

“Battles were fought on the ground, wars were won in the sky.”
When the commander of the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber is killed in action in a raid over Sicily in 1943, his replacement, a young, naive pilot struggles to be accepted by the plane's already tight-knit Irish American crew.

Bug Hall
Michael
Lead
Chris Owen
Burt

Edward Finlay
Philly

John Laughlin
Base Commander

Manu Intiraymi
Charlie

Jeremy Ray Valdez
Tom

Joe Williamson
Eddie

Drew Van Acker
Tremaine
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mike Phillips's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Fortress is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”