An award-winning author whose work inspired a hit Apple TV+ series will visit Suffolk next month alongside one of the producers who brought his work to life.
Masters of the Air writer Dr Donald L. Miller will be at a free book and DVD signing event in The Court Room at Bury St Edmunds Guildhall on October 6.
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He will be joined by producer Kirk Saduski who produced the mini series and is well known for his work on series including Band of Brothers, The Pacific and Game Change.
Masters of Air starred Oscar nominee Austin Butler and Callum Turner.
The free event will take place between 5.30pm and 7.30pm.
During World War II, the East of England became home to over 350,000 US Army Air Force personnel, in a deployment dubbed the ‘Friendly Invasion’.
Masters of the Air tells the true story of the bomber boys of the American Eighth Air Force, known as the Mighty Eighth, stationed in East Anglia before they flew into Nazi Germany.
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Dr Miller and Mr Saduski will also visit the WWII Royal Observer Corps Operations Room at Bury St Edmunds Guildhall and experience a guided tour around the town.
They are visiting the town as part of a three-night trip organised by The National WWII Museum in New Orleans.
Masters of the Air was named ‘outstanding book of the year’ by World War II magazine and was the primary source for the Apple TV mini-series which came out in January.
Tickets for the free event can be booked on Eventbrite.
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