The Lafayette Escadrille: The American Volunteers Who Flew For France in World War One

Released: 2021-11-07

Runtime: 57 minutes

Episode Overview

Discover Americans’ engagement with France during the "Belle Epoque" and the activities of several future members of the Lafayette Escadrille in Paris in the summer of 1914. Follow the squadron on its first flights through the early development of aeroplanes and techniques of aerial combat, both of which were still in a fairly embryonic stage.

Series Overview

A two-part documentary that shares the service and sacrifice of the young Americans who volunteered in a time of global crisis to defend the principles of liberty and democracy, and chronicles the toll paid by America’s first combat aviators.