The two British airmen are floating away in the balloon, while the evening is approaching more and more. As the send-away party (René, Edith, Yvette, Maria, Michelle, Monsieur LeClerc, Fanny, Monsieur Alfonse and officer Crabtree) have waved them goodbye, they decide to go back to the café, to contact London on the radio and tell them the airmen are on their way. Meanwhile, Helga, Kurt and Hans are waiting in the colonel's car by the roadside, when they hear shooting. As they drive off to find out what the shooting is all about, they discover that general Von Klinkerhoffen has ordered a patrol to shoot at the balloon, in order to bring it down. He tells them to shoot at it and also Gruber (who, however, has loaded his cannon with blanks). As everybody keeps missing the balloon, Klinkerhoff