Ensign Alan Drake (Robert Taylor) joins the Hellcats Squadron in the early days of the war. Bill Gary (Walter Pidgeon) is his squadron commander and Lorna (Ruth Hussey) is his beautiful wife.
This is one of the first Hollywood military movies after Pearl Harbor. It also follows the long tradition of adding an unnecessary melodramatic romance into a war movie. There are some interesting flying sequences but they are flying biplanes. There is an aircraft carrier. I rather they go to war sooner and skip the melodrama. It's just wasting time with the boring love entanglement.
This is one of the first Hollywood military movies after Pearl Harbor. It also follows the long tradition of adding an unnecessary melodramatic romance into a war movie. There are some interesting flying sequences but they are flying biplanes. There is an aircraft carrier. I rather they go to war sooner and skip the melodrama. It's just wasting time with the boring love entanglement.