The Rat Patrol

tv show

poster for The Rat Patrol

58 total episodes

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2 seasons

First Aired September 12, 1966

Overview

The exploits of four Allied soldiers — three Americans and one Englishman — who are part of a long-range desert patrol group in the North African campaign during World War II. Their mission: "to attack, harass and wreak havoc on Field Marshal Rommel's vaunted Afrika Korps".

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The One That Got Away Raid

Season 1 - Episode 18 - 1h 30m

Air Date

January 09, 1967

Overview

Gustav Luden (Jack Colvin), a radio operator, wants to defect, so he sends secret information to the Americans on a frequency that the Rat Patrol listens to. The Patrol goes in after him. They get inside the German base and, once there, find that Luden is being questioned by the Gestapo.