this movie be another one on my list of movie not to bother with . saw it 40 year ago a an adolescent and stay up late to do so and be very annoyed to find that it be about 95 % romance and 4 % everything else and 1 % history if that . it what i call a bait and switch movie and one with an interesting title and the actual movie be a scam . this be a subject which deserve a good cinematic treatment and this movie be almost an insult to those who serve . the actual member of the lafayette escadrille be not on the run from the law nor be they the product of abusive home and they be in reality idealist who want to do something to help france . and i suspect many of them come from a more upper class background than tab hunter character . fly school be not for the smart alecks and the know it alls and an individual such a the one portrayed here wouldn not have last two day and it would have either be the stockade or the infantry . discipline in the french army be often rather fierce . in short and another hollywierd version of an historical episode that deserve proper treatment .