If you liked this movie, you should also see: The Great Escape (1963)The Dirty Dozen (1967)Dark of the Sun (1968)Zulu (1964)Von Ryan's Express (1965)
The tactics of a German fighter pilot offend his aristocratic comrades but win him his country's most honored medal, the Blue Max. The General finds him useful as a hero even though his wife also finds him useful as a love object. In the end the General arranges for him to test-fly an untried fighter.