12 O'Clock High
Season 3 Episode 17 - The Hunters and the Killers
Commodore Leon Crompton is the leader of USN Task Force 10. His job is to find and sink Wolf Pack Laika , 8 German u-boats operating off the Azores. The 918th is assigned under Gallagher as the Hunter portion of the team and Compton's ships will be the killers. Gallagher assigns 9 B-17's , Cromptons force is 4 DD's, 1 CVE Flights of three searching, Gallagher's get attacked. Two bombers are shot down. On the next mission Gallagher carries bombs, carrier sunk bombers sink subs. He gets shot down, picked up by Destroyer. Gallagher is wounded and goes home on Crompton's new flag ship.
Episodes in Season 3
Gauntlet of Fire
Massacre
Face of a Shadow
60 min
Fortress Weisbaden
A Distant Cry
Practice to Deceive
The All-American
The Pariah
The Fighter Pilot
To Seek and Destroy
60 min
Burden of Guilt
The Ace
Six Feet Under
The Duel at Mont Sainte Marie
60 min