The Kill at Koorlea Raid

"The Kill at Koorlea Raid" is the twenty-sixth and final episode of the second season of The Rat Patrol, and the final episode of the series. It originally aired on 18 March 1968.

Synopsis
An Arab serves General K&ouml;nig (Philip Bruns) lunch. Captain Dietrich reports to the general, and is suspicious of the Arab. Dietrich sneaks into the Arab's hut. The Arab pulls his gun out, but Dietrich is too fast.

The Rat Patrol report to Captain Boggs (Morgan Jones), who orders them to take Corporal Freebairn (William Watson) to Koorlea, where General K&ouml;nig, "the Butcher," is taking a vacaction.

On the way to Koorlea, they run into heavy German fire, and Private Pettigrew even fires a bazooka. Troy decides to move on rather than continue the pointless firefight.

During a moment of respite, Freebairn explains that if it weren't for the war, he'd be hunting "in the Bush."

Looking through binoculars, Moffitt discovers that K&ouml;nig has his family with him on the vacation. This changes things for Troy and Moffitt, but not for Freebairn, who's perfectly willing to murder a family man with his children watching. Troy will not allow it: he decides he will go capture K&ouml;nig while Moffitt and Freebairn stand by.

Dietrich is nearby as Troy gets to K&ouml;nig and tells the general he must go so that his children can be spared having to see him die. K&ouml;nig is unperturbed by any of this, but then there's a commotion and K&ouml;nig's children go inside. Moffitt orders Freebairn to move out, but Freebairn has to do one thing first: shoot K&ouml;nig's chair and confirm that Moffitt saw it. The shot would probably have went right through K&ouml;nig's heart if he had been sitting there when Freebairn fired.

Afterwards Freebairn makes sure to tell Troy, but Troy just says Moffitt already told him.

Main cast

 * Christopher George as Sergeant Sam Troy
 * Gary Raymond as Sergeant Jack Moffitt
 * Hans Gudegast as Hauptmann Hans Dietrich
 * Lawrence Casey as Private Mark T. Hitchcock
 * Justin Tarr as Private Tully Pettigrew

Supporting cast

 * Morgan Jones as Captain Boggs
 * Philip Bruns as General K&ouml;nig
 * Manfred Lating as Lt. Sturm
 * William Watson as Corporal Freebairn