Wayne Morris the Hero, Great Casting by the Navy!

 It's 1941 and Paramount, like all of Hollywood, was in a big hurry to make some war movies before they lost all their youngish stars to the war effort.  For I Wanted Wings they gathered Ray Milland, William Holden and Wayne Morris to play the young pilots.  In real life, both Milland and Morris were actually pilots.  Morris would later become a certified war hero, a flying ace, etc.  Do check him out on IMDB, interesting guy.  Holden served three years in the service, doing PR and making training films ... that's heroic duty as well!  Mr. Milland was turned down for service, being 4F because of a crippled hand, although they would later hire him to train pilots as a civilian.  

I Wanted Wings was a so-so movie, but they had one imaginative still photographer on board.  Below, Ray and Constance Moore are shown looking off to the sky while holding up a section of a plane.  

Then, they had Bill Holden join them, helping them hold up the flap, rudder or whatever.  Just what the heck are these people supposed to be doing?  

Wayne Morris just looked like a war hero.  Great casting by the U.S. Navy!