Tag Archives: War in the East

Sink the Tiger

Issue Number: 5641

It’s mid-1943 and the unthinkable has happened —HMAS Tiger has been captured by a vengeful Japanese captain who is now using the Tribal‑class destroyer to create havoc amongst allied shipping. The Australian Navy’s most experienced destroyer commander, John Griffin, is called in to solve the problem, his orders: “SINK THE TIGER!” But Griffin knows something […]

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 Kokoda Trail

Issue Number: 5639

The Kokoda Trail —an unforgiving path slicing through the jungle of Papua New Guinea for sixty gruelling miles. Through thick mud, merciless terrain, and Japanese attack after attack, Australian soldiers retreated, picking up much-needed supplies from airdrops by the Royal Australian Air Force. But when one of the aircraft making supply runs is attacked leaving […]

Bombs Gone

Issue Number: 5638

The Japanese fighter screamed in to attack the Blenheim —but suddenly the bomber dodged aside, leaving the astounded Japanese pilot firing at thin air! At the controls of the British aircraft was Sergeant Ron Elliot, a natural pilot who was an ace whatever plane he was flying. The trouble was, he knew it. And his […]

Combat Air Patrol

Issue Number: 5607

Tony Heywood is a talented pilot in the Fleet Air Arm with a feisty attitude —just what his team needs in their air battles against the Japanese. But when observer Bill Downey bails out after Heywood’s heroics get them shot down, Walrus skipper Roddy Baxter fails to pick him up before he runs out of […]