Pictures of War 2 by Monty_Dan

Pictures of War 2 is based on the flying career of Charlie Taylor who was the flight leader of 5  torpedo-bombers which took off on a routine training flight. Soon, after take-off things began to go wrong. The Charlie reported equipment malfunctions, gyro-compasses going crazy, and he lost his horizon, had radioed Florida with the bizarre message, "Control tower this is an emergency. We seem to be off course. We seem to be lost. We can't make out where we are." . When told to head due west they replied "Everything looks wrong, even the ocean looks strange".

A Navy search was initiated (including a Martin Mariner that blew up 23 minutes into its flight) that lasted for weeks.  No trace was ever found of the aircraft or crew.

This happened just off the Florida coast and only two hours into the flight, all the aircraft just disappeared and were never seen again. No bodies were found and no wreckage spotted.

In isolation, the tragedy was not unprecedented. Disorientation is easy to achieve over water and, if lost, it is easy to fly until your fuel runs out, simply falling from the sky. The lack of evidence of a crash was unusual but, again, it has happened before. But what do we make of a sixth plane, the rescue plane  - part of the search and rescue operation - blowing up less than half an hour after take-off, with total loss of life?

And this is a quality show. Even a twit with half a brain that they share with their sister/wife can see that this took a lot of time to produce. The music is sweeping, the camera angles are precise, and the creators even added specs of dust on the film for that theatrical effect. It culminates in a comedic, cinematic experience that dwarfs a lot of the crap many of you watch on Adult Swim or Comedy Central.