

Wing and a Prayer
THE MOST DANGEROUS MISSION IN THE WAR!
An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of Midway.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- aviation
- pacific theater
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG1 Jan 1944
BrazilBR
- Theatricale 101 Jan 1945
FranceFR
- PremiereU1 Jan 1944
- TheatricalU1 Jun 2004
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Wing and a Prayer was released on 1 January 1944.
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2- P6/10
Patrick E. Abe
9/22/2016
"Where is our Navy? Why doesn't it fight?" In the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, the U.S. Navy in the Pacific is stretched thin, torn between trying to defend against an expected attack on the U.S. West coast or striking a decisive blow against the Japanese. The unnamed U.S. Aircraft Carrier (An amalgam of U.S.S. Enterprise and U.S.S. Lexington) embarks on a series of "see me, I'm here" feints which results…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
6/30/2022
This is quite an interesting story depicting the lives of sailors and airmen aboard an American aircraft carrier shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941. Their task, is however, a bit different. They are to sail around the Pacific trying to give their enemy the impression that their fleet is disorganised and dispersed widely whilst their sister ships actually mass near Midway for a battle royal. Th…
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