The Lafayette Escadrille: The Americans Who Flew for France in World War One

Name: 1:00pm - The Lafayette Escadrille: The Americans Who Flew for France in World War One
Start: 2025-05-16T12:00:00Z
End: 2025-05-16T13:05:00Z
Location: PBS America (Freeview)

The squadron sees victory and loss as it serves as escorts on a bombing raid in Germany; Bloody April; the Lafayette Escadrille is absorbed into the fledgling American Air Service; at the war's end, William Thaw is made a Lt. Colonel.

Category: Documentary / Special
Original air date: 01/11/2021