
"Thrills in the sky ! and romance below ..."
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
Flight Lt. David Archdale

Pilot Officer Peter Penrose

Miss Todd

Johnny Hollis

Iris Winterton

Mr. Palmer

'Tiny' Williams

Rev. Charles Moss

Joe Friselli

Miss Winterton

Squadron Leader Carter

Colonel Rogers (as Tryon Nichol)
Sgt. 'Nobby' Clarke

Wally Becker
A Singer

Jones

Corporal Fitter

'Prune' Parsons

Colonel Page

Elsie

'Tinker' Bell
American Orderly

Bertie Steen

Radio Operator
Shelter Officer
Joe Lawson

'Cheerio' Chester

Waitress

PT Instructor
RAF Corporal
Fred
Aircraftsman
Schoolmistress