Emma Jane Kirby investigates the extraordinary mystery of 23-year-old Sergeant Paul Meyer, a successful, respected mechanic in the US Air Force who, at the height of the Cold War in 1969, stole a plane from his base in East Anglia and disappeared mid-flight. What made the airman crack so suddenly and why was neither his plane nor his body ever recovered? Paul . . . . . Adam Gillen Jane . . . . . Julianna Jennings Colonel Kingery . . . . . Elliot Cowan Sergeant Alexander . . . . . Ewan Bailey Sergeant Johnson . . . . . Joseph Ayre Sergeant Vince . . . . . Joe Jameson Director . . . . . Sasha Yevtushenko This was originally aired on Radio 4.