A nun (Lilia Skala) won't evacuate her mountain top retreat, despite the fact that the Germans are using it as cover for attacks. Gallagher parachutes onto the mountain to get the Nuns and some refugees to move so the area can be bombed.

52 Division 3rd Bn captures Argenteau Air Six Air Defense HQ in cellar, Sandy & Gallagher are in France scouting forward bases. Is ordered to investigate . Harvey & Rand from CIC fly in to examine documents. Major Dimscek is killed defending position. Captain Maso and the Willard Germans are closing in. Doud leads mission that successfully bombs the town.

Gallagher flies British commandos behind German lines to destroy a radar-control center.

The 918th is now temporarily part of the 15th Air Force. They fly to a newly liberated Italian airfield to take charge. The commander, Colonel Yates, is drunk. Gallagher finds base security so lax that Italian loyalists could help the Germans retake the base.

Continuous stressful missions have made the men of 918th extremely fatigued, and put their planes in very bad shape with even more missions to come.