The commander of a flying fortress bomber is killed in action during a raid over Sicily, and an inexperienced pilot, assigned to take his place, struggles to be accepted by the tightly knit crew. They must put their differences aside however, when they are ordered to undertake a deadly mission. Second World War action adventure, starring Bug Hall and Donnie Jeffcoat.

When the commander of the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber is killed in action in a raid over Sicily in 1943, his replacement, a young, naive pilot struggles to be accepted by the plane's already tight-knit Irish American crew.