Lucky for them,there was a rule that if a downed flyer made it out of occupied Europe,...
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Lucky for them,
there was a rule that if a downed flyer made it out of occupied Europe, he
wasn't allowed to fly any more missions. Because if a flyer got shot down again and was captured and tortured by
the Gestapo, they knew too much about the escape routes and the French and Belgian men
and women who had assisted them. The lucky bastards got a ticket home. Fly safe, boys
there was a rule that if a downed flyer made it out of occupied Europe, he
wasn't allowed to fly any more missions. Because if a flyer got shot down again and was captured and tortured by
the Gestapo, they knew too much about the escape routes and the French and Belgian men
and women who had assisted them. The lucky bastards got a ticket home. Fly safe, boys
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Lucky for them,
there was a rule that if a downed flyer
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made it out of occupied Europe, he
wasn't allowed to fly any more missions.
00:00:08.176 --> 00:00:10.001
Because if a flyer got shot down again
00:00:10.001 --> 00:00:13.389
and was captured and tortured by
the Gestapo, they knew too much
00:00:13.389 --> 00:00:14.766
about the escape routes
00:00:14.766 --> 00:00:17.602
and the French and Belgian men
and women who had assisted them.
00:00:18.186 --> 00:00:20.646
The lucky bastards got a ticket home.
00:00:22.607 --> 00:00:23.983
Fly safe, boys.
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Movie Summary
During World War II, five miles above the ground and behind enemy lines, ten men inside an aluminum bomber known as a "Flying Fortress" battle antiaircraft fire and unrelenting flocks of German fighters.
