The Lafayette Escadrille: The American Volunteers Who Flew For France in World War One is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV ...

The film stars famous French actor Jean Reno ... And the landscape had to look like France. The Lafayette Escadrille was based in Chaudun, northeast of Paris, near the German border.

Pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille whose names few Americans recognize (from left): Chouteau Johnson, Lawrence Rumsey, James McConnell, William Thaw, Raoul Lufbery, Kiffin Rockwell, Didier Masson ...

Il se retrouve dans l'Escadrille Lafayette, sous les ordres d'un sergent-instructeur tyrannique. Mis aux fers après une altercation, il s'évade grâce à ses camarades et se réfugie à Paris ...