In 1982, pilot Marcus wondered what he was looking at! Was he dreaming, or were those warships below of Japanese World War Two vintage? He is forced to fight carrier-launched Zero aircraft, and, despite his modern plane, is shot down, captured and interred by the Japanese to find out where he came from, details of his plane and who are also intrigued by his jet aircraft and the ejection from his doomed plane. They treat him roughly during the interrogation, trying to find out details. He is attracted to Akira, a pretty young Japanese interpreter, whom he recognises, vagely. They develop an understanding, and during a heavy air raid on his prison camp, she helps him escape. He steals a plane, and then has to decide: can he shoot down his own countrymen? He escapes back to his own time, wondering about the pretty Akira.