12 O'Clock High (1964)

S1E16 In Search of My Enemy

Major Peter Gray and his wife, Ann, arrive at the 918th squadron, where Savage recognizes Ann as Ann Goss, his former fiancée from a year earlier. At Wing HQ, a WAC in photo reconnaissance spots something odd on a map, and likening it to a Michellene Lace pattern, Savage names the mission “Operation Spelling Bee.” With Major Jake Hays sidelined due to a broken knee, Savage selects Gray to lead what he describes as an easy mission: to bomb the rail yards at Saint Edouard and then conduct photo reconnaissance over a concealed area. Gray harbors jealousy over Savage's past with Ann, suspecting the mission was deliberately assigned to him. However, they discover that the hidden area is actually a launch site for new V-2 missiles, with a swarm of German fighters in the vicinity. Only 12 out of the 20 planes return from the reconnaissance mission. In the next operation to Saint Edouard, Savage takes command