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''Ships with Wings'' is a 1941 British war film starring John Clements, Creator/LeslieBanks and Jane Baxter.

Lt. Dick Stacey (Clements) is expelled from the British fleet air arm after an imprudence causes a tragic accident. Utterly disgraced and reduced to doing menial work in the Mediterranean, after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII breaks out he finds the opportunity to redeem himself when he takes part in the fight against the Germans in Greece.
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!!This film features examples of:
* FallenOnHardTimesJob: After being disgraced and thrown out of the RAF, Stacey is seen resorting to flying work at a tiny civilian airline in Greece.
* RedemptionQuest: Stacey into one such quest to rejoin his comrades in the war effort despite being kicked out of the military.
* StiffUpperLip: Stacey is the archetypical imperturbable Englishman in times of war.
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