Episode
The Rat Patrol: The Fifth Wheel Raid
Overview
A British colonel is captured by the Germans after attending a staff meeting which centered on an upcoming Allied offensive. The Rat Patrol is ordered to either rescue or kill him before he can be interrogated. His Sikh aide insists on participating in the mission.
Details
- Series
- The Rat Patrol
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1967-12-11
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Fifth Wheel Raid is Episode 13 in Season 2 of The Rat Patrol. It aired on 1967-12-11. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 12: The Life-for-a-Life Raid
Dietrich traps the Rat Patrol in a cellar. In the cellar are a pregnant woman who has a valuable map, and a resistance fighter who has a personal vendetta with the woman.
Episode 14: The Two If by Sea Raid
Moffitt gets into a German-held lighthouse by posing as an electrician, to try to gain information about a German naval convoy headed for North Africa which is carrying Tiger tanks.
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Episode 15: The Street Urchin Raid
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Episode 10: The Hide-and-Go-Seek Raid
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Episode 16: The Pipeline to Disaster Raid
A British general is rescued in the desert. He insists upon leading the Rat Patrol on a mission to disrupt a German oil pipeline, despite his deteriorated condition.
Episode 9: The Kingdom Come Raid
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Episode 17: The Boomerang Raid
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Episode 8: The Do-Re-Mi Raid
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Episode 18: The Fatal Reunion Raid
The Rat Patrol uses Moffitt's old flame as a guide to rescue her husband, a French rocket scientist, from the Germans.
Episode 7: The Death Do Us Part Raid
En route to a meeting with an Arab agent, the patrol is ambushed by Dietrich. With the exception of Troy, they're all captured and taken to Dietrich's desert base. Troy eventually meets up with the agent, who turns out to be a teenage boy, and a female Irish teacher, but will she allow the boy to help Troy?
Episode 19: The Decoy Raid
A village's typhus serum is confiscated by the S.S. in order to exchange it for capturing the Rat Patrol. Dietrich questions their methods.