
This series chronicles 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.
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Air Date: 1964-09-18
Captain Joe Gallagher aborts twice in a row bringing him to the attention of General Savage. Savage feels that Gallag...
Air Date: 1964-09-25
Savage wants the 918th to try a new technique, bombing on the leader. Instead of each bombardier sighting his own tar...
Air Date: 1964-10-02
Tom Lockridge is a copilot, on a mission the pilot is killed, and he takes over allowing the crew to bail out. His be...
Air Date: 1964-10-16
Andy Lathrop is an unsophisticated Tennessee boy. Flying as Savage's lead bombardier, he saves Savage's life, gets pr...
Air Date: 1964-10-23
General Crowe is waiting for Savage to return from a mission, he notices that when the aircraft ""High Flyer"" lands ...
Air Date: 1964-10-30
Senator Clay Johnson wants to shut down the long range bombing program because of high aircraft & manpower losses. Sa...
Air Date: 1964-11-06
Major Jack Temple leads the low Squadron on a raid to bomb the flying Bomb (V2) assembly plant at Laon. His aircraft ...
Air Date: 1964-11-13
The 918th is assigned in top secrecy to bomb Dortmund. The only one who has the details is Savage and after being bri...
Air Date: 1964-11-20
Major Gus Denver returns to the 918th from the States. While he was away on special instructor duty at Langley, his o...
Air Date: 1964-11-27
After loosing his best friend Joe Farrell, Savage goes on leave ordered by General Crowe. He goes to Inverness by tra...
Air Date: 1964-12-04
Ross Lawrence a clerk in the Group Office stows away with Joe Morse's crew and shoots down an FW. Later Morse offers ...
Air Date: 1964-12-11
After losing his memory Savage is found wandering around Berkley Square south Grosvenor Street by Lieutenant Ryan. Af...
Air Date: 1964-12-18
Reporter Clifford Moran believes that Jim Driscoll is really a convicted killer from St Louis named George Kern Turne...
Air Date: 1964-12-25
The group returns from a bomb run the air frame factory at Metz. The leader, Major Cobb reports complete destruction ...
Air Date: 1965-01-01
The 918th draws a particularly tough mission, an aircraft plant in Rhone Valley, 120 miles beyond fighter support ran...
Air Date: 1965-01-08
Major Peter Gray and his wife Ann arrive at the 918th. Savage knows Ann as Ann Goss and was going to marry her a year...
Air Date: 1965-01-15
Kane completed his 25 missions and is going back to the States on a Public Relations Tour. He will be performing in W...
Air Date: 1965-01-22
Crowe assigns Colonel Royce as Deputy Group Commander. On his arrival he goes out to meet ""Lorelei"" piloted by Lieu...
Air Date: 1965-01-29
Before a big mission, Savage is injured with a piece of shrapnel by his heart and consigned to the hospital. He meets...
Air Date: 1965-02-05
On a mission to bomb the rail yards at Eissen, Muller the new Navigator performs perfectly but is knocked down during...
Air Date: 1965-02-12
General Savage is shot down while on a bomb run to the Sub Penn's @ Trondheim. The onlly suvivor of his crew, he ends...
Air Date: 1965-02-26
The Brauberg Damn needs to be bombed. Savage thinks that a specially equipped P-51 with 2 500 lb bombs can take it ou...
Air Date: 1965-03-05
While working on a plan to bomb Strassbourg, Savage gets trapped in a cellar during an Air Raid. Trapped with him are...
Air Date: 1965-03-12
A Squadron Commander, Major Joe Gallagher scrubs himself from a mission and his replacement Captain Larry Hollander i...
Air Date: 1965-03-19
Axis Sally is broadcasting some very accurate information about the 918th. Including that Savage is going to be kille...
Air Date: 1965-03-26
Major Andy Towson, an exceptional pilot & squadron C.O. cracks up after landing. He is a friend of Savages and has fl...
Air Date: 1965-04-02
Savage and the Piccadilly Lily are given a special mission to bomb an oil line in the Säär Valley. Captain Dirksen is...
Air Date: 1965-04-09
Savage and the Piccadilly Lily are coming in damaged & low from a mission to Blaustadt. On the approach they almost h...
Air Date: 1965-04-16
Mission to bomb Mannheim. Major Gus Denver has returned to flight duty. On a previous mission he suffered a breakdown...
Air Date: 1965-04-23
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Air Date: 1965-04-30
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Air Date: 1965-05-07
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...