A Royal Navy officer is persuaded to give details of a dream in which eight people board a Dakota destined for Tokyo and crash in the Japanese highlands. Air Marshal Hardie, due in Tokyo the next day, is among those listening. When Hardie gets to the airport, he discovers that the Liberator has mechanical problems and has been substituted by a Dakota. When two more troops join the jet soon before takeoff, Hardie feels his worst nightmare has come true and he is doomed to die.
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A Royal Navy officer is persuaded to give details of a dream in which eight people board a Dakota destined for Tokyo and crash in the Japanese highlands. Air Marshal Hardie, due in Tokyo the next day, is among those listening. When Hardie gets to the airport, he discovers that the Liberator has mechanical problems and has been substituted by a Dakota. When two more troops join the jet soon before takeoff, Hardie feels his worst nightmare has come true and he is doomed to die.
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