Dawn broke over the sandy wastes of the North African desert, and the air shuddered with the roar of engines as one by one the sleek Martin Marauder bombers swept into the air. Each plane was loaded with nearly two tons of bombs, and they were crewed by some of the crack pilots of Bomber […]
“A splinter of metal is lodged in your heart. If it moves, you will die.” These words struck Flight Lieutenant Jack Hammond like a hammer blow. His immediate thought was to lie still, keep quiet, not move. But then he reasoned — if I’ve got to go, I might as well go out fighting! It […]
You needed lots of courage to fly over enemy territory in a small, unarmed aircraft, and even more to actually land on such dangerous ground. Yet that’s what the pilots of these Westland Lysanders did as they went about their vital task of ferrying secret agents into and out of occupied France. And for one […]
One by one the British paratroopers began their drop from the Dakota flying high over the Burmese jungle. Watching them go was Sergeant Rusty Miller. All went well until it was the last man’s turn to jump — Private Jason Jones. And Jason had a private feud with Miller, a quarrel that never let up. […]
Providing support for a bunch of hard-pressed troops in the thick jungle wasn’t easy for even a crack squadron of Thunderbolts. In fact, it would have been well-nigh impossible but for the efforts of Tony Norton. Although he was a fine pilot, Tony was on the ground right now, fighting alongside the soldiers and sending […]
A German plane firing at a German plane! Why? A case of mistaken identity? Not on your life. The guys in that Dornier flying boat knew what they were doing when they fired at that Junkers 88 — because they were British! Story: R A Montague Art: Gordon C Livingstone Cover: Tregenza
Life for Henry Chance was one big game. Even when war broke out in 1939, Henry signed up to become a fighter pilot thinking it would be a lark. Soon his daring deeds in a Hurricane earned him a reputation —but he was abruptly brought back to earth when he was shot down and rescued […]
During the Vietnam War, the skies above the unforgiving jungle were a dangerous place for American warplanes. Something that Captain Shannon “Vulcan” Sovndal and his RIO, Lieutenant Erik “Luger” Colnick, found out when Russian‑supplied SAMs used by the North Vietnamese Army shot down and killed their wingmen. But the SAM sites would not have it […]
Out of the sun it came, a jet‑black Zero with a large golden dragon on its side. And at the controls sat Captain Jirai Saito, a top ace who’d become king of the Pacific skies. He and his squadron had made their name by shooting down clumsy P-40 fighters, but the time for a showdown […]
Billy Joyner was the pilot of an L-4 Grasshopper scout plane, flying out over enemy territory to recon their positions. Only his Grasshopper had no radio and no weapons, which meant Billy had to fly back to base to make his reports. But by the time he got back, it was too late and the […]
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