Wings for the Eagle

Jack Carson replaced Ronald Reagan before filming began after Reagan was re-assigned to Desperate Journey (1942).

When Jack Carson and Ann Sheridan are arguing in the kitchen about their shortage of food and money. Ann Sheridan says "If farmers and dimwits eat steak instead of beans I'm all for it." For the average person at this point in the war steak would be a distant memory, rationing was in full force and steak would have been an expensive rarity.

Prologue: To our airplane factory workers, whose magnificent efforts will enable the United Nations to preserve a free way of life, this motion picture is respectfully dedicated.

During 1940 and 1941, many far-sighted leaders urged us to prepare for the war that was inevitably approaching.