The Fighter Pilot

12 O'Clock High Season 3 Episode 9

Overview:
9 new planes & crews arrive at Archbury. Aboard are some WACS assigned to Wing HQ led by Staff Sergeant Margo Demarest who is an old friend of Gallagher. Three Ace fighter pilots (Clinton, Dejohn, and Rausch) from the Pacific are ferrying some new P-51 to the 511th Fighter Squadron. Two (Rausch & Dejohn) buzz the airfield to impress Margo and Gallagher is furious. They want to be assigned to the 511th, and the Squadron CO, Major Davidson, wants them but informs them that he is under Gallagher's orders. Major Davidson and the 3 pilots see Gallagher who asks for there orders. Dejohn explains that their orders are in their B4 bags. Gallagher assigns them temporarily (TDY) to the 918th. It turns out that they do actually have orders which split them up and they want to stay together, so they are trying to get assigned to the 511th . They need fake orders to assign them to England and Dejohn asks Margo to write orders for the trio. After he tells her that he loves her, she agrees. All 3 end

Genre : Drama, War & Politics

Actors : Paul Burke, Frank Overton, Chris Robinson, Barney Phillips, Andrew Duggan, Robert Dornan

Release Date : 1966-11-11

Duration : 44 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 3)

Gauntlet of Fire
1. Gauntlet of Fire
Massacre
2. Massacre
Face of a Shadow
3. Face of a Shadow
Fortress Weisbaden
4. Fortress Weisbaden
A Distant Cry
5. A Distant Cry
Practice to Deceive
6. Practice to Deceive
The All-American
7. The All-American
The Pariah
8. The Pariah
The Fighter Pilot
9. The Fighter Pilot
To Seek and Destroy
10. To Seek and Destroy
Burden of Guilt
11. Burden of Guilt
The Ace
12. The Ace
Six Feet Under
13. Six Feet Under
The Duel at Mont Sainte Marie
14. The Duel at Mont Sainte Marie
Graveyard
15. Graveyard
A Long Time Dead
16. A Long Time Dead
The Hunters and the Killers
17. The Hunters and the Killers


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