David and Tucky are convinced they have seen a German plane crash out on the moor behind the farm. However, a search party comprising the army, police and the Home Guard are unable to find any trace.

When David and Tucky bring the second delivery of food the Germans make an unexpected request. The injured airman is too weak to cross the moor and the boys are asked to take him back to the farm ...

Michael Morpurgo's "take" in Friend or Foe offers ... embodiment of total evil. Young David (Jake Davies) might be forgiven for seeing only the dark side; his pilot father was shot down and did not ...