The new Apple TV series has arrived, Masters of the Air, written and produced by John Orloff, of Band of Brothers. It stars Austin Butler (Elvis, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Barry Keoghan (Saltburn, Top Boy) and Callum Turner (Queen and Country, The Only Living Boy in New York). We discuss the history behind the show with two historians of the Allied Bombing Campaign.

Patrick Bishop is the bestselling author of Bomber Boys and Paul Bingley, historian and author of Bomb Group.

Episode Links

Bomb Group by Paul Bingley

Bomber Boys by Patrick Bishop

Masters of the Air on Apple TV

Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut

The Way to the Stars

Battleground Pod

Documentary on Bomber Command with Ewan McGregor

Debate: The Allied bombing of German cities in World War II was unjustifiable

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