Documentary Review: ‘Angels of the Sky’

The POW experience of veteran World War II pilots

Detail of poster for "Angels of the Sky," the true story of World War II pilots who were shot down over German territory and became prisoners of war. Vision Films, Inc.

PG |1 hr 30m | Documentary | 2023

They have been called the “Greatest Generation,” but only a few of the young American men (and they were almost entirely men) who fought the National Socialists during World War II are still alive to tell their stories. Fortunately, quadriplegic filmmaker Trent McGee and co-director/co-writer Josh Berman recorded the dramatic oral history of five American pilots who were shot down by the Germans and held as prisoners of war (POWs) in the documentary “Angels of the Sky.”