S1.E6

Pressure Point

Episode aired Oct 30, 1964
1h

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Gen. Savage outfits some of his planes with bigger guns to try to reduce heavy losses, but if a US senator remains unconvinced he could lose his command.Gen. Savage outfits some of his planes with bigger guns to try to reduce heavy losses, but if a US senator remains unconvinced he could lose his command.Gen. Savage outfits some of his planes with bigger guns to try to reduce heavy losses, but if a US senator remains unconvinced he could lose his command.

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Trivia
The "porcupine" aircraft are loosely based on Project V-139 that turn 25 B-17Fs into YB-40 gunships. The gunships had an extra top turret, twin mount .50 cal machine guns in the waist positions and a chin turret under the the bomardier's position in the nose. Each gunship was heavily armored. They were built by Vega and Douglas Aircraft. Some of these modified in England. It proved to be a failure due to the fact the gunships were slower than B-17Fs after they dropped their bombs. Some of the modifications were carried on in later models such as the chin turret.

Goofs
General Savage orders his crew chiefs to replace the .50 Machine Guns with 20MM cannons. This would have been impossible. The larger 20mm would not have fit into the smaller .50 gun stations of the B-17.

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10/10

I'm biased.....

I loved this show from the beginning and the repeats are even better. It's fairly accurate BUT..... When the copilot tells the general the ground is getting closer he isn't plugged into the intercom. Hardly a big deal 😷