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‘Masters of the Air’ Artisans on Building B-17s Bombers to Flight Uniforms to Bring Authenticity to World War II Drama
"Masters of the Air" artisans on building World War II planes, sets and costumes.
Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood had to make between 200 and 300 leather bomber jackets for AppleTV+’s World War II series “ Masters of the Air. The large ensemble cast features Austin Butler as Maj. Gale “Buck” Cleven, Callum Turner as Maj.John “Bucky” Egan, Anthony Boyle as Lt. Harry Crosby and Barry Keoghan as Lt. Curtis Biddick as U.S. bomber pilots based in the U.K. who fly dangerous missions targeting key positions in German-occupied Europe. We found an old runway at the RAF Abingdon station in Oxfordshire for the taxiing shots and to stage the control tower.”CGI was used to seamlessly stitch together the various locations to make it appear as one.
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