Ships with Wings is a 1941 British war film directed by Sergei Nolbandov and starring John Clements, Leslie Banks and Jane Baxter.
During the Second World War, pilot Lieutenant Dick Stacey is expelled from the British Fleet Air Arm for imprudence, but later has the opportunity to redeem himself when he takes part in the fight against the Germans in Greece.
[4] The sinking of the Ark Royal, on which a number of scenes were set and shot, in November 1941 added a sense of topicality to the film.
The most recent ship named HMS Invincible until then was a battlecruiser sunk at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
[6] The producer Michael Balcon was disturbed by these criticisms and commenced a shift in Ealing's production away from such films towards what were considered more realistic portrayals in an attempt to counter this perceived lack of authenticity.