12 O'Clock High - Season 2 - Eps 5: Big Brother
The 918 lands at Mogador in North Africa to refuel and re-arm. Gallagher's plane lands 21 hours late after his stopover in Yugoslavia. The senior officer is Lieutenant Col. Preston ""Pres"" Gallagher (Joe Gallagher's brother). Pres explains that he has a mixed unit of Americans, British & Australians and he has been barely holding on but ""Infantry holds, that's what they do"". Now that Gallagher has landed safely Pres decides to pull out. Pres takes Gallagher's gas, and sends Captain Strader to blow up the 918th's planes fights. An exhausted Pres collapses and is hospitalized. Major Dutton takes command of ground forces and orders Master Sergeant Orland to prepare to move out. Gallagher radios for gas and the incoming plane is shot down. Pres recovers and decides to fight on. Gallagher sends Lieutenant Col. Bailey with 3 B-17's to bomb the target.
About 12 O'Clock High
Title: 12 O'Clock High
First Air Date: 1964-09-18
Last Air Date: 1967-01-13
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.263/10 (from 19 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 78
Network: ABC
Genres: Drama, War & Politics
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. First commanded by irascible General Frank Savage--and later by Colonel Joe Gallagher, the son of a Pentagon General--the Group is stationed in England, and flies long-range bombing missions into German-held Europe.
Cast
Paul Burke
Colonel Joe Gallagher
Frank Overton
Major Harvey Stovall
Chris Robinson
T/Sgt. Alexander "Sandy" Komansky
Barney Phillips
Major "Doc" Kaiser
Andrew Duggan
Brigadier/Major General Ed Britt
Robert Dornan
Lieutenant/Captain Fowler
