HMS Samson was Lieutenant Commander Roland Bream’s destroyer —small, fast and deadly, the pride of her crew and a credit to the Royal Navy. But when she crossed the path of a Japanese Yamato‑class battleship she had to turn tail and flee, not through cowardice but through sheer self‑preservation. For her Japanese opponent was one […]
Flying Officer Joe Blake and his mates were feeling pretty confident when war came to Malaya in 1941. But, when their first-ever dogfight against mighty Mitsubishi A6M Zeros in their outclassed Brewster Buffalos came, the rookie Australian pilots paid a heavy price indeed. Joe, now the only survivor of his squadron, was tasked with training […]
Flight Sergeants Danny Blake and Greg Roberts had been in their Blenheim from the deserts of North Africa to the jungle dirt airstrips of Malaya. They were good at their jobs but the only thing that stood in their way was their skipper, Pilot Officer John Foden —a toff with little regard for his crew […]
Could Bert Foster get away with stealing a priceless golden belt from a temple in the Burmese jungle? Not if the fearsome local warriors could help it! Story: Bill Fear Art: Blasco Cover: Ron Brown
Time and again the Hurricane pilots had seen that same Zero on the tail of a crippled fighter, shooting up a crash-landed pilot, striking at the defenseless, and striking without mercy. They’d seen it —but that was all. Even the Japanese airfield couldn’t be found, and such was the skill of the Japanese ace that […]
His name was Mike Stone. He was a British Army sergeant who’d been stranded in the jungle with four British prisoners — deserters and troublemakers on their way to a military prison in Rangoon. Normally it would have been just a routine job — but this time their route ran through Japanese territory. And Mike […]
It takes all kinds of men to win a war — the daring devil‑may‑care types and the quieter, steadier types who make up the solid backbone of any successful army. Captain Mike Palmer was one of the steady types. He didn’t waste lives in needless heroics but he always got the job done. And when […]
First in — last out! That was Ted Carson all over! While he could stand on his feet and hold a gun, this Aussie Major asked favours of no man. When the massive Japanese guns on Kublai were threatening the Allied fleet, Ted’s mob got the job of silencing them. But HQ insisted on a […]
To see in the dark, to sense danger with the cunning of a wild thing, to move like a hunting panther and strike with the same silent deadliness — these are the qualities you’d need to survive alone and unarmed in the enemy filled Burmese jungle at night. But only one human being had them […]
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 […]
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