The jungle can be a hostile place, besides the strength-sapping heat and humidity, dangerous animals and plants abound. This counts double if you’re a confirmed coward, born and raised in London, separated from your comrades and being pursued by a deadly assassin. That was the position that “Jelly” Jakes of the Convict Commandos found himself […]
Staff-Sergeant Harry Sale of the Special Air Service had fought his way out of more tight corners than he cared to remember. Now he was across in the USA, away from the bullets and the bombs, passing on his specialised knowledge to squads of hand-picked Yanks. It was supposed to be a hard-earned break from […]
Towards the end of the Second World War, the Balkan Air Force operated over Greece and Yugoslavia, supplying the Partisans and fighting Axis air power. Made up of men and aircraft of many different nationalities, it was an uneasy alliance at the best of times. Former enemies were expected to put aside their differences and […]
Spray lashed the cockpit screen, blinding the big pilot as he fought the bucking controls to belly-land the crippled Albacore in the choppy sea. Once, twice, she bounced before she hit the icy water at terrifying speed. This was the second time young “Gusty” Bellows of the Fleet Air Arm had come off second-best to […]
England, after 1066, was a violent place. As William of Normandy tightened his grip on the English throne, it was a time of war and great unrest. The incoming Norman forces ruled with an iron fist. One especially cruel member of the new ruling class was Roland of Alain – who aimed to crush any […]
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