[2][3] It tells the story of workers at a Lockheed aircraft assembly plant in the months preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor.

On an early mission his plane shoots down two Japanese fighters, fulfilling a request from Jake by avenging Pete's death.

Warner Bros. received permission to shoot at the Lockheed plant, but, for security reasons, the film crew and actors were instructed to keep a birth certificate on them at all times.

[4] Warner Bros. advertised the connection with Lockheed in a full-page ad in Life magazine, dedicating the film, "to the workers who actually build Wings for the Eagle.

[4][N 1] Wings for the Eagle was churned out quickly between January 12–February 1942 at both the Lockheed plant and the Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Company in Buffalo, New York, using a near-documentary film style.

"[6] The Los Angeles Times said the film won't make motion picture history but "is a satisfactory enough passing event, important now.