3 Season
78 Episode
12 O'Clock High - Season 1 Episode 32 The Hero
A Legendary World War I fighter ace acting as a Ferry Pilot arrives at Archbury on his way to SHAEF HQ. On the way in the pilot gets killed when Hartley in the co-pilots seat engages some German fighters. The co-pilot is badly wounded while trying to take over the plane. The co-pilot later dies but not before mentioning the incident. Colonel Hartley turns out to be Savages mentor. The 920th Bomb Group will be arriving shortly and General Stoneman is looking for an experienced commander. Savage suggests Major Cobb, then asks Stoneman to consider Colonel Hartley. Hartley is temporarily assigned to the 918 and ignores orders several times. On a final mission Hartley takes his own route & crashes his plane into the target killing himself.
- Year : 1967
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Drama, War & Politics
- Studio : ABC
- Keyword : world war ii, sacrifice, bomber pilot, maximum effort
- Director :
- Cast : Paul Burke, Frank Overton, Chris Robinson, Barney Phillips, Andrew Duggan, Robert Dornan
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