Having survived his first months as a fighter pilot, Franz Becker is joined by his close friend Karl von Leussow inautumn 1916.Karl's marksmanship quickly transfers to his new weapon. Reunited with his...

Having survived the trenches on the Western Front, Franz Becker has joined the Air Service and learns to fly in a fragile, unreliable machine. He passes his pilot's course and is posted to a two-seater...

August 1914: as war breaks out across Europe, German student Franz Becker rushes to enlist. He is nineteen and the war appears to offer adventure and the chance to escape from his safe, dull life. Most...

January 1918: Franz Becker, a high-scoring, decorated ace, rejoins his fighter squadron in Flanders. He has been fighting since October 1914, and is suffering badly from the strain of war. Imperial Germany...

As summer 1917 continues, the war in the air over the Western Front becomes ever more deadly. Imperial Germany is surrounded by enemies, strangled by the Allied blockade, and its resources are slowly...

Spring 1924:Max Schelling, a German veteran of WW1, is deeply disturbed, plagued by nightmares and flashbacks of the intense fighting at Verdun in 1916. He has a young family, his wife Frieda and their...