Een bommenwerper stort in de Tweede Wereldoorlog neer in de woestijn. De enige overlevende is de navigator. 25 jaar later komen de geesten van de rest van de vliegtuigcrew terug voor de navigator, die inmiddels al generaal is.

In 1960, the ruins of an American bomber were found in the Libyan desert, but the remains of the crew were never located. In Guerdon Trueblood's teleplay, the ghosts of a bomber crew hang around their derelict plane, awaiting the day that their bones will be recovered and given a decent burial. The sole survivor, navigator Russell Hamner, has in the intervening 25 years become a General. He joins an investigation team that has come across the wreckage, while the ghosts, headed by Major Devlin, plot to expose Hamner as a coward who deserted his post and left his crew mates to die.

Um bombardeiro é danificado durante os ataques da 2ª Guerra Mundial. Sem permissão para deixar a aeronave, o navegador Hammer pula e o avião voa mais de 700 milhas sem rumo até cair no deserto. O avião é encontrado dezessete anos depois com os tripulantes jogando baseball. Eles descobrem que, na verdade, são fantasmas e agora precisam resolver o mistério de suas vidas, para poderem finalmente descansar em paz.