Masters of the Air

Hans.

Amerikaner!

- Amerikaner! - Amerikaner!

Amerikaner!

Amerikaner!

He has a gun.

Amerikaner!

There's an American. He has a gun--

Get in the house and call the police.

Go, go, go!

Amerikaner!

We don't want to kill you.

We don't want to kill you.

Amerikaner?

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For you, the war's over.

When a crew went down, they disappeared.

No more than four months at Thorpe Abbotts

until 32 of the 35 original crews were among the missing.

We did not talk about such crews.

Those of us who continued to fly mission after mission

had to tiptoe around their ghosts.

Some of the men were coming undone.

They'd seen too many planes blow up in front of them and too many friends killed.

Some people drank. Some people fought. Some people slept around.

If you got a chance to forget, you took it.

Me? I was heading to Oxford University.

Bubbles's death hit me pretty hard,

and Colonel Harding thought it would be good for me to represent the 100th

at a conference between the Allied nations.

So he signed me up, and I was happy to go.

Have you ever been to Oxford, Captain?

Uh, no. But I'm excited to be here.

Well, you may not have the time to see much of it on this trip.

Between the lectures and the social events planned,

it's very unlikely you'll have a moment to step off campus.

We're just through here.

There'll be representatives from nearly all the Allied countries and territories.

You're sure to meet some fascinating people.

It arrived for you two days ago. I hope it's nothing urgent.

My wife.

She, uh, couldn't stand the idea of a week going by without sending a letter.

How thoughtful.

Oh, uh, has "sub-altern" A.M. Wesgate arrived yet? My roommate?

Not until tomorrow, I believe. And we call them "subalterns."

-"Subbleturn." - Subalterns.

Right. Well, James, thank you for the tour.

Of course. Have a good night, sir. Enjoy the conference.

Mm-hmm.

"Subaltern."

"Subalterns."

Münster was only Rosie's third mission,

but it was so horrific that Colonel Harding

ordered Lieutenant Rosenthal and his crew

to spend a week of R & R at a place we called the flak house.

They got horses.

You ride horses, Rosie?

Jews from Brooklyn don't ride horses.

Wow.

- Morning. Hello. - Ladies. Ma'am.

- Hello. - Oh, look out. Here comes the cavalry.

Welcome to Coombe House.

We have all the sports and activities you could ask for, all right here.

There's tennis, bicycles, volleyball, croquet, riding with hounds.

And if it rains, because this is England...

...there's billiards, cards, chess, and badminton in the ballroom.

Relaxation is the order of the day here.

Michael, can you show these men to their rooms?

Of course, ma'am.

Right this way, gentlemen.

Francy?

How long do I have to be here?

I'm afraid that's not my department, Robert.

Really, it was up to your CO when he sent you here.

But that's something you can discuss with Dr. Huston.

We have baths here and hot water.

Take advantage while you can is my advice.

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Where you from?

381st. We fly together.

You?

100th.

When we get a chance, you think you can run on that ankle?

- I don't think so. -

Think our boys did this?

Looks like it just happened. RAF.

Shit. Brits actually hit something for once.

All right, all right, all right.

- -

What's going on here?

What are they doing here?

Americans.

Terror flyers!

Damn Americans!

You bastards!

It's okay, it's okay.

Guards! Back up!

Keep your shirt on.

Hey, stop! Don't protect them! What are you doing?

- Let them fend for themselves! - Guards! Guards!

Hey! Whoa! Whoa!

- -

- Doctor Huston? - Mmm.

May I come in?

Yeah, come in, come in.

Um-- Robert Rosenthal.

Yes.

- How did you sleep last night? - Fine.

Can be a strange adjustment.

Most men need a-- a day or two.

Uh, well, that's actually what I wanted to talk to you about. Uh...

I don't think this, uh, environment is helpful for me.

I'd like to return to base.

Why do you think your CO sent you here?

What did he say to you?

No, I'm curious what you think.

There was a mission to Münster.

It was rough, but I'm fine.

Three missions in your first three days.

120 men dead in one afternoon.

And I wasn't one of them. I'm fine.

Hmm. That's the third time you've used that word, "fine."

You're not gonna let me leave, are you?

Sure I am. In five days.

Thank you, Doctor.

"Who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name...

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done...

on Earth as it is in heaven,

- for thine is the kingdom and the power--" -

I'm looking for a place to bury these dogs.

"And lead us not into temptation...

but deliver us from evil..."

One of them is still alive.

- "Our Father... - Finish him off.

"Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name

Thy kingdom come--"

Klaus. I found a spot.

Good. I'm coming.

Get digging. Help me.

Hey, look one's getting away.

Let him go! He won't get far!

Freedom of the individual against the arbitrary authority of a tyrant.

This is what the Magna Carta,

or the Great Charter of Freedoms, laid the foundation for.

Signed in 1215, it is an important symbol of liberty even today.

Of course, it took you Yanks more than 500 years

for your founding fathers to produce a similar bit of paper.

And now we find in wartime that our collective...

Yeah, maybe if we weren't under the tyranny of your king for 500 years,

we could have popped it out sooner.

We must be rigorous in our examinations

of previous conflicts and the resolutions of those conflicts.

"It's nice to have a little fire.

It gets cold up there."

- Captain Crosby, I presume? - Oh, my God.

Oh, don't worry. I've seen men in much... ...less, Captain.

Big family, small house, few doors.

And you are?

Subaltern Wesgate, your roommate.

- - Oh, dear.

- You expected a man, didn't you? - No, no, I didn't-- I just-- It was--

Yes. I did. I'm sorry. I expected a man.

The ATS encourage us to conceal our feminine names, hence A.M. Wesgate.

The A is for Alessandra-- Sandra for short--

and the M is for a middle name I shall take to the grave.

- We should report this to the bursar. - Well, I'm not bothered if you're not.