A journalist's investigation takes him into the recent past, to 1940s England, when the Battle of Britain was raging in the skies Once a hardened reporter on a Fleet Street newspaper, Frank Carter's battle with alcohol cost him his job ? and his adored wife, Jan. Now making a meagre living writing for the Milton Weekly Courier, Carter needs to sniff out a newsworthy story if he is to keep his job. His curiosity is aroused by rumours of a buried World War II Spitfire near to the idyllic village of Fairfield. And despite bitter opposition, Carter decides to investigate . . .