L.A. "Pee Wee" Williams (Burgess Meredith), a young rural enlistee in the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) is initially assigned to heavy bombers but is disappointed with his job as an air mechanic. Noticing that he has the ideal characteristics of small stature and determination, led to pilot Lt. Ames (Ronald Reagan) asking him about his interest in being an air gunner. Pee Wee describes his experience in shooting black crows back home in Kansas.