Masters Of The Air Episode 9: The Long March and STALAG VIIA POW Camp Gale Buck Cleven and John Bucky Egan were Squadron Commanders, assigned to the 100th Bombardment Group during World War 2. Both would be shot down and become prisoners of war in Stalag Luft III, the same camp where The Great Escape happened in March 1945. As the war entered its sixth year, Buck and Bucky along with other aircrew from the 100th Bomb Group were ordered to march south towards STALAG VIIA at Moosburg in Bavaria, Germany, as the Allies closed in from the West and the Soviet Forces from the East. This is the true account of the famed Long March undertaken by the POWs from Stalag Luft III to STALAG VIIA at Moosburg and what happened to Major John 'Bucky' Egan and Major Gale 'Buck' Cleven along the way. This also includes the account of some of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, the 'Red Tails' who had flown P-51 Mustangs from Italy but had been shot down and captured. Filmed on location at the site of the former STALAG VIIA, this the only documentary detailed what happened to the men of the 100th Bomb Group, their journey from Stalag Luft III to Moosburg and their liberation in May 1945 by the 14th Armored Division. Based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name, and scripted by John Orloff, “Masters of the Air” follows the men of the 100th Bomb Group (the “Bloody Hundredth”) as they conduct perilous bombing raids over Germany and grapple with the frigid conditions, lack of oxygen, and sheer terror of combat conducted at 25,000 feet in the air. Portraying the psychological and emotional price paid by these young men as they helped destroy the horror of the Third Reich, is at the heart of “Masters of the Air.” Some were shot down and captured; some were wounded or killed. And some were lucky enough to make it home. Regardless of individual fate, a toll was exacted on them all. The series features a stellar cast led by Academy Award nominee Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle and Nate Mann, who are joined by Raff Law, Academy Award nominee Barry Keoghan, Josiah Cross, Branden Cook and Ncuti Gatwa. #mastersoftheair #austinbutler #callumturner #buckcleven #buckyegan #b17 #flyingfortress #boeing #bandofbrothers Help support the work of Warbird Owners, restorers and Aviation Museums with great, fresh roasted coffee from The Warbird Coffee Company https://www.warbirdcoffeecompany.co.uk/ Please consider supporting the channel at: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WW2Wayfinder?l=de Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ww2wayfinder Follow WW2 Wayfinder On: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WW2Wayfinder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ww2wayfinder/ Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ww2wayfinder Music: https://www.epidemicsound.com/