The series used radio controlled Avro Lancaster models for the flying scenes.
[citation needed] The technical adviser for the series was Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie.
[citation needed] A new squadron is formed with hand-picked, volunteer crews to rectify the highly inaccurate bombing of the Royal Air Force: 95% of all bombs are more than 10 miles (16 km) away from the target, according to Wing Commander MacPhearson.
They are supposed to receive three weeks training and evaluation, but are instead given their first mission for that night by naysayers eager to discredit the concept.
The episode was also missing from the 2002 four-tape UK VHS release of Pathfinders from DD Video, although the episode was released in the US on VHS using the title "Assignment Top Secret".