For some jet pilots, take‑offs and landings on an aircraft carrier were a tad frightening to say the least.

It was like that for rookie Garry Carter, operating off the coast of Vietnam, and it didn’t help that superior types like senator’s son, Scott Bradey, boasted that he found it all very easy.

But once up there in the danger-filled skies, thundering towards a target in his bombed‑up A7 Corsair, Garry soon proved himself a force to be reckoned with!

Story: Ian Clark

Art: Jose Maria Jorge

Cover: Ian Kennedy