The 918th lands at Mogador in North Africa to refuel and re-arm. Gallagher's plane lands late after his stopover in Yugoslavia. The senior officer is Lieutenant Col. Preston "Pres" Gallagher (Joe's brother). Pres explains that he has a mixed unit of Americans, British and Australians and he has been barely holding on. Pres decides to pull out and takes Gallagher's gas, and decides to blow up the 918th aircraft.