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

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

2021 1 Seasons
Documentary

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.

Seasons

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1. I Desire to Offer My Services

2021-11-07

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. Follo…

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2. Death for France

2021-11-14

The Escadrille is sent as escorts on an ambitious bombing scoring victories over German aircraft in the mission’s dogfights, but tragically losing one of the founders of the squad…

Top Cast

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Darroch Greer

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