The Loneliest Place in the World
- Episode aired Sep 13, 1965
- 1h
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8.2/10
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Gen. Savage is killed when his plane is shot down by a captured B-17, and later, Lt. Col Gallagher shoots down another suspicious B-17 killing 10 Americans.Gen. Savage is killed when his plane is shot down by a captured B-17, and later, Lt. Col Gallagher shoots down another suspicious B-17 killing 10 Americans.Gen. Savage is killed when his plane is shot down by a captured B-17, and later, Lt. Col Gallagher shoots down another suspicious B-17 killing 10 Americans.
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- TriviaWhile there may be no instances of German captured B-17's being used to attack American aircraft, There is a story of the Italian front where an Italian pilot reportedly did use a captured P-38 fighter (still in its USAAF markings) to attack American Bombers. One pilot who lost his plane and crew supposedly used a YB-40 (an up-gunned experimental B-17 with 16 x .50 MG vs 11 x .50 MG) painted with the known Italian pilot's wife's picture (she was in allied occupied territory) and as the story goes, enraged the Italian pilot over the radio with descriptions of making love to the woman. The Italian recklessly did a frontal attack to kill the American and wound up being shot down by the up-gunned bomber and was captured. He survived the war, the American was killed on a later mission. There are some disputes about the story and some sources report that no YB-40's were used in Italy but it is listed in many references as true.
- GoofsAs the sole survivor of Brig Gen Savage's crew, TSgt Komansky is rescued by the French Underground and returned to Archbury in a matter of a day or so. Actual returns of Allied aircrews rescued by the French Underground normally took several months, especially before the D-Day invasion; also such aircrews were almost never returned to combat in the European Theater, but reassigned to another theater or back the the Continental US because they knew too much about the Underground operations and would risk compromising that information if subsequently captured by the Germans.
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Lt. Col. Joe Gallagher: Do you know something, Suzanne; All my life I've wanted to meet a girl who had 17 mobiles.
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They bump off Savage in the opening scene.
"The Loneliest Place in the World" is the first episode of season two and it offers a HUGE and unexpected change....they wrote Robert Lansing (General Savage) off the show! I did a bit of research and found an article that claims the network didn't want Lansing helming the show and Quinn Martin Productions was forced to remove him...or face not having the show renewed!
To get past this problem, the opening scene somewhat clumsily gets rid of the General. Supposedly a captured B-17 manned by Germans flies into the formation and attacks Savage's plane and he's killed...but you never see him.
Soon Colonel Gallagher (Paul Burke) is put in temporary charge of the bomber group. However, he's very uncertain of himself and blames himself for allowing the straggler B-17 (manned by Germans) to join the flight. Who eventually is named the permanent leader is uncertain BUT considering Paul Burke is now listed first in the opening credits, it's not like the show left us in suspense!! Despite this, it's a decent episode and worth seeing...even with Savage's death.
By the way, in the movie version of "12 O'Clock High", Savage was not killed but was cashed out due to battle fatigue (PTSD) and mental strain. I wish the show had done the same thing, as killing the character off the way they did seemed hard to believe and a bit shabby.
To get past this problem, the opening scene somewhat clumsily gets rid of the General. Supposedly a captured B-17 manned by Germans flies into the formation and attacks Savage's plane and he's killed...but you never see him.
Soon Colonel Gallagher (Paul Burke) is put in temporary charge of the bomber group. However, he's very uncertain of himself and blames himself for allowing the straggler B-17 (manned by Germans) to join the flight. Who eventually is named the permanent leader is uncertain BUT considering Paul Burke is now listed first in the opening credits, it's not like the show left us in suspense!! Despite this, it's a decent episode and worth seeing...even with Savage's death.
By the way, in the movie version of "12 O'Clock High", Savage was not killed but was cashed out due to battle fatigue (PTSD) and mental strain. I wish the show had done the same thing, as killing the character off the way they did seemed hard to believe and a bit shabby.
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- planktonrules
- Aug 31, 2021
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