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Winged Victory
UNITED STATES · 1944

Winged Victory

George Cukor
military training friendship coming of age World War II tragedy
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Synopsis

Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the five struggle through the rigid training and grueling tests involved in becoming pilots. Not all of them succeed, and tragedy awaits for some.

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