Thanks guys, all suggestions welcome (must get the original Flight of the Phoenix too) And I simply love June Allyson! Always have, nearly as much as Glynis Johns.
Wasn't there a John Wayne film where he flew Sabres and defected to Russia or somesuch unlikely event? I also remember James Cagney ferrying a bomber to Scotland but I don't know what movie. I think I have stumbled onto a new hobby