The story is set during the opening months of the Second World War and it concerns a young pilot who is part of an air patrol unit guarding the southern coast of England -- around Portsmouth .
A young pilot is roderick ' Jerry ' Chambers .
The story is set during the opening months of the Second World War and it concerns a young pilot , Roderick ' Jerry ' Chambers , who is part of an air patrol unit guarding the southern coast of England -- around Portsmouth .