Flyboys

Flyboys

2006

A group of young American volunteers travel to France in 1916 to join the Lafayette Escadrille, a squadron of US pilots fighting for France before America entered the First World War, facing both enemy aces and their own fears in the skies over the Western Front. The film was shot partly on location in England and France.

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Director

  • Tony Bill

Cast

  • Jean Reno
  • James Franco
  • Jennifer Decker
  • Martin Henderson
  • David Ellison

Filming Locations

  • Elstree Studios

    Elstree Studios was used for the studio-based filming of interior and hangar scenes for this WWI aviation drama about the Lafayette Escadrille.

  • Wrest Park Estate

    Wrest Park's French-chateau-style mansion in Silsoe, Bedfordshire, served as the French country house where the American volunteer pilots are billeted, with its grounds used for exterior airfield and château scenes.