On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot named Freddie Hook is flying home when he gets lost over water. With no navigational guidance and low on fuel, he prepares for a sea ditch. However, he encounters a mysterious guide pilot who helps him land safely at an abandoned base. Freddie later learns that the guide pilot, John Kavanagh, went missing in action during a patrol on Christmas Eve, 1943. The story highlights the role of guide-pilots in saving the lives of fighter pilots during the war.
A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.
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