Tag Archives: Staff

Behind Enemy Lines

Issue Number: 5722

How do invasions begin? Most people reckon they begin with a naval bombardment, massive air raids and soldiers wading ashore onto shell-torn beaches. But the truth is that before these things happen there are certain people, heroes, risking their lives behind enemy lines, secretly paving the way for the armies that will follow them…   […]

The Prisoners

Issue Number: 5640

Nobody liked Bill Davies. He’d been a pickpocket before the war, and when he got into uniform, his mates reckoned he stole from them too. Then the Japanese captured him along with the others, and even they didn’t like the little rat. Well, as it turned out, Bill wasn’t a little rat. Not any more. […]

The Death Card

Issue Number: 5588

Superstitious, are you? Do you believe in fortunetellers and the like? If you do, you wouldn’t fancy being handed the Ace of Spades —the death card —as the key to your future, especially when this particular card had spelt death for two previous owners. But Jim Frobisher of the Commandos wasn’t worried. In fact, he […]

The Special Squad

Issue Number: 5570

Dedicated, tough, and invincible — that was the “Special Squad”. Made up of the elite of the British forces, this band of heroes worked behind enemy lines striking at the heart of the foe. Mark Butcher was their latest recruit. Young, strong, and cool-headed, he had one skill the others didn’t have, a knowledge of […]

Who needs luck?

Issue Number: 5502

What did it take to fly the mighty Beaufighter on dangerous raids over the jungle? For starters, it took a whole lot of skill and courage.But Pilot Officer Sid Carter reckoned this wasn’t enough. He was a man who needed luck —lots and lots of luck —or he would never come out of the war […]

Hold the Bridge!

Issue Number: 5358

These were Captain Robert Sutton’s orders as he and his men parachuted into enemy‑held territory in Algeria. It was a race against time, for the Nazis were equally determined to destroy the bridge. Luck went against the British paratroops. Firstly they had been forced to fight all the way, and now when it seemed they […]

Demolition Squad

Issue Number: 5354

The supplies dropped into the Burmese jungle were vital to the Chindits, but pilot Roy Raven found these routine operations lacking in excitement. It even seemed fairly tame playing taxi driver to a demolitions expert sent out to destroy an enemy tunnel.   However, things heated up when Roy’s Dakota was shot down and he […]

Unknown Enemy

Issue Number: 5306

Stranded in dangerous territory with no transport and only a corporal to help him protect a very important British colonel, Lieutenant Tom Gifford knew he had a tough job on his hands. But then a half-track packed with American troops hoved into view and it seemed their troubles were all over. Which was exactly what […]

Call It Quits

Issue Number: 5288

Mike Boyd cursed his luck. He’d sworn to prove himself a better pilot than his greatest rival, Ian Harper, yet here he was dangling helplessly from his parachute and being guarded by a Curtiss Tomahawk piloted by… guess who? Yep, that man Harper!   Story: Staff Art: Amador Cover: Ian Kennedy