The Hour Glass Raid

"The Hour Glass Raid" is the twenty-ninth episode of the first season of The Rat Patrol. It first aired on April 3, 1967.

Synopsis
The Rat Patrol ask the nurses for Captain Martin's personal effects. Martin is suspected of being a double agent. Captain Dietrich and several armed men close in on the hospital tents, in violation of the Geneva Convention. Dietrich captures Dr. Anderson (Austin Willis) and leaves with him. The nurses demand the Rat Patrol go rescue Anderson.

A strong sandstorm kicks up. Understandably, Sergeant Troy doesn't want to risk his men going out in that. Sergeant Moffitt picks up a transmission: Dietrich's car flipped over, trapping Dietrich under it and throwing Anderson out. Sergeant Troy decides to go rescue them, even though the Germans are likely to converge on their position.

Anderson turns out to be a traitor, he dies in the sandstorm. When the Rat Patrol get back to the field hospital, neither Troy nor Moffitt has the heart to tell the nurses about Anderson's treason.

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

 * Carol Booth as Nurse Parker
 * Austin Willis as Dr. Anderson