3 Season
78 Episode
12 O'Clock High - Season 1 Episode 29 V for Vendetta
Mission to bomb Mannheim. Major Gus Denver has returned to flight duty. On a previous mission he suffered a breakdown after the death of his first crew. Brigadier General Hoagland has just been assigned from the States. He is now the acting Wing Commander in the absence of General. Stoneman, but the job he really wants is 918th Group Commander. He tells Savage that he is out to get him. Major Denver overhears this. Hoagland flies with Savage on a mission to Einhoven and on the way back the plane is hit by flak and two engines go out; Savage orders everyone to bail out. The engines start up again, only Hoagland makes it out and he is strafed by fighters and killed. There is an enquiry, and Major Denver asks to speak with the IG thinking that Savage engineered Hoagland's death. Denver puts himself on the sick list, but Savage gets him back to duty. On the next mission, Denver's entire crew is killed, and he is going to bail out knowing he will be killed by the same fighter, Savage talks
- Year: 1967
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama, War & Politics
- Studio: ABC
- Keyword: world war ii, sacrifice, bomber pilot, maximum effort
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- Cast: Paul Burke, Frank Overton, Chris Robinson, Barney Phillips, Andrew Duggan, Robert Dornan
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