Ships with Wings
Overview
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
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CinemaSerf
@Geronimo1967September 18, 2025
After an ill-disciplined mishap while serving with the Royal Navy “Lt. Stacey” (John Clements) is unceremoniously discharged and finds himself engaged as a commercial pilot in Greece. This is all happening just as the Nazis have invaded that country and with pressure mounting on the Allied fleets in…
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