[Brian Bines]

The sticking to the bombers by the 332 FG has already been touched upon in the film Tuskegee Airmen, and the background to it is reported on Wikipedia when it was an raised in the forties. In the latter stages of the war, when the 262s were about, would 15th AF fighters operate in the area of 8th AF B17s ? If so most of the B17s would surely be silver, it does seem a shame if with the time to produce such great graphics aircraft markings were not correct. Still it makes a change from old black and white films showing shots of the Bf109E scrambling to attack B17s in the 1944/45 period or even a Stuka. Probaly the 'Inspired by True Events' which flashes up in the trailer is all that can be expected from Hollywood, ie basic facts padded out with a lot of drama to please all the non-aviation types that will watch it. I enjoyed the film 'The Memphis Belle' which does say the events of many missions were crammed into the story of its Hollywood last mission. Going back to the BoB did not Luftwaffe fighter pilots complain when they were ordered to fly close to the bombers. The view being the bombers crews may have felt better but the fighter pilots felt less able to protect them.