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gunnergoz

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  1. I'm not so sure that BOB was "made from an Ambrose book" as much as it's inception was inspired by it and there is no doubt that the book was influential. However, once they got going towards actual production, I think other source material, including considerable input from actual 506th veterans, was used as well...probably for the better.

  2. I hope they do it justice.

    There was a fascinating documentary on cable a few weeks ago where an Alaska-based C-54 was used to replicate bombing runs on a miniature dam reconstruction. In one scary moment, they had video of the water spray plume of the dropped bomb nearly taking the tail off the C-54 - which may have happened to some of the real Lancs during the actual raid IIRC - or was a risk they worried about at the time, at least. The documentary goes into great detail about how they re-created the bombs and bomb spinning mechanism that was used historically. A great way to spend an hour if you can catch the show.

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