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The Bloody Hundredth

{\an8}I thought the most effectiveway to serve would be as a pilot

{\an8}I thought the most effective
way to serve would be as a pilot

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{\an8}I thought the most effective way to serve would be as a pilot.
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6 seconds
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37
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:30
Uploaded
Apr 09, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Playtone,Amblin Television,Herzog & Company

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Movie Summary

It honors the heroes of the 100th Bomb Group.
I went down the next day and volunteered to be an air force cadet. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:07
I went down the next day and volunteered to be an air force ...
Before enlisting, thousands of American flyers had never set foot - The Bloody Hundredth 00:38
Before enlisting, thousands of American flyers had never set...
The other three students had previous flight training, I had none. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:06
The other three students had previous flight training, I had...
{\an8}When those wheels leave the ground, there's no one to help you. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:05
{\an8}When those wheels leave the ground, there's no on...
{\an8}I became a navigator because I was a flop as a pilot. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:07
{\an8}I became a navigator because I was a flop as a pilot.
{\an8}I'll never forget the guy that washed me out was Lieutenant Maytag, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:09
{\an8}I'll never forget the guy that washed me out was ...
I had a military instructor, and he was about to wash me out, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:13
I had a military instructor, and he was about to wash me out...
{\an8}If you can take this up three times and around the pattern and land it, you're in. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:07
{\an8}If you can take this up three times and around the pat...
If not, you're out." - The Bloody Hundredth 00:11
If not, you're out."
I did various maneuvers of chandelles and lazy S's. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:06
I did various maneuvers of chandelles and lazy S's.
Forty of my classmates, just graduated from flying school, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:12
Forty of my classmates, just graduated from flying school,
The Boeing Flying Fortress, manned by ten men, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:23
The Boeing Flying Fortress, manned by ten men,
Offensively, it dropped very heavy payloads for its day. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:06
Offensively, it dropped very heavy payloads for its day.
And it was called the Flying Fortress because it had so many 50-caliber guns. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:06
And it was called the Flying Fortress because it had so many...
The plane responded so beautifully that I immediately related to it. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:07
The plane responded so beautifully that I immediately relate...
We had about five or six months of practice training - The Bloody Hundredth 00:07
We had about five or six months of practice training
{\an8}In May of 1943 we were sent to England - The Bloody Hundredth 00:08
{\an8}In May of 1943 we were sent to England
We were told before we went overseas, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:14
We were told before we went overseas,
Just as the crews of the 100th began arriving at their new base - The Bloody Hundredth 00:31
Just as the crews of the 100th began arriving at their new b...
We'd just got there and getting to know one another, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:25
We'd just got there and getting to know one another,