One morning at dawn, the base is suddenly attacked by a group of American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft. Jim is overjoyed and climbs the ruins of a nearby pagoda to better watch the airstrike. Dr Rawlins chases Jim up the pagoda to save him, where the boy breaks down in tears—he cannot remember what his parents look like. As a result of the attack the Japanese decide to evacuate the camp. Basie escapes during the confusion, though he had promised to take Jim with him. As they leave, the trainee pilot Jim befriended attempts to take off in a Japanese attack plane, after going through the ritual preparation for a kamikaze death, but is devastated when the engine starts and then dies.