The Field of Death Raid

"The Field of Death Raid" is the twenty-first episode of the second season of The Rat Patrol. It originally aired on 12 February 1968.

Synopsis
One of the Rat Patrol's jeeps is stuck on a rock close to a cliff when some Arabs come by. Moffitt asks for help from some Arab passersby. But instead of helping, the Arabs attack the Rat Patrol, who then have no choice but to kill the Arabs. In the Arabs' wallets, they find several Reichsmark, and a picture of Sergeant Troy with his younger brother Captain David Troy (Nick George).

The Nazis capture Captain Troy. The Rat Patrol find Lt. Hardt (Horst Ebersberg) with Captain Troy's stenciled bag. The Nazi lieutenant was left behind on purpose.

Captain Troy is tied up and placed on top of a land mine in the middle of an open field. With Hardt's help, the Rat Patrol find Captain Troy. Sergeant Troy is ready to go rescue his brother, but Hitchcock holds him back, saying the place is ready-made for an ambush. Hardt reveals the field is full of land mines. Moffitt shoots up a swath to detonate several mines and give Sergeant Troy a more or less safe path.

Sergeant Troy walks Hardt at gunpoint to Captain Troy's location. Meanwhile, Moffitt orders Hitchcock to take the gun as he and Peters take the other Jeep. Hardt punches Sergeant Troy and knocks him down, causing Hitchcock to shoot Hardt.

Sergeant Troy realizes that his brother is in a very precarious position, and carefully lifts the trip wire off him. Captain Troy tells his brother about the land mine behind him. Sergeant Troy dusts the sand off the mine.

Just then Moffitt and Peters show up behind the German position, distracting them and giving Sergeant Troy time to disarm the mine and untie his brother.

Sergeant Troy asks his brother to stay for a while, but he's overdue and he's gotta go.

Main cast

 * Christopher George as Sergeant Sam Troy
 * Gary Raymond as Sergeant Jack Moffitt
 * Hans Gudegast as Hauptmann Hans Dietrich (credit only)
 * Lawrence Casey as Private Mark T. Hitchcock

No Justin Tarr as Private Tully Pettigrew in this episode, he doesn't even

Supporting cast

 * Jack Bannon as Lt. Koenig
 * Horst Ebersberg as Lt. Hardt
 * Nick George as Captain David Troy
 * Darwin Joston as Private Peterson
 * Albert Paulsen as Major von Brugge