Starts at the end of WWI, 3 pilots getting their last chance fly and shoot down Germans, consistent with the somewhat romantic view of early flyers, like medieval jousters in solitary combat. Post war reality is despite florid promises there were few opportunities except stunt flying. The actual flying sequences were amazing. There were also 3 crashes, with only one survivor. I could not believe Mary Astor was in this movie. Her first husband Kenneth Hawks was killed in a plane crash filming a movie just 2 years earlier. The ending , which some feel was contrived or inconsistent, was really consistent with that romantic sense of honor and duty and individuality of those WWI flyers. They actually remind me of the 2roles James Whitmore played on 12 O'clock
High, the risk taking, nonconforming who ignore orders and does everything his way.
Review of The Lost Squadron
