Howard DeMallie, a young American pilot, and his crew are forced to bail out of their B-17 airplane over Holland. He is helped by the Dutch underground and imprisoned in a German prisoner of war camp.

Prev. ed. published under the title: Beyond the dikes.

Enlisting for adventure -- Troopship to England -- Mission to Merseburg -- Holland -- Rescued by the underground -- Hiding in Staphorst -- Journey to Meppel -- Surrounded -- Captured -- Christmas in jail -- The interrogation -- Escape attempt -- The air raid -- Stalag Luft I -- The reunion -- Life in POW camp.