Fortress (2011)
Directed by Mike Phillips
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Synopsis by Nathan Southern
Mike Phillips directed this World War II docudrama. Set in Europe circa 1943, it recreates the events leading up to and following a horrifying tragedy. The commander of a B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber loses his life in an air raid over Sicily; his replacement, a neophyte pilot, must struggle to gain the acceptance and approval of the plane's mostly Irish crew.
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fighter-pilot, naivete