Silver Wings is the story of Celia, a somewhat naive girl who has just left school and has ambitions to go up to university and Peter, a pilot in the RAF, who crash lands in a field near the farmhouse where Celia lives.Celia is greatly attracted toMoreSilver Wings is the story of Celia, a somewhat naive girl who has just left school and has ambitions to go up to university and Peter, a pilot in the RAF, who crash lands in a field near the farmhouse where Celia lives.Celia is greatly attracted to him but, much to her disappointment, she learns that he is married and that his main goal in life is to stay alive through his many night sorties over Germany.Celia puts aside her ambitions, joins the WAAF and matures into a confident, competent officer.
Posted to the same air base as Peter, tensions between then inevitable surface with a culmination during the preparation for the operation later known as the Dambusters raid in which Peter will take part.