12 O'Clock High - Season 2 Episode 1 The Loneliest Place in the World
A straggling B-17 joins the formation and it turns out to be a captured plane flown by Germans. It strafes the lead plane flown by General Savage which is shot down. Later it is reported that Brigadier General Frank Savage the Group Commander has been killed and will be buried with full military honours by the Germans. Brigadier General Ed Britt from SHAEF HQ must decide who should take command of the 918. His candidates are the Deputy Group Commander Lieutenant Colonel Joe Gallagher, and the other two Squadron Commanders, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Bailey & Lieutenant Colonel Chick Heindorf. Gallagher is the temporary Group Commander. On the next mission Gallagher's crew shoots down a B-17 who does not acknowledge a signal thinking it is an infiltrator. It turns out to be a legitimate straggler with radio trouble and a wounded crew. When asked by General Britt, Gallagher says he would do the same thing again if the same situation occurred. Because he can make tough decisions, Gallagher
Year: 1967
Genre: Drama, War & Politics
Country: United States of America
Studio: ABC
Director:
Cast: Paul Burke, Frank Overton, Chris Robinson, Barney Phillips, Andrew Duggan, Robert Dornan
Crew: Quinn Martin (Producer)
First Air Date: Sep 18, 1964
Last Air date: Jan 13, 1967
Season: 3 Season
Episode: 78 Episode
Runtime: 44 minutes
IMDb: 7.30/10 by 18.00 users
Popularity: 21.448
Language: English
Episode
The Loneliest Place in the World
Rx for a Sick Bird
Then Came the Mighty Hunter
The Idolator
Big Brother
The Hotshot
Show Me a Hero, I'll Show You a Bum
Runway in the Dark
I Am the Enemy
Grant Me No Favor
Storm at Twilight
We're Not Coming Back
The Jones Boys
Between the Lines
Target 802
Falling Star
The Slaughter Pen
Underground
Which Way the Wind Blows
The Outsider
Back to the Drawing Board
Twenty-Fifth Mission
The Survivor
Angel Babe
Decoy
The Hollow Man
Cross-Hairs on Death
Day of Reckoning
Siren Voices