Out of the Dakota and into the dark night jumped Peter Warren, a lieutenant of the Royal Navy. A sharp crack and his parachute opened, gently lowering him towards the barren wastes of the South‑West African desert. The night was cool but Peter knew that when the sun rose, the desert sand would bake and […]
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
Lieutenant Frank Stewart was a great pilot — one of the best. He flew circles around the enemy and gave ’em hell in his Grumman F6F Hellcat! But one day, the one man he never wanted to see again rocked up as his new commanding officer and Frank came face to face with someone he […]
They say a sailor can turn his hand to anything. So meet Able-Bodied Seaman Tim Jackson and Chris Walters of HM Submarine Service, who found themselves in the middle of the North African desert, and became the toughest pair of desert fighters west of El Alamein. Story: Boyle Art: Aguilar Cover: Penalva
Air-bus co-pilot Jack Lewis is sick of being a glorified petrol station for real fighters in the sky. His dad was a hero during the Falklands and his grandfather was a Spitfire ace in the Battle of Britain. But Jack’s humdrum life is turned upside down when he wakes up at RAF Norton in 1940 […]
Lieutenant Tony Markham stood on the bridge of his Motor Torpedo Boat. In front of him was a twenty‑millimetre cannon, behind him were twin half‑inch machine guns and to each side a twenty‑one inch torpedo. Sounds a lot? Not when the target is a massive enemy tanker in a heavily defended French harbour it’s not! […]
An “angel”, as any airman could tell you, is a thousand feet of altitude, and Archie Moran never felt more at home than when he had a few angels under him. He was a hero of the Pacific Theatre who had four zeros under his belt and was ready to take on Jerry kites in […]
They told Harry ‘Kiwi’Dean to bomb the Nazi prison without hurting any prisoners —to let Paul Thierry, resistance leader, and his men escape. And he did. But there were too many Germans, tanks, and guns kicking around for Kiwi’s liking. So he went one better. Only an ace like Kiwi would have ever tried it. […]
Not every man in the German Army was a fanatic. Not everyone relished in war and the bloodthirsty invasion of Soviet Russia —a country that had been their ally —turning brothers in arms against each other. But one man did. He prized it. He was loved by his men and feared by everyone else. He […]
