Wing and a Prayer aka The Story of Carrier X

Genre: propaganda

Year Published: 1944

Description: In the days just after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the American people are asking "Where is our navy? Why doesn't it fight?" The US Navy comes up with a plan to trap the Japanese fleet, by using one carrier as several ships to deceive the Japanese Navy into heading for Midway. Meanwhile, on the carrier charged with the mission, flight commander Bingo Harper (Don Ameche) is in charge of the bomber crews on one of the aircraft carriers.

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