A wartime anthology built around the human meaning of aviation. One section follows Mrs. James waiting through the night for her husband's overdue bomber while an RAF rigger talks with her about endurance, shared effort and the ordinary comforts people work to protect. A later section dramatizes a Black military pilot returning home in uniform, where his father tells him that every Black man in the world will fly with his wings, turning his achievement into a symbol larger than himself.
This The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast aired on January 25, 1943. It is listed as episode 12 in the archive.
Only 18 objects belong to Mercury Theatre on the Air proper; later items are separately profiled by historical program.
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