Pilot No. 5

In May 1942, an Allied base on Java is bombed by Japanese aircraft, with another attack expected the next day. With only one working fighter and five American pilots who all volunteer to fly it, Dutch commander Major Eichel chooses George Collins (Franchot Tone) because he has come up with a daring plan to bomb the Japanese aircraft carrier from which the attack came. Flashbacks stories of his civilian life before the war are interleaved with radio broadcasts from George. Four years earlier, George is working his way through law school and is at the top of his class.