Pistol Packin Mama': Missions of a B-17 (Documentary Film)

With stunning combat film and personal photos, this is how it was battling fighters and flak 25,000 feet above Hitler’s Third Reich. STREAM FREE ON THE TUBI APP! In Pistol Packin' Mama: Missions of a B-17, five crew members of Betty Boop/Pistol Packin' Mama relate what it was like in the grim early days of daylight bombing. Members of the 390th Bomb Group, they led their sqaudron, their group, and sometimes the entire 8th Air Force into action. The life of a bomber crewman is described here as never before... the strain and cold, the fear, the sense of death and loss, the bond of camaraderie. Air Progress writes, "There’s a very distinct reason this video was voted the Best 1991 Documentary at the New York and Houston film festivals. Putting it simply, it’s a profound bit of moviemaking that draws the viewer directly into the very soul of a wartime B-17 bomber crew." And "more than just a vivid documentary, Pistol Packin’ Mama is a true emotional experience that ranks in dramatic impac