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''A Wing and a Prayer'' is a 2015 PBS documentary by Boaz Dvir. The film predominantly covers the story of American pilot Al Schwimmer and his covert operation to deliver weapons to the Israeli Army prior to and during Israel's War of Independence. ==Synopsis== In 1948, months before what was considered an imminent Jewish State, the United States publicly announced their refusal to send military aid to Israel out of concern for antagonizing Middle Eastern countries during the Cold War. Al Schwimmer had been a flight engineer of World War II, and he maintained many contacts after the war had ended. He used his WWII experience and contacts to illegally smuggle surplus rifles, machine guns, bullets and fighter planes to Israel. They arrived in Israel just as British rule ended, and Al returned to the United States to buy and smuggle out B-17 bombers. His men participated in the ensuing war. They took control of the skies and formed the Israeli Air Force. In 1950, after turning themselves in, Schwimmer and nine of his men were convicted for violating the US Neutrality Acts for smuggling arms into Israel. Although they avoided prison sentences, they were stripped of their civil rights and fined $10,000 each. Schwimmer refused to ask for a pardon, believing that smuggling weapons to help create a Jewish State was the moral decision to make. In 2001 President Bill Clinton pardoned Schwimmer. The film ends listing the fates of many of the pilots who had flown on the mission, the last of which is Schwimmer himself, who died in 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Wing and a Prayer (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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