Name: Ace's War
Released: 2017-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Jérémie Duvall, Thomas Debaene, Fabian Wolfrom

TV Show · Documentary · History

Follow five extraordinary World War I pilots as they become Europe’s first flying aces and change aviation forever. Relive epic aerial battles through immersive re-enactments and peek into the private worlds behind these superstars’ public personas.

2017 · 51m

Starring Jérémie Duvall, Thomas Debaene, Fabian Wolfrom

Director Fabrice Hourlier

EPISODE 1

1914-1916

When trench warfare stalled, a new class of pilots transformed World War I combat. Learn how daredevil fly boys, including Germany’s famed von Richthofen and France’s Guynemer, switched aeronautics into overdrive and became heroes to their people.

50m
EPISODE 2

1917-1918

Meet America’s star pilots, who entered the war in 1917 to support the Allied aces and keep up morale back home. Learn about the tragic fates of France’s Guynemer and Germany’s von Richthofen and the enduring legacy of their boundary-pushing flying.

50m