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Wartime romance with bomber pilots dying every day.  Peter Marshall falls
in love with Gervase, and the emotional stress nearly causes him to lose
his concentration and his life.  As their relationship matures, he has
five more missions left, and the tension mounts.

Nevil Shute also ran his own Aviation company (as Nevil Shute Norway), which
developed weapons for the British in WW2.