The Bloody Hundredth

The Bloody Hundredth (2024) is a wartime documentary you can watch online on iFILM — the real airmen behind the drama series Masters of the Air.

On camera sit the surviving crews of the 100th Bomb Group, the Eighth Air Force outfit that flew B-17 Flying Fortresses over occupied Europe. They recall missions that sent up a dozen bombers and brought back half, and how the nickname "the Bloody Hundredth" stuck after the unit's worst losses. Tom Hanks, who produced the film with Steven Spielberg, lends his voice.

Running 63 minutes, it plays as a companion to Masters of the Air: where the series staged the drama, here the men who lived it set the record straight. Archival footage, letters home, testimony no one could script. For viewers who care more about what actually happened than about reenactment, this one earns its hour. Stream The Bloody Hundredth (2024) online on iFILM.