Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5556 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-02-02
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Formats: Black & White, PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 98 minutes

Synopsis
SHIPS WITH WINGS follows three Fleet Air Arm pilots at peace and at war and their exploits during the battle for Greece.

Customer Reviews

the planes are the stars
This film features the 1940 Fleet Air Arm aircraft and doctrines and allows you to see how the FAA intended to use the Fairey Fulmar fighter, Blackburn Skua "dive" bomber [shallow-dive actually - Churchill's WWI-vintage "technical air advisors" had advised him that dive bombing was "impossible" (even though the Germans, Americans, and Japanese were obviously doing it) so they weren't allowed to actually "dive" when attacking] , and Fairey Swordfish torpedo planes in a semi-fictional strike against the Italians. The cast is good, the story is good but typical for a WW2 film and highlights the FAA "getting respect" from the traditional battleship admirals. Also featured is the H.M.S. Ark Royal, Junkers F.13 passenger plane ("the grandmother of all the Junkers") and some not-so-well modelled Italian planes (Breda BR.88, Fiat G.50, etc).

Great WW2 Fleet Air Arm Film
Very good DVD with actual footage from WW2 Fleet Air Arm carrier action.
Excellent footage of Fairey Swordfish and Fulmar aircraft. Good story line of how the British fought the Italians - on the lines of Taranto but day light raids.