this bad? - Sometimes it's worse. 801 01:22:10,370 --> 01:22:13,590 Change course to 34 degrees in five - 802 01:22:13,670 --> 01:22:16,840 - four, three, two, one - now! 803 01:22:20,380 --> 01:22:23,390 On target, boys. The plane is yours. 804 01:22:23,800 --> 01:22:26,890 Now we have to precision bomb. 805 01:22:29,730 --> 01:22:33,360 The pigs have 88-mm guns hidden by the churches. 806 01:22:33,440 --> 01:22:36,820 Did you think they lined them up where would we bomb? 807 01:22:36,900 --> 01:22:41,030 - At least it's some manure. - Go to Mussolini. 808 01:22:46,990 --> 01:22:49,910 They must have calculated our height. 809 01:22:52,790 --> 01:22:57,340 - Is it still long, Philly? - One minute, almost over the target. 810 01:22:57,670 --> 01:23:02,930 There are no fighter jets in the area, but you can go on anti-aircraft fire. 811 01:23:08,060 --> 01:23:09,890 Damn it! 812 01:23:10,230 --> 01:23:13,100 - Damn it. - My eyes! 813 01:23:13,230 --> 01:23:16,480 Charlie, come up here. They've hit Burt. 814 01:23:16,860 --> 01:23:21,030 - Come on, Charlie. - Damn it, my eyes! 815 01:23:21,110 --> 01:23:23,070 My eyes! 816 01:23:25,950 --> 01:23:27,870 Morphine on the way. 817 01:23:28,240 --> 01:23:30,790 30 seconds, measured in sight. 818 01:23:33,330 --> 01:23:36,040 Opens the bomb hatches. 819 01:23:39,090 --> 01:23:41,880 They start to take aim. 820 01:23:42,930 --> 01:23:45,010 Damn it! 821 01:23:49,430 --> 01:23:51,600 Almost ahead. 822 01:23:52,480 --> 01:23:55,520 So there we are. Bombs dropped! 823 01:23:59,530 --> 01:24:03,070 Breaks out of formation, the load thrown. 824 01:24:12,870 --> 01:24:14,830 Damn it! 825 01:24:14,920 --> 01:24:17,170 Turn left! 826 01:24:17,330 --> 01:24:19,960 What the hell happened? 827 01:24:21,510 --> 01:24:23,880 Use the right elevator! 828 01:24:25,970 --> 01:24:28,680 The plane is starting to stall! 829 01:24:30,510 --> 01:24:32,350 Wally! 830 01:24:36,770 --> 01:24:39,400 Flat out, flat out! 831 01:24:40,400 --> 01:24:45,320 Loses engine power. We're going in a spin, hold on. 832 01:24:46,530 --> 01:24:48,820 Left! 833 01:24:54,410 --> 01:24:58,630 Side rudder does not work. On the way down. 834 01:25:02,050 --> 01:25:04,470 Height and speed: 835 01:25:04,550 --> 01:25:07,260 400 feet, 200 knots. 836 01:25:07,640 --> 01:25:10,970 - Use the rudder. - 3000 feet, 300 knots. 837 01:25:11,060 --> 01:25:15,100 - Straighten her up, Mike! - 2200 feet, 400 knots. 838 01:25:16,600 --> 01:25:18,730 1000 feet. 839 01:25:19,690 --> 01:25:22,610 Hold fast. 840 01:25:23,900 --> 01:25:27,200 - Come on, t�s. - 500 feet. 841 01:25:27,280 --> 01:25:30,410 Fix her now! 842 01:25:31,450 --> 01:25:35,160 Holy Virgin Mary, we are not dead. 843 01:25:37,960 --> 01:25:41,340 You can pray later. All back at the posts. 844 01:25:41,670 --> 01:25:44,630 Archie, I need a course. 845 01:25:45,380 --> 01:25:50,390 - We are being shot at, get away! - We have to get away from the anti-aircraft fire. 846 01:26:05,150 --> 01:26:09,410 - My God! - I'm fine. 847 01:26:09,530 --> 01:26:12,450 You scared the life out of me. 848 01:26:17,330 --> 01:26:20,960 Hang in there guys. We are on the outskirts of town. 849 01:26:21,920 --> 01:26:26,170 Engine four shot to pieces, I turn on the fire extinguisher. 850 01:26:26,800 --> 01:26:31,260 - The fire is out. - We are beyond their reach. 851 01:26:34,470 --> 01:26:36,470 Lieutenant. 852 01:26:38,020 --> 01:26:40,060 Lieutenant. 853 01:26:41,270 --> 01:26:44,320 - Is everyone okay in there? - I'm fine. 854 01:26:44,650 --> 01:26:46,690 I'm okay. 855 01:26:48,740 --> 01:26:53,450 The radio is okay. Burt is hurt, but I think he'll make it. 856 01:26:56,040 --> 01:26:59,620 Philly, Archie, Tom, Oliver, come on. 857 01:27:13,390 --> 01:27:16,260 I'm okay. Philly is dead. 858 01:27:18,560 --> 01:27:21,440 Tom, Oliver, come. 859 01:27:22,400 --> 01:27:24,060 Are you okay, boss? 860 01:27:24,150 --> 01:27:28,070 I am unharmed and do not need you. Look to our shooter. 861 01:27:28,150 --> 01:27:30,570 On the way. Come on, Burt. 862 01:27:33,950 --> 01:27:36,870 Archie, I need you in the cockpit. 863 01:27:44,840 --> 01:27:48,300 Archie, I need you up here. 864 01:28:07,400 --> 01:28:11,990 Archie, I can't take it keep her calm, you have to help me. 865 01:28:13,910 --> 01:28:19,080 - Hang in there for me, mate. - Tom is dead, Oliver is injured. 866 01:28:21,710 --> 01:28:25,630 I have to look out the front. I think I know where we are. 867 01:28:25,710 --> 01:28:29,420 We're going over all the water, then we come home. 868 01:28:29,960 --> 01:28:32,760 Here is our situation… 869 01:28:32,840 --> 01:28:37,180 Wally is dead. But we live and we come home. 870 01:28:37,890 --> 01:28:43,480 We are not far from Tunisia. Out pops Eddie, Charlie and Al. 871 01:28:45,350 --> 01:28:47,440 What about Burt and Oliver? 872 01:28:47,520 --> 01:28:51,860 Archie and I fly on for to land with the wounded at Malta. 873 01:28:55,200 --> 01:28:58,120 If we get that far. 874 01:28:59,450 --> 01:29:01,700 Al, how does it look? 875 01:29:01,790 --> 01:29:04,870 With an exploded engine and holes in the hull? 876 01:29:04,960 --> 01:29:09,090 Some problems with an engine, otherwise it looks good. 877 01:29:09,710 --> 01:29:14,970 I speak for all of us when I say, we should be lying in a crater in Rome now. 878 01:29:15,050 --> 01:29:19,600 Lass didn't get us through it to give up now. 879 01:29:20,640 --> 01:29:26,440 Well. Hold fast. I have to raise up if we are going to fly over Sicily. 880 01:29:54,880 --> 01:29:56,880 Charlie? 881 01:30:01,010 --> 01:30:04,270 Hang in there, we'll be home soon. 882 01:30:11,480 --> 01:30:16,240 Farmer boy, Vanguard airfield reports that they see us on the radar. 883 01:30:16,320 --> 01:30:19,240 Motor �t is stopped. 884 01:30:31,130 --> 01:30:34,420 It lasted longer than we thought. 885 01:30:34,590 --> 01:30:38,430 Charlie, more instructions from the RAF base? 886 01:30:38,890 --> 01:30:41,550 We are about 50 km away, sir. 887 01:30:41,930 --> 01:30:45,890 Received. Do they have a track ready for us? 888 01:30:46,770 --> 01:30:50,560 Yes, the 601st Squadron's runway. 889 01:30:51,400 --> 01:30:55,860 I'm new to the job, why Does that sound like bad news? 890 01:30:56,190 --> 01:31:01,780 A runway for Spitfires, not bombers. Only 1600 feet long. 891 01:31:05,700 --> 01:31:08,460 Yeah. Report that we are approaching. 892 01:31:10,710 --> 01:31:14,630 Reduces speed, lower landing gear. 893 01:31:20,640 --> 01:31:24,180 - The landing gear is kaput. - Didn't it sink? 894 01:31:24,260 --> 01:31:29,230 - No, the wheels fell off. - It complicates things. 895 01:31:31,650 --> 01:31:34,440 Change of plans, gentlemen. 896 01:31:34,520 --> 01:31:38,490 The female has folded wing flaps, only one engine - 897 01:31:38,570 --> 01:31:42,870 - no lifter and defect landing gear on a short runway. 898 01:31:42,950 --> 01:31:47,500 There is a difference between landing and crashing. I suggest we jump out. 899 01:31:47,580 --> 01:31:50,540 - AI, are you awake over there? - I'm here. 900 01:31:50,620 --> 01:31:56,250 Get up from there. Collect parachutes, get Burt and Oliver ready to jump. 901 01:32:01,050 --> 01:32:03,550 Are you checking the trim? 902 01:32:04,010 --> 01:32:05,470 Yes. 903 01:32:13,690 --> 01:32:17,690 Forget it! Help Burt, be ready to jump! 904 01:32:18,070 --> 01:32:19,610 Damn it. 905 01:32:27,700 --> 01:32:31,370 Pull the cord when you're out. Charlie will help you. 906 01:32:33,790 --> 01:32:37,460 - Got me, mate? - Yes, I'm right behind you. 907 01:32:37,550 --> 01:32:40,840 When you get out, you pull the string. Jump! 908 01:32:42,970 --> 01:32:45,180 Al, your turn. 909 01:32:48,270 --> 01:32:52,560 - P�p p�p. Eddie, take care of Oliver. - Got him. 910 01:33:18,550 --> 01:33:21,010 Damn it. What has happened? 911 01:33:21,760 --> 01:33:24,930 I'm bleeding from my stomach. 912 01:33:26,220 --> 01:33:30,850 When we come down, they take care of you. 913 01:33:34,850 --> 01:33:38,900 Archie, what the hell happened with your parachute? 914 01:33:38,980 --> 01:33:41,990 It has turned into confetti. 915 01:33:46,620 --> 01:33:50,580 Here... We land the old t�s. 916 01:33:51,330 --> 01:33:54,460 We crash land her. 917 01:33:56,580 --> 01:33:59,420 I will not leave you. 918 01:34:02,090 --> 01:34:06,430 Two in one parachute, it's been done before, Archie. 919 01:34:07,760 --> 01:34:10,350 Yes, well… 920 01:34:14,640 --> 01:34:16,770 It will probably work. 921 01:34:16,850 --> 01:34:18,860 Clear? 922 01:34:21,150 --> 01:34:23,900 Take care of the boys. 923 01:34:25,110 --> 01:34:26,780 No! 924 01:36:10,720 --> 01:36:12,930 Good morning, sir. 925 01:36:14,760 --> 01:36:19,350 Lieutenant Tremaine, second pilot. I look forward to flying with you. 926 01:36:24,900 --> 01:36:29,280 You don't know when I can expect to get my luggage?