A WWII bomb group commander must fill the shoes of his predecessor and get the performance rating up to snuff. He struggles with his own men, until he is able to develop pride in the group and win the men over, but at a cost to him.
This series chronicled 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.
1. Golden Boy Had Nine Black Sheep
Aired: Sep 18, 1964General Savage believes that Gallagher, part of a military family, is too qui...
Aired: Sep 25, 1964 When a bombardier releases his bombs prematurely with the group ordered to hi...
Aired: Oct 2, 1964 Gen. Savage decides to court martial a captain who broke formation to provide...
4. The Sound of Distant Thunder
Aired: Oct 16, 1964A goofy bombardier Lt. who always hits his mark joins Gen. Savage's crew and ...
Aired: Oct 23, 1964 Gen. Crowe orders Savage to fly a dangerous mission in France to show support...
Aired: Oct 30, 1964 Gen. Savage outfits some of his planes with bigger guns to try to reduce heav...
Aired: Nov 6, 1964 Savage has one chance try to bomb a Nazi building next to his POW major frien...
Aired: Nov 13, 1964 Savage takes cover in a British mansion during an air raid but is trapped by ...
Aired: Nov 20, 1964 A pilot major assigned elsewhere when his crew was killed in combat, suffers ...
Aired: Nov 27, 1964 Suffering from fatigue, General Savage is ordered to take leave and decides t...
11. Here's to Courageous Cowards
Aired: Dec 4, 1964Gen. Savage has to handle a major who's burning himself out after 35 missions...
Aired: Dec 11, 1964 Gen. Savage is suspected by Scotland Yard of killing a pretty model in her fl...
Aired: Dec 18, 1964 A reporter on the airbase is bent on trying to prove that one of Gen. Savage'...
Aired: Dec 25, 1964 Savage is shot down on a vital recon mission in France , kills a Frenchman in...
15. Those Who Are About to Die
Aired: Jan 1, 1965Savage's elite squadron is picked for a dangerous, top secret bomb run, but h...
Aired: Jan 8, 1965 Due to illness and injury, including his own bum knee, General Savage finds h...
Aired: Jan 15, 1965 A handsome Lt. with a upcoming movie career accepts one extra mission as a fa...
Aired: Jan 22, 1965 Every series deserves at least one good spooky episode, and this is it for 12...
19. Faith, Hope and Sergeant Aronson
Aired: Jan 29, 1965Gen. Savage returns from a mission gravely wounded, requiring a delicate oper...
Aired: Feb 5, 1965 Gen. Savage keeps a skillful navigator he knows had a father that was a Nazi,...
Aired: Feb 12, 1965 Gen. Savage and a Nazi colonel are the only survivors in a raft after shootin...
Aired: Feb 26, 1965 A uncaring Lt. wins the lottery after accepting a very dangerous mission, and...
Aired: Mar 5, 1965 A pilot's worst nightmare - buried underground with no guarantee of ever seei...
Aired: Mar 12, 1965 Maj. Gallagher feeling guilty over the death of a friend who replaced him, tr...
Aired: Mar 19, 1965 Gen. Savage becomes the target of Nazi assassination attempts by a spy on the...
26. Mutiny at Ten Thousand Feet
Aired: Mar 26, 1965A Lt. conspires to make Gen. Savage appear to be mentally unstable, so he can...
Aired: Apr 2, 1965 While preparing for a top priority mission, Gen. Savage replaces a sick crewm...
Aired: Apr 9, 1965 Savage is badly injured when his plane crashes near an ancestral mansion in t...
Aired: Apr 16, 1965 Gen. Savage has been taking great loses by unsuccessfully trying to bomb fact...
Aired: Apr 23, 1965 Gen. Savage becomes a POW in a Nazi camp after being shot down, and the comma...
Aired: Apr 30, 1965 Still a POW, General Savage plots with some of the men to kidnap the Nazi cam...
Aired: May 7, 1965 An ace-pilot colonel and former instructor of Gen. Savage joins the 918th, bu...
Main Cast
