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EXCLUSIVE: A New Clip from ‘Masters of the Air’ Shows the Camaraderie of Our Favorite Men | The Mary Sue

The new Apple TV+ series Masters of Air gives us a look into fighter pilots during World War II and the love they all had for each other in the midst of high-stakes situations. The Mary Sue is proud to debut an exclusive clip for episode 4 of the series!

In a new clip of the fourth episode, we get to watch as the boys all wait for the team to return to base after their 25th mission, a celebration waiting to happen as they’d be the first team to make it to 25 successful missions overall. What really makes this clip work, though, is the pure love that each of these characters have for each other.

Here we see Buck (Austin Butler) and Bucky (Callum Turner) drive up to all of their friends waiting, sitting together as the plane roars overhead. To see the joy that takes over their faces is such an emotional experience, especially given the death of Lt. Curtis Biddick (Barry Keoghan) in the previous episode.

One of the things about Masters of the Air that I have loved from the start is the desire to just cheer for these boys that exists within each episode. As we’re listening to Major Crosby (Anthony Boyle) narrate his life with them all, you can hear how much he loved his team. We see it in the way that Buck and Bucky always are looking out for one another, and so much of this show is dependent on us caring about the men we’re seeing fight.

What this clip for episode 4 shows is that their friendship and happiness helps them keep going and keep fighting even when things get dark and they may lose another one of their friends. It’s why we keep tuning in each week to see what awaits them and how they’re going to fight to end the war.

The next episode of Masters of the Air airs on Apple TV+ on February 9th and episode four’s logline is as follows: “Lt. Rosenthal joins the 100th just as one of its crews reaches a milestone. The U-boat pens at Bremen become a target for the second time.” We’re in for quite another ride with the team at the 100th and we cannot wait to see what Masters of the Air has for us next.

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February 8, 2024
‘Masters of the Air’ Bids Its First Farewell to One of Its Poster Characters

The third episode of Apple TV+’s war drama Masters of the Air, titled “Part Three,” delivered some truly intense aerial combat scenes as the pilots of the 100th Bomb Group tackled one of their most intense missions—both in real life and in the show.

*** Spoilers ahead for Masters of the Air up until its third episode. Be warned. ***

That mission was the August 1943 Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission, which planned to bomb both German cities in an attempt to deal a severe blow to the country’s aircraft industry. While the mission did inflict severe damage on its Regensburg targets, it came at a massive cost of life for the American forces—so much so that this particular type of mission, with a target far beyond the range of fighter escorts for the bombers, was actually discontinued for a time.

Masters of the Air recreates the pre-departure tension of pilots and crews, as the mission’s official starting time gets pushed back and back because of adverse weather, as well as the bloody battle that takes place in the skies above Germany when the B-17s are met by the Luftwaffe’s fighters.

And among the several fortresses that get shot down by the Germans, there’s also the one piloted by Lieutenant Curtis Biddick, played by Barry Keoghan of The Banshees of Inisherin, The Eternals, and Saltburn fame.

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As his plane is going down, Lieutenant Biddick gives his crew the order to evacuate, but stays behind to help his copilot, who has been wounded by German fire and can’t extricate himself from his seat. Still, there’s sadly not much he can do—the last shot of him is his wide eyes before his B-17 crashes to the ground and goes up in flames at the force of the impact.

So is Curt Biddick really dead in Masters of the Air?

Lieutenant Biddick might have managed an emergency landing in Scotland in the show’s second episode, but there was no escaping this crash.

It’s exactly what happened to the real Lieutenant Curtis Biddick, as reported on the official website of the American Air Museum in Britain. His B-17 suffered an oxygen fire due to damage to its fuselage some 40 miles north of Regensburg—causing the death of four members of the crew, who remained trapped inside the plane, including Lt. Biddick himself.

So even though Barry Keoghan was one of the biggest names attached to the project and took front and center during the show’s pre-release promotions, together with actors Austin Butler and Callum Turner—who play Masters of the Air’s main characters, Majors Gale “Buck” Cleven and John “Bucky” Egan respectively—his run on the show is officially over.

Considering that Masters of the Air was filmed in the first half of 2021 and that principal photography on Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin—for which Keoghan was nominated as Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards—took up the latter half of that same year, it makes sense that Keoghan’s time was limited.

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February 5, 2024
We Found *Only* Way to Stream Masters of Air For Free
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Masters of the Air, the third World War II miniseries from Band of Brothers and The Pacific producers Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman, is finally here. Starring a robust main and supporting cast featuring Austin Butler (Elvis), Barry Keoghan (Saltburn), and many more, find out how to watch Apple TV +’s Masters of the Air for free.

The anticipated series follows the 100th Bomb Group, a unit in the Eight Air Force during the Second World War. The unit, which conducted bombing raids over Nazi Germany under harrowing conditions, earned the nickname “Bloody Hundredth” because of the heavy losses endured during combat missions.

Masters of the Air is a companion to the Emmy-winning series Band of Brothers (2001) and The Pacific (2010), which originally premiered on HBO (both are now available to stream on Netflix). The upcoming series is also based on the 2007 book, “Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany,” by historian Donald L. Miller, which you can purchase below.

Where to watch Masters of the Air for free

Masters of the Air is available to stream on Apple TV Plus in 100 countries, which offers a seven-day free trial and costs $9.99 per month after the trial ends. Along with Masters of the Air, Apple TV Plus also includes dozens of Apple Originals with new content add each month. Apple Originals include award-winning comedy and drama series such as Ted Lasso, Severance, The Morning Show and Bad Sisters, as well as original movies, documentaries, and children’s content. Apple TV Plus additionally allows users to stream on up to five devices and download content to watch offline.

How to watch Masters of the Air for free

Read on for step-by-step instructions on how to watch Masters of the Air on Apple TV Plus.
1. Visit TV.Apple.com
2. Click “Try It Free“
3. Create an account with your email or Apple ID
4. Enter your information and payment method
5. Search for “Masters of the Air” and start watching
When does Masters of the Air come out?

Masters of the Air premieres on Friday, January 26, 2024, on Apple TV+. The first two episodes are released together, while the remaining episodes will air weekly until the Season 1 finale on March 15, 2024.

The Masters of the Air release time has not officially been announced. However, Apple TV+ typically adds new movies and series at 12:01 A.M. ET / 9:00 A.M. PT.

See the full Masters of the Air release schedule below.
- Episode 1 — Friday, January 26
- Episode 2 — Friday, January 26
- Episode 3 — Friday, February 2
- Episode 4 — Friday, February 9
- Episode 5 — Friday, February 16
- Episode 6 — Friday, February 23
- Episode 7 — Friday, March 1
- Episode 8 — Friday, March 8
- Episode 9 — Friday, March 15
Who’s in the Masters of the Air cast?

Here’s the main cast of Masters of the Air:
- Austin Butler as Major Gale “Buck” Cleven
- Callum Turner as Major John “Bucky” Egan
- Anthony Boyle as Lt. Harry Crosby
- Barry Keoghan as Lt. Curtis Biddick
- Elliot Warren as Lt. James Douglass
- Rafferty Law as Sgt. Ken Lemmons
- Nate Mann as Maj. Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal
- James Murray as Col. Neil “Chick” Harding
- Ncuti Gatwa as 2nd Lt. Robert Daniels
- Isabel May as Marge
Supporting characters also include Kai Alexander as Sgt. William Quinn, Sawyer Spielberg as Lt. Roy Claytor, Josiah Cross as 2nd Lt. Richard D. Macon, Branden Cook as 2nd Lt. Alexander Jefferson, Ben Radcliffe as Capt. John D. Brady, and more.

Masters of the Air is available to stream on Apple TV Plus. Here’s how to watch it for free.
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January 26, 2024