The Lafayette Escadrille: The American Volunteers Who Flew For France in World War One show's poster

Episode 1

Filmed in the skies above France and the United States, The Lafayette Escadrille tells the story of the American volunteers who flew and fought for France in World War 1, becoming the founding squadron of American combat aviation.

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Episode 1

Season 1 Episode 101 | 56m 37s | CC

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.

Distributed nationally by American Public Television