Masters of the Air episode 3 features a crucible of aerial WWII carnage.

This article contains spoilers forMasters of the Airepisode 3.

One neednt be a World War II expert to understand that the global conflict was a violent one.

Austin Butler, Callum Turner and James Frecheville in “Masters of the Air,” now streaming on Apple TV+.

With the most recent episode of their third effortMasters of the Air,however, theyve truly outdone themselves.

Its to be the largest air armada ever assembled by mankind with over 500 planes taking off.

21 of those planes belong to the 100th.

Only 11 of them land safely in their North Africa rendezvous point.

Four of the crew were killed in action, including Lt Biddick.

All of that facade and all of that act is gone, stripped for back to the core.

During the war, they called the 100th theBloody 100thand now viewers are beginning to finally understand why.

New episodes of Masters of the Air premiere Fridays on Apple TV+.