The German troops rushed into view just as the Fairey Battle was taking off. Immediately they fired at the aircraft, desperate to prevent its escape. With bullets flying all around him, this would be the supreme test of the pilot’s nerve… but the man behind the controls was a self-confessed coward who had run from […]
In mid-1944, Hitler launched his vengeance weapons. These evil V-1 rockets struck at the heart of Britain’s cities, killing innocent people in their thousands. But Hitler wasn’t going to have it all his way, as his V-1 rockets began being caught in the talons of a squadron known as the Peregrine Falcons — experts in […]
When Hector Salway and a bunch of mates decided to go halfway around the world to repay a debt, they knew it wouldn’t be an easy task — their destination was Siberia, with the Cold War between the West and East at its height. What they didn’t know was that a vicious killer who had […]
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
Sergeant Joe Cougan was a tough Para who had seen a lot of action and who didn’t suffer fools gladly. Which was unfortunate for Private Andy Bruce, a clumsy youngster whom Cougan considered the world’s biggest fool. Sergeant Sam Gleeson tried in vain to get his arch-rival Cougan to give Andy a break. But there […]
To Pilot Officer Andy Seymour, his new job was a disaster. Busted from flying Hurricanes, he was now second pilot in a massive Boeing Fortress reconnaissance bomber. In his view, it was like driving a furniture van after having a sports car. And as for action, well, covering a thousand miles of empty sky every […]
Courage in the face of disaster — a famous trait of the RAF throughout World War Two. But not in the case of Johnny Bagshott. After condemning his team to a POW camp, can the flighty young navigator work with the devious Hauptmann Hasse to regain standing with his friends… or will he betray them […]
The RAF’s finest bomber pilot finds himself with a new crew and new challenges as the Nazis press forward and losses begin to mount. Can Braddock overcome his demons and ensure the survival of his Blenheim crew? Or will Suddaby finally push him over the edge… Story: Ferg Handley Art: Morhain & Defeo Cover: […]
Just a handful of men cast up on a desert island. Soldiers, sailors, and airmen — survivors every one of them. And what were they going to tackle? A force of Japanese bombers and a fleet of Japanese submarines! How could they lose? Story: McOwan Art: A C Kennedy Cover: Ian Kennedy
“Better you just forget about being a pilot”, said Squadron Leader Roy Suddaby when Matt Braddock first tried to enlist in the auxiliaries. But he wasn’t a quitter, and the blue-eyed man with uncanny talent would fight his way to the best bombing squad in Britain before he could bring the fight to Nazi Germany. […]
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