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In order to stop their advance

in our sector,

you will rendezvous over Doulcon

with two Handley Page bombers

at 0600 tomorrow

and escort them to Jametz

where they are to destroy the main

German ammunition and supply depot.

It is heavily fortified

by observation balloons,

cables on three sides,

and Archie batteries in these six positions.

Cassidy will be your squadron leader.

He'll be watching over you.

Remember your training.

Don't fly straight lines.

Be an elusive target

and an efficient hunter.

Any questions?

Yes, sir.

Will we be back by lunch?

(MEN SNICKERING)

I meant any intelligent questions.

I'm sorry, just trying to loosen things up.

Don't.

BEAGLE:
Hey, fellows.

What do you think I ought

to wear tomorrow? Yellow or purple?

Anything but the pink.

You get shot down in that,

you're gonna embarrass

the entire Escadrille.

What are you talking

about getting shot down for?

What's the matter, you nervous?

Hell, no. You? You brought it up.

We're all nervous, except Porter.

He's got religion on his side.

I'm not nervous.

Hey, it's all right to be a little edgy

before a fight.

Keeps you sharp. Isn't that right, Skinner?

The fights I been in,

they don't shoot at you.

We should hit the sack. We get up at 4:00.

Rawlings.

(GROWLING)

I wanna see you for a minute.

(ROARS)

Just saying hello.

Hello.

(GRUNTING)

Come on in.

I was looking at your file,

and it's my job to write a letter home

to your parents

if anything should happen to you.

Since both your parents are dead,

who's your next of kin?

I don't know. I don't really have any.

(SIGHING)

You know, if you die here,

your family name dies with you.

Well, I don't plan on dying.

None of the guys

in the squadron cemetery did either.

Think about it.

(GROWLING)

Yeah, I'll think about that, sir.

(GROWLING)

Stay.

(SPEAKING LATIN)

- GIROUX:
Lowry?

- Yes, sir.

If you feel you're gonna crash,

take off your goggles

because the glass can cut

your eyes, d'accord?

- Hey, you're still here, Rawlings.

- Yeah.

Thought I'd take my chances.

What's this?

It's just the brand of the ranch

my family owned

till the bank foreclosed.

Beagle, get here.

If your guns jam, it sometimes helps

to bang on the cocking handle.

What's this for?

Plane catches fire, you got three choices.

Can stay in it and burn

with it all the way to the ground,

you can jump from several thousand feet,

or you can take the quick

and painless way out.

Good luck, gentlemen.

- MAN:
Contact!

- Contact.

(COUNTING IN FRENCH)

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

(SHOUTING IN GERMAN)

I'm going up.

JENSEN:
Toddman!

(GUNS FIRING)

(METALLIC RATTLING)

(WHOOPING) Yeah!

Rawlings! I made it!

I'm all right! Go get them!

(GUNS FIRING)

(COUNTING IN FRENCH)

(GIROUX COUNTING IN FRENCH)

(MEN SHOUTING)

Bastards were everywhere, sir.

CASSID Y:
We got jumped

before we reached Jametz.

They were all over us.

We never even made it to the bombers.

- Where is Dewitt?

- Didn't make it.

- And Toddman?

- CASSID Y:
Nope.

Toddman was right there.

He was right there. Then he was gone.

- Anybody see what happened to Nunn?

- Sir.

He had to put it down.

He made it safely to the ground

and this German dived on him and

shot him right when he was sitting there.

- He had a black falcon on his plane?

- Yeah.

Something should be done.

I mean, you don't just shoot

an airman on the ground.

- Mission debriefing in 15 minutes.

- What about Nunn?

He was just sitting there on the ground!

A lot has happened in this war

before you got to it.

I thought there was supposed to be

some sort of honor in the way we fight.

Reports can be filed. But you want justice?

You're the man in the air,

you're the man with the gun.

Contact.

(ENGINE STARTING)

Get those streamers off my plane.

(GROWLING)

- What's he doing?

- He's going back up.

- After what?

- Whatever he can find.

- He's going alone?

- Yeah.

He prefers it that way.

I had no idea

that it was going to be like that.

Do better next time.

Soon as I get one kill,

show my father

that I was in the thick of it,

that's it, I'm going home.

RAWLINGS:
Went right through there.

Almost lost this.

- You get any?

- Not the one I wanted.

Not the Black Falcon.

GRANT:
Oi.

Where the hell do you think you're off to?

Not tonight, Grant.

You're not going anywhere.

Not till you drink with us.

- I thought it was only for killers.

- You'll do.

(MEN SINGING)

Drink up, Rawlings.

You're still alive. That's something.

I don't feel like it.

The first time is always your hardest.

To losing your virginity!

(ALL CHEERING)

Does anyone here care

that three pilots died today?

Pilots die every day.

Have a drink. Calm down.

I don't wanna calm down.

I wanna honor the men who died.

Yeah, well, this is how we honor them.

It's how we've always honored them.

Now, none of us knows

how much time we have left,

so we can't waste it sitting around

grieving about things we can't change.

So you can either join in

or you can go up to your room

and cry like a little baby.

You suit yourself.

(MAN CHEERS)

(MEN SINGING)

GRANT:
Wake up, Rawlings. We're here.

(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)

Hello.

(GREETS IN FRENCH)

I'm looking for the owner.

No English. No English.

- The owner of the house?

- I am the owner.

Hi. I'm Blaine Rawlings.

I'm looking for a girl.

You might remember me.

- I injured my leg and she bandaged it up.

- Oh, Lucienne.

Maybe. She was wearing a brown skirt.

But Lucienne is not one of my girls.

- She's not?

- No, she does not work here.

She was exchanging supplies,

a round of Brie for some chocolate.

A round of Brie for some chocolate.

Madam?

Madam.

That girl, Lucienne,

do you know where she lives?

Down the Marlier Road,

about five kilometers.

A small chteau,

And how about that horse outside?

Do you know who owns that?

(SQUAWKING)

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

(RESPONDS IN FRENCH)

Right.

(GREETS IN FRENCH)

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

What?

You know,

- I'm mad at you. I'm mad. Understand?

- No.

I'm mad. I'm mad at you.

(ROARS MOCKINGLY)

Because you made me think

that you were a prostitute.

- You know?

- No.

One moment.

(QUESTIONS IN FRENCH)

You?

Are you?

No.

Well.

(SPEAKS FRENCH)

Am I?

No.

No.

No, I came because I wanted to see you.

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

I wanted to see

you.

Why did you pretend to...

(CLEARS THROAT)

I afraid.

You're afraid?

Why?

(SPEAKS FRENCH)

You

die soon.

Are these your children?

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

- Oh, no.

- No?

They're your brother's?

- Wife.

- Wife.

Wife?

Your brother and his wife's?

Their children? Oh.

Die?

They died?

Yes.

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

(IMITATES EXPLOSION)

Brother et wife.

I'm sorry.

The enfants must be sad.

I have an idea.

Come on.

(IMITATING GUN FIRING)

(WHOOPING)

(GROANING)

(SNICKERING)

Hey!

Hey. Hey! Hey!

(EX CLAIMING IN FRENCH)

(ALL CHUCKLING)

Thank you.

Did you like it?

Does that mean I can come back?

Can I come see you again?

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