The Bomber A Tale of Survival Behind Nazi Lines

War breaks out as a young pilot Andrey Grivtsov falls for a charming girl Katya On the eve of his hundredth flight Andrey only worries if hell be able to find his loved one We can only imagine his astonishment when Katya turns out to be the radio operator he is to put on the ground However due to a thunderstorm the plane makes a forced landing Everyone who survived plots their own path

After their plane crashes pilot Grivtsov his girlfriend Katya and navigator Linko look for ways to survive Navigator Linko is captured by the Germans and decides hell have to become a traitor to save his life Katya and Andrey manage to hide but the Germans notice the signals of Katyas radio station Now their only way to salvation is constant flight

Linko and Andrey have both been captured meet in a German prison camp Andrey begins to cooperate with the Germans and the two become enemies Andreys main task is to become bait and to destroy a Russian guerrilla unit Katya has reached that unit and carries out the first communication sessions

Katya gets used to the life in guerrilla camp but even among her own people her safety is always threatened Having found himself under pressure to cooperate with the Nazis Andrey keeps fighting for his life and pondering an escape plan One of the guerrillas secretly takes Katya to local village girls who do laundry for the Germans Katya is told that Andrey was killed but her heart tells her that

The staged flight of traitors from the German camp may ruin the guerrilla camp But danger awaits the main characters not only on a battlefield but also in their personal relationships

Germans are preparing a major military operation but a landing party is sent to help the guerrillas Who will the guerrillas meet first the traitors allegedly escaping the German concentration camps or the reinforcements 

Elizaveta tells Katya about her relationship with Andrey Believing her words Katya is ready to give up the man she loves but not the fight for the Motherland The decisive actions of the radio operator may save the day

Katya meets navigator Linko who tells her about Andreys death To everyones surprise Andrey comes back to his air unit but because he had been in the area occupied by the enemy he is branded a traitor