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Barely half of the Bomber Commands aircrews survive a full tour- but wireless operator Billy Angell has beaten the odds and completed his 30th - and final - mission. Now- Billy is due two-weeks leave- a posting to a training squadron and a six-month exemption from active duty. Except that MI5 need an airman to drop into Nazi-occupied France. MI5 are interested in Helene Lafosse- a frenchwoman keeping unusual company in her small family chateau in the depths of the Touraine. Helene has begun an affair with a senior Abwehr intelligence officer- who- in return- has turned a blind eye to the succession of Jews- refugees- resistance fighters and downed Allied airmen to whom she offers shelter. MI5 believe they can exploit this relationship and plant a false lead about the anticipated allied invasion of northern France. It falls to Billy- playing a downed airman- to find Helene- to win her confidence and to plant a lie that will only make sense to her German lover. But this time- Billy isnt flying at 20-000 feet and he wont be able to escape the incendiary consequences of his actions....