Fighting The Red Baron DVD

At the outset of WWI the aeroplane was seen as having little use other than to act as a spotter plane for the cavalry and artillery. But within 6 months a group of pilots transformed the role of the aeroplane into a deadly killing machine that changed the nature of warfare forever. This is the story of those 6 months, centering around Bloody April during which the average life expectancy of a pilot was reduced to just 3 weeks. The film is told though the first hand accounts of the actual pilots, painstakingly documented in Josh Levin's book "On a Wing and a Prayer" and archaeological digs.