As a pilot, I thought that checklist scene was great and really set the tone about how professional these guys were (and still are). Pilots do that all the time … that scene added a great deal of realism to the show.

Dale Dye is THE military advisor for Hollywood.

As a retired USAF maintainer I would like tto say thanks to Capt. Dye wanting the maintainers get their due. There's an old mechanics joke that goes; "Pilots are important but without mechanics they are just pedestrians with really cool jackets".

One detail that I found really cool and hoped would be included was the check list B-17 start up procedures.

Great interview with Dale ! Well done guys. Thanks to him and his company a lot of movies and TV shows became memorable. Masters of the air is a terrific TV series. I remember watching 12 o clock high as a kid on TV. And that series was okay but used a lot of newsreel footage. I’m glad we now see a good depiction of the bombing missions without having to resort to that. The one thing I do miss thou is Tom Hanks or some of the veterans coming on at the beginning of the show to provide historical context. As we saw in band of brothers or the pacific. I suppose the producers thought that they didn’t need to do it and people would just go on you tube.

On the subject of aircrew being home each night, my Dad was in the RAF and tried to sell me on that idea with the line "The Army looks after the land, the Navy looks after the sea and we look after their girlfriends."

Great mini-series so far! It made me wear my Eastman jacket for winter.

Great lisen chaps!! Such a legend that Cpt Dye, would love to work with him! keep the interviews coming regards josh

Great interview, would love these folks to do a series about the Commando's - including the St Nazaire raid

The only thing I miss is the vet interviews in the beginning and I kind of wish they'd maybe had an episode go over the positions on the planes and maybe alittle bit of training or a few more minutes of back story on the handful of planes/crews we've focused on the first 3 episodes because now half of them are dead and we only saw some for a minute or two. These are minor nitpicks, and I can't wait for episode 4. Is Dale Dye still making No Better Place to Die? 3 days 82nd airborne holding bridges across the Merderet River.

Dale was a bomber pilot?

Advisor on Forest Gump (first)

Where children allowed to run around on the B17's on the hardstand and even messing with the cockpit instrumentations? And was there a reason why heavy smoking was very toned down or downplay of the aircrews and mechanics who in reality were heavy smokers during the war.

I find the series underwhelming. It’s missing the Band of Brothers and Pacific magic. I feel Iike I’m watching Red Tails or Memphis Bell. It’s a bit corny.