In de Noord-Afrikaanse woestijn in de Tweede Wereldoorlog probeert een Amerikaans gevechtsvliegtuig dat niet kan opstijgen, een achtervolgende nazi-tank te ontwijken en te vernietigen.

A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With only one working fighter of their own, and five pilots anxious to fly it, the Dutch commander chooses George Collins to fly a mission to drop a 500-lb bomb on the Japanese carrier lying offshore. As the flight progresses, the commander asks the other pilots to tell him about George. They recount his rise from brilliant law student, through the time he became involved in the corrupt machine of his state's Governor, and his attempts to redeem himself, both in his own eyes, and in Fredie, his long-time love.

Memphis Belle was de naam van een beroemde Amerikaanse bommenwerper in de Tweede Wereldoorlog, die ooit onderwerp was van een documentaire van regisseur William Wyler. Door middel van pas ontdekt en inmiddels gerestaureerd filmmateriaal wordt een beeld geschetst van de daden van de Memphis Belle en andere bommenwerpers.

Sotiris, the president of Ano Latini, goes to Athens to get information about the project of expropriation for the construction of a military airport in the village. Dimitroula, president's daughter, is in love with Vangelis, an aircraftsman, who serves his duty in Athens. When Vangelis learns that a wealthy villager asked to marry his girlfriend, he goes to the village with his friend Kanellos, to find out what's happening. Kanellos is a naive hotel concierge who wears a fancy uniform, making everyone in the village believe that he is a Wing Commander.