I Wanted Wings

I Wanted Wings is a 1941 American drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and based on a book by Lieutenant Beirne Lay, Jr. The film stars Ray Milland and William Holden. The supporting cast includes Wayne Morris, Brian Donlevy, Constance Moore and Veronica Lake. I Wanted Wings features Lakes first major film role. Her career took off shortly thereafter the same year, she starred in Sullivans Travels. Lake would become one of the most popular and successful actresses of the early 1940s. N

One day, when Jeff is about to go up in the air to participate in war game training, he meets Al, who has reapplied and qualified as crew chief on his B17 bomber. When their old mentor, Captain Mercer Brian Donlevy, finds out about Al, he starts working to get him reinstated as a pilot.Suddenly, Sally turns up, begging Al for help, claiming to be wanted for murder. Al gives her money to go to Los Angeles. Before she can leave the hangar, other flight officers enter the building. Sally hides inside the bomb bay of a bomber. She is still there when the aircraft takes off. When the games are completed, Mercer asks Jeff to test a new set of emergency flares. Al goes to fetch them and discovers Sally. As they argue, a flare is ignited by accident. Before they can drop it out the bomb bay, Mercer is badly burnt and falls out of the aircraft. Using a parachute, Al jumps after him and rescues him. Jeff manages to land the bomber in the dark desert to pick up his crew members. When he tries to take off again, he crashes and Sally dies in the crash. ........

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