# " FLIGHT " TV SERIES EPISODE "THREE MEN" WWII EIGHTH AIR FORCE B-17 RAID ON ANKLAM, GERMANY 56364

This black & white TV show is an episode of "Flight", a 1950s anthology series that was based on real incidents in aviation history. It is titled "Three Men" and was first broadcast in 1959. The show presents a dramatic story about an air raid on the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany by American B-17s from the Eighth Air Force. A parallel story is told about Lt. Kirk Muller, a German fighter pilot tasked with stopping the Allied raid. Produced by California National, "Flight" was a much beloved aviation TV show that unfortunately only ran for one season 1958-1959 (38 episodes total). Featuring dramatic stories from the annals of the U.S. Air Force, the series starred Gen. George C. Kenney. California National also produced SILENT SERVICE, a drama about submarines. This episode was directed by Jean Yarborough and written by Leonard Heideman. Opening: Colonel Cole stands. Planes have a dogfight in the sky. A plane on fire falls to the ground. Title: Flight (:08-1:20). A General holds a 50 caliber machine gun bullet and talks about the battles. Sgt. Dave Wilson, a waist gunner on a B-17, Col. Alan Cole, wing commander, Lt. Kirk Muller an ace fighter pilot for the German Luftwaffe. All three men would cross in the skies over Germany. Men plan in Washington, D.C. The three men are shown. A plane in the sky. Military men point at a map (1:21-3:10). Intelligence looks over photos. Men look at pictures. A man passes paperwork to another. Men study a giant map. Two men speak on…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/56364-flight-three-men)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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