Major "Chick" Davis (Pat O'Brien) argues for precision high altitude bombing rather than dive bombers. He wins in a bombing competition. It's the start of a new bombardier training program and then America is forced into the war.
There is no way that the bombers are that accurate. Those bullseye targets are impossible until laser-guided bombs. In fact, something as big as a tank would be hard to hit by any plane of that era. Of course, this is wartime propaganda and it serves its purpose. There is some miniature work along with the use of the real bombers. For its time, some of it actually looks good. The story is done in a straight, patriotic, and old fashion melodramatic way. There are a couple of familiar faces. It gets rather intense when some of them get captured which culminates in a bombastic patriotic flourish.
There is no way that the bombers are that accurate. Those bullseye targets are impossible until laser-guided bombs. In fact, something as big as a tank would be hard to hit by any plane of that era. Of course, this is wartime propaganda and it serves its purpose. There is some miniature work along with the use of the real bombers. For its time, some of it actually looks good. The story is done in a straight, patriotic, and old fashion melodramatic way. There are a couple of familiar faces. It gets rather intense when some of them get captured which culminates in a bombastic patriotic flourish.