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23. Nice! The Tuskegee Airmen did a wonderful job. Just some of the combat scenes were not very

Fri Jun 9, 2017, 09:14 PM

Jun 2017

accurate in Red tails.

People usually thin about the B-17 in the air war in Europe, but the B-24 was used in greater numbers.

My dad was a B-24 crewman but in the Pacific. The Navy Liberators were designated PB4Y's. Those were mostly long range reconnaissance. Dangerous duty flying long patrols alone over enemy territory. Many were lost with all hands, not unlike our subs.

VB-104 "The Buccaneers of Harry Sears" was my dad's squadron.

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What's your favorite submarine movie? [View all] red dog 1 Jun 2017 OP

Das Boot by a landslide... dhill926 Jun 2017 #1

Hunt for Red October has some great music too!! yuiyoshida Jun 2017 #4

indeed it does... dhill926 Jun 2017 #19

"The Enemy Below" and its Star Trek reboot, "Balance of Terror" longship Jun 2017 #2

Yellow Submarine :) Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #3

That's what I was gonna say! ailsagirl Jun 2017 #5

Hey! My choice too! robertpaulsen Jun 2017 #6

Needs to be added as an option! SeattleVet Jun 2017 #17

It's up there now as option # 7 red dog 1 Jun 2017 #20

Thanks! SeattleVet Jun 2017 #21

Murder on the Atlantic Warpy Jun 2017 #7

It sounds like a good one. red dog 1 Jun 2017 #12

It's from the UK and the date is 2007 in various places it's on YouTube Warpy Jun 2017 #13

You're right....IMBD lists it as a TV movie from 1998, which is where I got that from red dog 1 Jun 2017 #16

Thanks for this post. cwydro Jun 2017 #49

Run Silent, Run Deep Motley13 Jun 2017 #8

Das Boot hands down. I'd like to see a real good effort at US Navy submarine movie brewens Jun 2017 #9

I'm currently reading a book by Stephen E. Ambrose called "Wild Blue".. red dog 1 Jun 2017 #18

Nice! The Tuskegee Airmen did a wonderful job. Just some of the combat scenes were not very brewens Jun 2017 #23

The miniseries "War And Remembrance" had a number of extended sequences Aristus Jun 2017 #33

The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming! Sanity Claws Jun 2017 #10

It received four Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture red dog 1 Jun 2017 #15

One of my favorite movies, but doesn't count as a submarine film. jg10003 Jun 2017 #32

BLACK SEA!!! n/m bagelsforbreakfast Jun 2017 #11

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Hello Down There d_r Jun 2017 #22

For a flat out good laugh avebury Jun 2017 #24

also U-571 discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2017 #25

U-571 was one of the poll options, but I took it down to make room for Yellow Submarine red dog 1 Jun 2017 #46

I like Crimson Tide also... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2017 #48

Down Periscope Afromania Jun 2017 #26

I like it too sakabatou Jun 2017 #35

ah! Afromania Jun 2017 #43

So claustrophobic the only one I remember sitting through was, Laffy Kat Jun 2017 #27

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #28

Tough one. Xolodno Jun 2017 #29

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea jberryhill Jun 2017 #30

Destination Tokyo - "The granddaddy of submarine films" jg10003 Jun 2017 #31

Das Boot. Aristus Jun 2017 #34

Assault on a Queen A HERETIC I AM Jun 2017 #36

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Das Boot. In German. hunter Jun 2017 #38

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Fantastic Voyage. miyazaki Jun 2017 #40

My brother has a Hunt for Red October story. mnhtnbb Jun 2017 #41

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Great story! red dog 1 Jun 2017 #47

The Russians are Coming!!! Sancho Jun 2017 #44

I loved that movie. Thanks. kairos12 Jun 2017 #45