12 O'Clock High - Season 3 - Eps 4: Fortress Weisbaden

Name: Eps 4: Fortress Weisbaden
Released: 1966-09-30
Rating: 3.6

1966-09-30 • ? min • ⭐ 7.263/10

The RAF(& USAAF) is getting pounded by very concentrated flak over Weisbaden, the latest Squadron has been wiped out. General Britt visits Gallagher to tell him that RAF Air Vice Marshal Kingsford is out for Gallagher's head, the target must be destroyed or Britt will replace Gallagher. On the next mission the 918th looses 11 aircraft out of 21. It turns out that there is a radar directed Fire Control Station in the area. A team of 8 British commandoes, led by Major Mallory will parachute in and blow it up. After dropping the commandoes, Gallagher's B-17 is shot down, his co-pilot is killed, and only he and Komansky meet up with the commando unit. One of the commandoes, Pte. Cane is badly wounded by a German patrol and is left behind with an ""interrogation pill"" which is really an ""L(eathal) pill"". Mallory makes it clear to Gallagher that he and Komansky are unwelcome ""glamour flyboys"". Mallory, his remaining 6 commandoes, Gallagher & Komansky head to the home of Kurt von Heurtzel a Ge

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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.