S01E01 1914-1916
The popular stars of the time go by names such as Richthofen, Guynemer, Fonck, Udet, and Mannock. These flying aces are shaping the course of the First World War. Planes are getting better and kill...
The Aces' War
S01E02: 1917-1918
World War I is the mark of a major new innovation in warfare: airplanes capable of high speed raids, bombing and shooting from the air, spying, and backing up ground troops. But the planes of that era were flown with little in the way of instrumentation. Brave and daring men flew them, often to the point of recklessness. This episode introduces us to the great flying aces of World War I.
Overview
One month after the outbreak of World War I, Paris is bombarded by German airplanes. Parisians witness a whole new type of warfare. Five pilots from France, Germany, and Britain take us into the world of the greatest "flying aces" of the First World War.
Episodes
S01E02 1917-1918
World War I is the mark of a major new innovation in warfare: airplanes capable of high speed raids, bombing and shooting from the air, spying, and backing up ground troops. But the planes of...
Cast
Fabian Wolfrom
Ernst Udet
Antoine Ferey
René Fonck
Jérémie Duvall
Georges Guynemer
Thomas Debaene
Manfred von Richthofen
Thomas Ancora
Edward 'Mick' Mannock
