Mike, the co-pilot of a US, England-based World War II bomber, is injured aboard. Although an almost complete recovery is likely, the loss of his 'manhood' drives him to suicide. For Mike's skipper, captain David, a gentle, well-educated Pittsburgh virgin, this seems a wake up-call that he must start his sexual life. After a ghastly failure with one on the airbase's women, David goes AWOL. The he bumps into even shyer, charming English barmaid Jean. She not only hides him from the MP's, but falls in love with the handsome officer even more desperately.