Winged Victory is a play and, later, a
film by
Moss Hart, originally created and produced by the
U.S. Army Air Forces during
World War II as a morale booster and as a fundraiser for the
Army Emergency Relief Fund. Upon recommendation of Lt. Col.
Dudley S. Dean, who had been approached with the idea by talent agent
Irving Lazar and Lt. Benjamin Landis, Air Forces Commanding General
Henry H. Arnold commissioned famed playwright Hart to create a stage drama that would depict both the training and work of airmen and also the commitment and devotion to duty with which they carried out this work. Arnold gave Hart complete access to Air Forces resources.