Pinned on a board in every Luftwaffe airfield in Germany was a “Wanted Man” notice: “Wanted for the murder of Major von Dorn — the British pilot who flies a Spitfire bearing the insignia of a red mailed fist.” Adolf Hitler himself would shake the hand of the Nazi pilot who shot down that RAF […]
“You will join Flying Officer Harker’s crew.” Any airman who heard these words would go pale, as if he’d just heard his death sentence pronounced. For there was some strange hoodoo on Peter Harker. Few of his crew ever came back in one piece. And everyone knew whose fault it was… Story: Fitzsimmons Art: […]
Six ordinary playing cards and six ordinary pilots. Each man was sent one card — and from that moment he was as good as dead! What was the terrifying power of darkness that cut this Hurricane squadron to pieces during those few weeks of the Battle of Britain? Story: CG Walker Art: Gordon C […]
All manner of men took to the perilous skies in 1940, determined to defend the British Isles from Goering’s fearsome aircraft armada. Different nationalities; British, Polish, Czech, French, and even Irish pilots, like Michael O’Connor, banded together and lunged headfirst at the mass of Luftwaffe bombers and fighters — Axis pilots who were equally determined […]
Major Kurt Krantz was a Luftwaffe ace, one of Germany’s top fighter pilots. The leader of the famous “Black Eagles” squadron had no equal — except for one man. That man was Harry “Handlebar” Hanley of the RAF, the only pilot to ever hold his own against Krantz. Then one day Harry found himself alone […]
Have you ever dreamed that you’re falling, falling, whirling round and round, never going to stop? Terrifying isn’t it? That’s how Nick Kirby felt every time he went in a plane. You see, Nick suffered from vertigo — an uncontrollable fear of heights. Oh, there’s another thing about Nick. He joined the RAF as a […]
On the ground or in the air, they were a pair of fighting fools. On civvy street, Mike Tulley and Terry Stark were bitter rivals for the middleweight boxing title. Then, in wartime, as Spitfire pilots they were never done trying to outfly and outfight each other — whether or not they died in the […]
On a lone sortie over France, RAF pilot Frank Selby ran into trouble in the shape of two marauding Messerschmitts. Soon he had to bail out — and fast! He landed safely, stood up, dusted himself off — and looked around to see a fully grown lion bounding towards him. This was the moment Frank […]
“We’ve got two kinds of fighter pilots in this mob — the hunters and the hunted. The hunters fly fast, shoot first and come out on top. The hunted? Well… young Jimmy Daiken there is one of the hunted, because every time he goes up he expects the chop — and he won’t be disappointed…” […]
“Ginger” Stubbs was a cheeky little cockney sergeant pilot whose Hurricane was brought down inside the besieged fortress of Tobruk. Any other pilot would’ve flown right out again after repairs, but not Ginger. The Desert Rats of Tobruk were in trouble, so Ginger and his hard-hitting Hurricane decided to stick around and fight — and […]
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