Clipped Wings (1937)

Mickey Lofton young halfbrother of famed waraviator Jerry fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days Jerry now a Captain in the US Department of Justice is given an assignment to capture some border oil smugglers Through his friendship with Raoul McGuire one of the suspects Jerry is accepted as a member of the gang Mickey is in love with Raouls sister Molly Gang leader Moran shoots and wounds Raoul and is himself shot down by Jerry Mickey flies Molly and her wounded brother to a hospital Jerry takes off in another plane to guard Mickeys craft from a pursuing airplane and crashes his plane into the gangsters plane but parachutes to safety