Masters of the Air is over! How does the spectacular war streak with Austin Butler end?

Rated 4.1 out of 5 by AlloCiné viewers, this is one of the most spectacular series of the decade. Thanks to record audiences, Masters of the Air is also a huge success for Apple TV+, which paid a significant budget for this historical fiction.

Broadcasting since January 26, Masters of the Air has just come to an end after the ninth and final episode was uploaded to the online platform, once again taking the breath away of viewers who gave it a chance.

What are airbenders?

Produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, this war fiction follows in the footsteps of two previous successes: Band of Brothers (Brothers in Arms in French) and The Pacific.

The trio of producers and screenwriters John Orloff this time tells the story of the men of the 100th Bombardment Group of the 8th US Air Force (nicknamed the “Bloody Company” because of the significant losses) responsible for bombing Nazi Germany and it. Industrial and strategic weapons sites during World War II.

Based primarily on Donald L. Based on Miller’s eponymous book and the memoirs of true war heroes, Masters of the Air is a uniquely human and epic adventure, brought to life by a prestigious cast: Austin Boulter, Callum Turner, Barry Keoghan, Nkuti Gatwa, Anthony. Boyle, Nate Mann, Raf Lowe, Belle Paul, and Joanna Kulig.

How does Masters of the Air end?

In the final episode of Masters of the Air, World War II finally ends in 1945. But our heroes are not out of the woods yet. On the one hand, Rosenthal (Nate Mann) is caught in the middle of an aerial mission. He escapes thanks to a parachute, but falls in the middle of a trench between the Germans and the Russians.

He is miraculously picked up by the Russians, who rescue him and transport him safely to the United Kingdom. But on the way back, Rosenthal experiences a huge shock: he passes the concentration camps abandoned by the Germans and realizes the “hidden” cruelty of the Nazis’ actions.

Back at the base, Rosenthal finds navigator Crosby (Anthony Boyle) suffering from PTSD. Poor Crosby needs to return to a normal life, and it is with his pregnant wife that the navigator will be able to try to rebuild himself.

On the side of the POW camps, Bucky (Austin Butler), Bucky (Callum Turner) and the Tuskegee Airmen try to escape the German army, forcing them to move from camp to camp in the cold while trying to escape the Allied forces. .

Thanks to the plan, Bucky manages to escape and survive to return to base, where he is greeted as a hero. His friend Bucky is taken to a new prison camp where he tries to survive as long as he can before the Allies arrive by plane to destroy the camp, kill the last Nazi soldiers and rescue the POWs.

Buoyed by hope, Bucky then blows up the American flag and realizes that the war is finally over and he will be able to find his companions and his family.

Behind the air masters, the real heroes

The Masters of the Air series concludes with archival footage of real-life war heroes based on the fictional characters created by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman.

We learn that Harry Crosby left the US Air Force in 1945 and that he received a PhD in Literature from Stanford University in 1953, and then became a professor for many years. He published a memoir about his experiences during World War II in 1993. He died in 2010 at the age of 91.

Alexander Jefferson was a United States Air Force pilot for two years before retiring to become a science teacher. He also wrote his memoirs about the Tuskegee Airmen and his experiences as a prisoner of war. He died in 2022 at the age of 100.

Richard Macon was promoted to captain and established a flight school in Alabama. He also earned a college degree in mathematics and joined Alexander Jefferson as a teacher in Detroit. He died in 2007 at the age of 86.

After the war, Robert Rosenthal helped prosecute many Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg Trials. He received many awards, including the Croix de Guerre from France. The man who flew the most missions in the 100th Bombardment Group died in 2007 at the age of 89.

Gail Klevan went on to a career as a pilot in the United States Air Force and fought in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He later left the Army as a colonel and earned college degrees from Harvard and Georgetown. He remained close friends with John Egan, who was best man at his wedding to Marjorie Spencer. He died in 2006 at the age of 87.

John Egan continued his career in the United States Air Force and fought in the Korean War. He became director of air force operations in the Pacific. He died of a heart attack in 1961 at the age of 45 while working at the Pentagon.

The Masters of the Air series is available on Apple TV+, through the platform and via myCANAL in France.