Wings for Victory Week

Wings for Victory Weeks were British National savings campaigns during the Second World War, with the aim of Royal Air Force aircraft being sponsored by a civil community.^[1] The British Army equivalent was Salute the Soldier Week and the Royal Navy equivalent was Warship Week.^[2]

Wings for Victory Poster

Campaign

Each county was set a target of money to raise and local civic leaders were presented with plaques as a reward for the fund raising efforts.^[3]

A large military event was held at Trafalgar Square in London in March 1943 to raise money for the Wings for Victory campaign.^[4] The amount realised in the weeks specifically designated Wings for Victory Weeks was £615,946,000,^[5] equivalent to about £33.6 billion in 2023.^[6]