‘Angel of the Skies’ is a story that follows a South African pilot who flew in combat with the Royal Air Force over Europe through 1939 – 1945.
When South African Pilot, Flt. Officer Earl Kirk finds he and his RAF flight crew are helpless as their bomber slowly falls from the skies over Northern Germany, they are confronted with the crossroads of life and death.
This film is an exceptional story based on true events, where the human soul refuses to accept defeat in the most harsh of circumstances.
Flt. Officer Kirk and his surviving crew are captured by the Third Reich and soon discover they are part of a bigger plot.
A plot that involves a secret assassination attempt on some of Germany’s leading Officers by SS death squads. During this time of capture, Kirk forms and interesting relationship with a German officer, which ultimately helps him in his escape and evasion from German search parties and saves the lives of him and his men.