Here is why I believe Balrog's have wings.
When Tolkien said this:
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...and the shadow about it reached out like two vast wings.
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It is abviously a simile. It also said the shadow was "about" it, not a part of it. That sentence would make any one say that Balrogs don't have wings. But then he says this:
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...and its wings were spread from wall to wall. (emphasis mine)
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Tolkien says "its" wings, so the wings
belonged to the Balrog, when the shadow 'wings' were just a simile. If Tolkien was continuing with the metaphorical wings why did he say 'its'? He could have just said 'the' which would have told us he was continuing the simile.