The Bloody Hundredth

"The true story of the men who inspired Masters of the Air."

Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group.

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Tom Hanks

Self - Narrator (voice)

Steven Spielberg

Self - Filmmaker

James Stewart

Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)

John 'Lucky' Luckadoo

Self - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group

Robert 'Rosie' Rosenthal

Self - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group (archive footage)

John A. Clark

Self - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group

Harry Crosby

Self - Navigator, 100th Bomb Group (archive footage)

Joseph Armanini

Self - Bombardier, 100th Bomb Group

Frank Murphy

Self - Navigator, 100th Bomb Group

Owen 'Cowboy' Roane

Self - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group

Donald L. Miller

Self - Author, Masters of the Air

Seth Paridon

Self - Historian, Mississippi Armed Forces Museum

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self - United States President (archive footage)

Bruce Alshouse

Self - Tail Gunner, 100th Bomb Group

Robert Wolff

Self - Pilot, 100th Bomb Group

Gene Bankston

Self - Togglier, 100th Bomb Group (archive footage)

Thomas Jeffrey

Self - Commander, 100th Bomb Group, May 1955-February 1945

Dr. Conrad C. Crane

Self - SSI Senior Historian, US Army War College

Gen. (Ret.) Curtis Lemay

Self - Cmdr., 3rd Bombardment Division (voice) (archive sound)

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Ira Eaker

Self - Commander., 8th Air Force, 1942-1944 (archive footage)

Randall Hansen

Self - Author, Fire and Fury

Gen. (Ret.) James Doolittle

Self - Cmdr., 8th Air Force, 1994-1954 (voice) (archive sound)

Dr. Tami Davis Biddle

Self - Author, Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self - Supreme Allied Commander (voice) (archive sound)

William 'Bill' Couch

Self - Bombardier, 100th Bomb Group

Dr. Matthew F. Delmont

Self - Author, Half American

Richard Macon

Self - Pilot, 332nd Fighter Group (archive footage)

J. Todd Moye

Self - Author, Freedom Flyers

Alexander Jefferson

Self - Pilot, 332nd Fighter Group (archive footage)

Marilyn Jeffers Walton

Self - Author, From Interrogation to Liberation

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self - British Prime Minister (voice) (archive sound)

Adolf Hitler

Self - Leader of the Nazis (archive footage)

Crew

Mark Herzog

Director

Tom Hanks

Executive Producer

Kirk Saduski

Producer

Gary Goetzman

Executive Producer

Steven Spielberg

Executive Producer

Laurent Bouzereau

Director

Chris A. Peterson

Editor

Justin Falvey

Co-Executive Producer

Blake Neely

Original Music Composer

Théa Uresse

Co-Producer

Brett Whitlow

Additional Editing

Jeff Vibes

Production Manager

Donald L. Miller

Consulting Producer

BJ Strongman

Director of Photography

Darryl Frank

Co-Executive Producer

Nicholas Ward

Line Producer

Jack Kney

Director of Photography

Ben Hasler

Co-Producer

Evan Houston

Additional Editing

Aaron Mills

Assistant Editor

Nicoletta Nomicou

Orchestrator

Melanie St. Clair

Assistant Camera

Michael Eagle-Hall

Sound Mixer

Erica Hill

Grip

Elinia Eads

Makeup Artist

Jessica Flores

Assistant Editor

Mateo Arturo

Camera Operator

April Garcia

Makeup Artist

Evan Gore

Co-Producer

Garrett Burton

Production Manager

Colin Wilson

Grip

John 'Lucky' Luckadoo

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Shane Lefler

Colorist

Tate Sonnack

Production Supervisor

Blake Neely

Orchestrator

Paul Kowalski

Assistant Editor

John P. Buckley

Post Production Supervisor

Aram Martirosyan

Grip

Derek Rittenhouse

Gaffer

Bill Couch, Jr.

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Brave Gregg

Camera Operator

Jared Ames

Assistant Camera

Scott Armanini

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Philip Compesi

Production Manager

Jason Jensen

Art Direction

George Pereyra

Sound Effects Editor

Silvestre Hernandez

Grip

Emmy Kelly

Production Coordinator

Thor Fienberg

Other

Donald White

Gaffer

Julian Tran

Grip

Jeff Cordes

Online Editor

Blake Neely

Other

Keith Lombardi

Sound Mixer

Adam Lukens

Gaffer

PJ Goens

Assistant Editor

Jonathan Tran

Post Production Coordinator

Keith Bilderbeck

Sound Effects Editor

Thor Fienberg

Scoring Mixer

Hannah Milobar

Production Artist

Jared Neal

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Francis X. Coakley

Sound Mixer

Farah Bunch

Makeup Artist

Larry Spencer

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Lainy Abbott

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Peter Karr

Additional Music

Jean-Marc Lavigne

Gaffer

Jeff Crosby

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Rebecca Crosby Hutchinson

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Dr. Lisa Bratton

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Melissa Cowing Jones

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Marilyn Jeffers Walton

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Robert Wolff

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Robert Shoens

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Jay Stearns

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Dr. Tami Davis Biddle

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Debra Hubbard

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Dan Lemmons

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Randall Hansen

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Seth Paridon

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Rebecca Noparast

Makeup Artist

John A. Clark

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Chloe Melas

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Tom Roane

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Buddy Squires

Additional Photography

Grace Lee

Makeup Artist

Peggy Rosenthal

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Steven Rosenthal

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Ann Sue Egan

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Nancy Brennan

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Katy Egan Park

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Ernestine La Vergne

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Elizabeth Melas

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Martha Roane Reedy

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Dan Rosenthal

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Dr. Matthew F. Delmont

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Mike Faley

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Nancy Putnam

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Robert Shoens Jr.

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Matt Mabe

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Erik Nelson

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Henry Cervantes

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Debra Shlenkermann

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Michelle Lemmons Walker

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Dr. Conrad C. Crane

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Steve Crosby

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April Crosby

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Toni Eubank

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Ann Murphy

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Nancy Phelps

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Laura Shivers

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J. Todd Moye

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