'Masters of the Air' Uplifts—But Disappoints

The anti-Nazi underground’s key role in rescuing downed air crews is also missing in action

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Moments into Masters of the Air, the much anticipated streaming serial about the flyboys of the Eighth Air Force in World War Two, we are riding with those brave young American B-17 bomber crews as they dodge Nazi fighter planes and torrents of flak, those shards of hot metal that tear through their fuselages and flesh.

Almost three quarters of a…