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Manfred von Richthofen (John Phillip Law) arrives from the Cavalry, at a squadron in the German air force under the command of Oswald Boelcke. He quickly becomes an ace. Meanwhile, a Canadian pilot named Roy Brown arrives at a British squadron, where the top-scoring pilot is Victoria Cross winner, Major Lanoe Hawker. Brown ruffles the feathers of his squadron mates by refusing to drink a toast to von Richthofen. Von Richthofen and fellow squadron pilot, Hermann Goering clash when squadron commander Boelcke is killed after a mid air collision (Boelckes upper left wing struck the undercarriage of Böhmes Albatros), and von Richthofen is given command of the squadron. Outraged when he is ordered to have his aircraft camouflaged, von Richthofen has the squadrons aircraft painted in bright conspicuous colors, claiming that gentlemen should not hide from their enemies. Later, von Richthofen is wounded during an aerial battle; meanwhile Lanoe Hawker is killed. Brown and his squadron decide to attack von Richthofens airfield, destroying their aircraft on the ground. However, von Richthofen, with the help of a batch of new fighters from Anthony Fokker, the Richthofen Flying Circus launches a counter-attack on the British airfield. Brown later kills von Richthofen during an aerial combat, and Hermann Goering takes over command of the Flying Circus.
In World War I, an allied squadron and a German squadron face off daily in the skies. Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, leads one, and, although one of his decisions cost the life of his predecessor, he expects his men to honor codes of conduct. The allied squad has similar class divisions: its colonel, an aristocrat, laments that men he considers peasants are now fliers, including a cynical and ruthless Canadian, Roy Brown, the squads ace. As the tactics of both sides break more rules and become more destructive, the Baron must decide if he is a soldier first or part of the ruling class. He and Brown have two aerial battles, trivial in the larger scheme, yet tragic.
John Phillip Law
Baron Manfred von Richthofen
Don Stroud
Roy Brown
Barry Primus
Hermann Goering
Corin Redgrave
Major Lanoe Hawker VC
Karen Ericson
Ilse
Hurd Hatfield
Anthony Fokker
Stephen McHattie
Werner Voss
Brian Foley
Lothar von Richthofen
Robert La Tourneaux
Ernest Udet
Peter Masterson
Major Oswald Boelke
Clint Kimbrough
Major von Höppner
Tom Adams
Owen
Ferdy Mayne
Richthofen's father
David Weston
Murphy
John Flanagan
Thompson
Lorraine Rainer
French girl in the woods
Brian Sturdivant
May
Maureen Cusack
Richthofen's mother
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