I recall watching this series as a kid and being a WWII war bird enthusiast, the series pretty much kept an accurate account during the times of the mighty eighth USAAF bombers and fighters based in England that was used during the European campaign of WWII. The fine acting of Robert Lansing and Paul Burke brought to the series a realistic display of how bomber commanders felt about their men and machines during the war. It wasn't just fly, bomb and strafe. They wrestled with the pilots and crews personal problems and orders that sent many a pilot and bomber crews to their death. Actual WWII footage was used and when the writers tired of the stories in the air, they sometimes covered what happens to pilots and crews who are shot down evading or being captured by the enemy. This series was a good one but with the widening war in Vietnam, the series was cut short do to loss of interest and the public tiring of war. It was a shame since the contribution made by these pilots, crews and planes help end the war with Nazi Germany and its campaign of extermination and conquest. Sometimes a series of war and why we're forced to fight in them should be made if not just to hear how our fighting forces faced the horrors and complexities and sacrifices of war.
Review of 12 O'Clock High
