(SPEAKING FRENCH)
- If Rawlings returns alive, arrest him. - Yes, sir.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
- Good luck. - Stay right here. Okay?
You don't go anywhere. You stay right here.
(AFFIRMS IN FRENCH)
(BIDS FAREWELL IN FRENCH)
RAWLINGS: I'll be back before sunrise.
(AIRPLANE ENGINE WHIRRING)
- RAWLINGS: You got her? - Got them.
Come on, guys.
What are you doing flying at night without authorization?
I don't have time to eXplain. I have to go get one more person.
This plane is not for your personal use. Leave this plane and return to quarters.
- That's an order! - Yes, sir.
(MURMURING)
(CHATTERING)
(COCKS GUN)
(SPEAKING GERMAN)
(GASPS)
(SOLDIERS CHATTERING IN GERMAN)
(TALKING IN GERMAN)
(SPEAKING GERMAN)
Freeze!
(GASPS)
Hang on, Lucienne. Hang on.
Monsieur Rawlings.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
Medic!
MEDIC: Over here, over here.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
Doctor!
(DOCTOR SPEAKING FRENCH)
They're taking you to the hospital at Reims.
You understand?
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
They're right here. They're gonna be fine.
They contacted your uncle, and he's gonna take care of them
until you recover. Okay?
- Yes. You come? - Yeah.
- I'll come see you in Reims. - Goodbye.
Okay.
All right.
(BIDDING FAREWELL IN FRENCH)
I have filled out the papers formally charging you
with dereliction of duty.
That sort of thing cannot be tolerated in a military unit. Not even this one.
Reports indicate that an Escadrille pilot flew four French refugees
out of occupied territory while being shot at
by both riflemen and anti-aircraft cannons.
Busy night.
I have been in direct communication with HQ in Paris over your little escapade.
They agree with my recommendation completely.
So it won't do you any good to go over my head.
- Take the cuffs off. - Sir...
Unless you want to fly his plane. I think I forgot to sign that.
Ask me about it again tomorrow.
Congratulations, Rawlings. And don't ever do that again.
I won't, sir.
THENAULT: Gentlemen, there is a change of plan.
We've had a little surprise thrown at us.
A German zeppelin is on its way to bomb Paris.
As you know, our French and British pilots are engaged at Pont-a-Mousson.
So Rawlings, Lowry, Skinner and Porter will have to go after the zeppelin.
Remember to load incendiary bullets.
It can take hundreds to bring down a zeppelin.
The rest of the squadron will support the others at Pont-a-Mousson.
- May God be with you. - Thank you, sir.
Courage.
- Courage. - For thine is the kingdom, the power
and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Courage.
All right.
(GUNS FIRING)
(PORTER SINGING HYMN)
(GROANS)
(MACHINE GUNS FIRING)
You go down! I'll take the zeppelin!
(GUNS FIRING)
(SHOUTING)
(SCREAMING)
(GASPING)
No!
(SPEAKING LATIN)
- Amen. - Amen.
Today we have lost two brave fighters. Two friends.
Porter once told me that if he died, he wanted to be buried by the airfield.
Near those he fought alongside.
I'm sure Cassidy would rather be buried behind the whorehouse.
(CHUCKLING)
Only a few days ago, Cassidy gave me this letter
to give to Rawlings in the event he died.
Rawlings, please.
(CLEARS THROAT)
"If I do not return, my burial is of no import.
"Make it as easy as possible for yourselves.
"I have no religion and do not care for any service.
"If the omission would bother Porter,
"I guess I would stand the ceremony.
"Good luck to you all. Vive ia Escadrille,
"the only real friends I ever had. Cassidy."
A lot of us owe this man our lives.
We won't forget him.
(GIROUX SHOUTING ORDERS IN FRENCH)
(GUNS FIRING)
Sir,
I made a promise that I'd meet someone at Reims.
- Can I have permission to leave the base? - Yes.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
EXcuse me.
Sorry.
EXcuse me, I'm looking for...
Lucienne!
(PEOPLE ALL CHATTERING IN FRENCH)
RAWLINGS: Lucienne!
I afraid.
- Not see you. - Yeah.
You look good.
Yeah. Okay.
We go to England.
Not safe for children.
- Germans come here. - I know.
You and me in Paris
after war?
Your English is getting so good.
I try.
How will I reach you? I'm gonna be moving.
I have so much I wanna say to you.
You will be in my thoughts
and in my heart.
(MAN SPEAKING FRENCH)
(CHILDREN SPEAKING FRENCH)
I'll see you in Paris. We'll turn on them lights.
Be careful. I will not be here to count the planes.
(BIDDING FAREWELL IN FRENCH)
Gentlemen, we are going to make another run
on the munition depot at Jametz.
This time escorting four bombers.
Instead of a frontal attack, we fly south to Marcheville first
and then swing north to the strike area.
This way, we might be able to surprise them and get closer to the target
before encountering resistance.
As you may have heard, the United States has just announced
its entrance into the war.
- Oh, good. - Thank God for that.
I don't need to tell you that if we destroy Jametz,
we severely reduce the flow of ammunition to the German troops.
Your brothers will be fighting on the ground.
I know the last attack on Jametz was a hard initiation for many of you.
But I have watched you grow and develop since then,
both as men and pilots,
and I can say that I am proud to be your captain.
You have more than eXceeded my eXpectations.
Good luck to you all.
Think you might have dropped that.
I told her I was gonna be a hero.
(SIGHS)
Look, you got nothing to be ashamed of.
- You went up there and you fought. - Yeah. Ain't that something?
Hey, you're gonna be all right.
- You're already over the jitters. - Yeah, jitters.
Yeah. I fiXed that.
I tell Thenault I'm gonna go up again so he won't send me home,
but I don't go back up.
I just watch you guys day after day, wondering how you do it,
how everybody in my family did it,
why I'm the only one who can't.
All right, come on.
Why don't you just go? Go sleep this off and try again tomorrow.
- Yeah, yeah, tomorrow. - Okay?
Okay.
- We're the knights of the air, remember? - Yeah.
MAN: Contact? SKINNER: Contact.
Rawlings, requesting permission to go on this mission, sir.
- What's that? - I rigged this up in the machine shop.
I can fly with it. Tested it out yesterday.
All right, but if I feel you're a detriment to the squadron
and I wave you off, you go right home, you understand?
- Perfectly. - Don't kill yourself on takeoff.
BEAGLE: Hey, guys, I'm flying!
Captain Thenault told me I should have it painted on your plane.
I hope you don't mind.
I'm honored.
(GUNS FIRING)
Oh, shit.
(GUN FIRES)
(GUN FIRING)
Come on, Eddie, do something right.
Beware the hook!
All right!
(MEN CHATTERING)
Congratulations, Beagle. Welcome back.
I wish Lowry had made it here to see this.
(ENGINE FIRING)
Where's he going?
(SHOUTING)
(GRUNTING)
(JENSEN LAUGHING)
Knights of the air!
(GUNS FIRING)
(GASPS)