When Lieutenant Neil Andrews found himself press‑ganged into the bunch of ruffians known as “Portland’s Pirates”, his welcome wasn’t a happy one. As the brutal Sergeant Nick Kearney said, “This ain’t no Boy Scout troop. There’s just one way to get out of our mob, and that’s feet‑first!” Yes, being one of Portland’s Pirates could […]
They called themselves Werewolves. They dressed all in black and operated only at night, in the forests of southern Germany. Riding powerful motorcycles, they swept into British camps and fuel dumps, killing, wrecking and burning, then vanished. Where did these devils of the dark come from and where would they start the next fire in […]
When young Horace Harper was at school the newspapers had headlines about him… ‘Boy Defeats Tiger!’, ‘Schoolboy’s Amazing Courage!’ and so on. It was only a few years later that Horace had his courage tested again, by another tiger. But this time it had a capital ‘T’ –the dreaded Tiger Mark VI tank. Story: […]
How about this little chap for a war hero then! Don’t let his looks fool you…this scruffy mongrel had more adventures than most soldiers ever did, and if medals had been given to dogs, he’d have won a whole row of them! Story: CG Walker Art: Ferriera Cover: Ian Kennedy
An important British general had just been captured by the Germans and at any moment, he would be taken back to their lines. It looked to be a very grim situation. But all was not lost. One man could yet save the day. He was a tribe leader… the man they called Red Cloak. Story: […]
No-one had ever seen anything like these aircraft. With contra-rotating propellers, four massive cannons, fuselages that were the ultimate in streamlining, they rose vertically from their secret cavern, faster and deadlier than anything else in the sky. Nothing could stop them, no-one could even find them. And what was worse, they were commanded by a […]
The cobra raised its sinister head and fixed Lieutenant Bob Morton with a hypnotic stare. Sweat broke out on his brow and his mouth became dry. He knew he dare not move a single muscle. Once before this had happened to Bob —when he was only a boy. It had come back to him many […]
They’d been through a lot together, these two, with big Bob pulling little Pete out of many a spot of bother.But where Bob used his muscles, Pete used his brains. Now it was Pete’s turn to save his pal from something more than just a spot of bother. He had to save Bob from being […]
Bert Brown had always been a hard case, ever since he was a kid. He didn’t trust anyone, and no-one trusted him. He would never do anyone a favour and he expected nothing from other people. But this story is about what happened after the day a total stranger risked his life to save Bert […]
Imagine you’re a British pilot, shot down over enemy‑occupied France. There’s only one thought in your mind —escape back to Britain. It’s not going to be easy, with German patrols out hunting for you, so you’re very glad when you find a group of loyal, dedicated Frenchmen who are doing their best to see that […]
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