I agree that the
Frank Luke story would be the best film - why it has never been done before is a mystery to me. I read over the years that a few screenplays have been written, but never picked up for a film. T he true story is perfect - a short timeframe, classic loner & anti-hero who loses his only friend, and disobeys orders to get revenge. The final battle will have to be a little bit of artistic licence, but I can see him dueling it out with a squad of German infantrymen until his .45 runs out of ammo!
There are several decent SPAD 13 replicas, and I'm sure Hollywood could afford to build a few more, accuracy in the aircraft is my main problem with most Holywood movies. Computer generated graphics like those used in Pearl Harbor could be used to have the large scale dogfights and baloon busting missions undertaken in Sept. 1918.
Dave