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My Grandfather's Bomber squadron was escorted more than once by fighters from the 332nd (Red Tails) over Germany. In fact, on one mission there were about 50 fighters for only two bombers!
The surviving Red Tail pilots make the Air Show circuit and I've always wanted to talk to one of them and find out what that was all about.
Looks a little too CGI.
But should be a good flick.![]()
They are trying to make the 332nd Red Tails into some kind of super hero's.
When in fact they were only a very minor footnote in the air war.
Plus by the time the negro pilots entered combat late in the war.
They were flying the vaunted P51 Mustang which was the best fighter to see action during WWII
The Luftwaffe by then was just a shell of it's former self and the German pilots were poorly trained and inexperienced for combat; and didn't present much of a challenge to the Allied pilots.
Being a WWII enthusiast I've been waiting for to this movie. Hopefully they don't Hollywood it too much.
Red Tails (2012) HD Movie Trailer - Lucasfilm Official Trailer - YouTube
just more high tech than the 95 version
I love to go to War Bird air shows.
All of the planes are wonderful to look at and watch fly.
But when you hear a P51 Mustang coming from a distance and heading your way.
The engine sounds so strong and powerful; like a mechanical sympathy.
And as it zips by you and then starts to climb skyward.
Even a first time attendee to an air show can tell this plane is a pure thoroughbred with a top fuel hot rod engine.![]()
A few years ago I lived by the back entrance to the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida.Yes, there is nothing like the scream of a P-51, what irritates me is the air shows feel a need to play loud music during the show.......the guy narrating is bad enough but why cover the great sounds with a lousy song? I've been to a lot of air shows, saw the Thunderbirds in F-100! Love almost everything about them. I am hoping to go to the Reno Air Races this year and the Aviation Nation show in Vegas.
A few years ago I lived by the back entrance to the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida.Yes, there is nothing like the scream of a P-51, what irritates me is the air shows feel a need to play loud music during the show.......the guy narrating is bad enough but why cover the great sounds with a lousy song? I've been to a lot of air shows, saw the Thunderbirds in F-100! Love almost everything about them. I am hoping to go to the Reno Air Races this year and the Aviation Nation show in Vegas.
The Blue Angels practiced directly above my house during the air show season.
They flew the F-18 Hornet and boy were they loud.
btw the Naval Air Museum on the base at Pensacola is definitely worth a visit.