La guerre des as

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La guerre des as (part I & II) title screen.

Documentary (2017)
German title : Soldaten der Lüfte
English title :The Aces' war

Starring:
Jérémie Duvall (Georges Guynemer)
Thomas Debaene (Manfred von Richthoffen)
Fabien Wolfrom (Ernst Udet)
Antoine Ferey (René Fonck)
Thomas Ancoro (Edward "Mick" Mannock)

The aeronautical epic of the First World War through the fate of five legendary German, French and British pilots.

Note: This film utilises a significant quantity of Computer Generated Images (CGI). Aircraft portrayed in this film may not be entirely accurate and have been identified as closely as possible to real aircraft.


Part One : 1914 - 1916

Unidentified Aircraft

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Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others : Human Powered Flight / Ornithopter section).

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Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others : Human Powered Flight / Ornithopter section).

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Douhéret Hélicoplane

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Pescara model 3 helicopter

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Unidentified Aircraft

Perhaps a variant of the Pitts' Sky Car built by former associate W P Kindree (WP Kindley ?) but obviously lying on the patent of 1924.
Same machine seen in Wings of Russia (page 2), DVD 11: Ekranoplans - On the Edge of Two Elements.

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Wright Flyer III

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Blériot XI (replica)

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Etrich Taube

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Zeppelin LZ11 Viktoria Luise

Zeppelin LZ11 Viktoria Luise, one of two G Class built (in 1912). Seen here before the war at Baden-Oos, she was taken over as a training airship by the German Army. Broken on 8 October 1915 after more 1,400 flights.

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Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2

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Caudron G.3

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Morane-Saulnier L

Georges Guynemer and Jean Guerder in front of their Morane-Saulnier L shortly after their first air victory, July 1915.

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A Morane-Saulnier L on the Easern Front fighting for the Imperial Russian Air Service.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

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Antoinette IV

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Unidentified Aircraft

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Airco DH.4

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

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Albatros B.IIa

Radiator upper the wing is more from a DFW C.V … of 1916 !.

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Fokker D.II

Ernst Udet at the controls of a Fokker D.II.

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Unidentified Aircraft

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Farman MF.7

At the outbreak of the war, French Aéronautique Militaire had selected the Farman as main bomber. Maurice Farman MF.7 and Maurice Farman MF.XI (which differed in lacking the forward-mounted elevator). The MF. 7 too was fitted with front elongated skids. Here, the computer generated image (C.G.I.) replaced the original godola by the smoother crew nacelle of the Farman F.40 designed only in 1915.

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Voisin III

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Not easy to be sure this wreck is a Voisin III or a derivative (Voisin LA or Voisin LAS).

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Fokker D.III

Fokker D.III with the Fokker B.III's engine fairing. On the left, the portrait is Anton Herman Gerard "Anthony" Fokker.

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Nieuport 10 B

Nieuport 10 B n° 328 christened "Vieux Charles III" by Georges Guynemer, june 1916.

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Nieuport 11

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Unidentified Aircraft

In the foreground, a general is inspecting what seems to be a SPAD S.XI or SPAD S. XII.

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DFW C.V

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Farman F.40

Now without the front skid, the CGI is really a Farman F.40.

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Fokker D.VII

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Fokker D. VI

Fokker D. VI seen in April 1918 or later.

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Unidentified Aircraft

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Sopwith F.1 Camel

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

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Levasseur PL 8-01 L'Oiseau Blanc

Levasseur PL.8 L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird) April 1927.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

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Albatros D.III

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Airco DH.2

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Part Two : 1917 - 1918

Unidentified Aircraft

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

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Fokker Dr.I

Or maybe a preserie Fokker F.I tested by Manfred von Richthofen in September 1917.
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C.E.P. N°2

French licence built Caproni Ca.3 (named Ca. 30 after WW1) with only one in-line engine, the two on the wings being replaced by French radials. 83 aircrafts built.

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Caproni Ca.46

Serial SC40070 for this Caproni built in the U.S.A. (Ca.46 ?).

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Unidentified Aircraft

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Nieuport 24

Nieuport 24 of Escadrille N3, Aéronautique Militaire (French Military Aviation), 1916.

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Albatros D.III

Animation already used for the first part.
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Caudron G.3

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Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a

Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a s/n E1295 of Mick Mannock.

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