in contrast with Klink's apparent incompetence. However, Burkhalter is also sometimes shown to be incompetent. He fears his wife, and after Hogan arranges to obtain photos of him with other women in order to blackmail him, Burkhalter frantically agrees to do whatever is necessary to save his reputation. Like Klink, Burkhalter depends on Hogan's explanations to get him out of trouble with the high command when Hogan's schemes result in German failures. In the pilot episode, he was portrayed as a colonel. Major Wolfgang Hochstetter (portrayed by Howard Caine) – Major (Sturmbannführer) Hochstetter of the Gestapo often takes it upon himself to investigate Klink and Stalag 13, or receives orders to do so. Originally trained as a cryptologist, Hochstetter's dedication and loyalty to the Nazi cause enabled him to quickly rise through the ranks. Given the high rate of sabotage near the camp, Hochstetter is highly suspicious of Hogan and comes to regard him as "the most dangerous man in all Germany." Hochstetter's position in the Gestapo makes Klink clearly fearful of him, while Burkhalter, who openly despises Hochstetter, is not. Hochstetter's arrogance tends to get the better of him as he fails to see how he himself is manipulated by Hogan: like Klink and Burkhalter, whenever a Hogan scheme results in another German disaster, Hochstetter always accepts Hogan's advice about what to tell his superiors in Berlin in order to save his own neck. Before becoming settled into role of Hochstetter, Caine appeared as two other German officers, Major Keitel, and Gestapo Kriminaldirektor (Colonel) Feldkamp. Colonel Rodney Crittendon (portrayed by Bernard Fox) – Crittendon is a Royal Air Force group captain. Since the United States military has no "group captain" rank, Crittendon was referred to as "colonel," the equivalent American rank, to avoid confusion for the show's US audience. He appears several times throughout the series. His date of rank is earlier than Hogan's, so he outranks Hogan, which leads to disastrous results when he overrules Hogan's orders. His medals include the Distinguished Service Order, Order of the British Empire, Military Cross and Bar, and the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar. Crittendon initially believes that a POW's only duty is to escape, and to be involved in anything else, such as spying or sabotage, is strictly against regulations. When Crittendon is first transferred to Stalag 13, Hogan poses him a hypothetical question, asking what he would do if he