It’s June 1943 and the Yanks are coming. They’re filling East Anglian skies with 11-man Flying Fortresses in a scene echoed today by budget airlines returning sunburned Britons to Stansted from Mediterranean fleshpots. Welcome to Masters of the Air, the second world war drama produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, which touches down on Apple TV+ on 26 January. This eagerly awaited $200m, Covid-delayed epic is a spiritual successor to their earlier wartime shows Band of Brothers (2001) and The Pacific (2010). Based on Donald L Miller’s book Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air...