They were the American "flyboys" in the UK, brave young men fighting thousands of miles from home for someone else's freedom, and they owned the skies over the whole of Europe carved up by the Second World War. They went into service even though they knew that the chances of them returning overseas were not staggeringly high. After all, they could have served on the most famous bomber of its time, the B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed the Memphis Beauty after the painting on its fuselage, and many would have sacrificed anything for a similar chance.
Moreover, they could truly feel like heroes - under the leadership of Captain Dearborn, played by Matthew Modine, they had already survived twenty-four devastating carpet bombing raids on Germany, and their service was essentially over. One last attack remained, which was to take place on 17 May. The attack on Bremen. But last actions are usually the most treacherous. Will the Memphis beauty hold her own in her final mission? A superb, utterly realistic war drama, following the story of a true aviation legend, was made in 1990 by Scottish director Michael Caton-Jones...
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