Fairey Swordfish flew and fought from many dangerous places during the war, but the most risky of all were the tiny aircraft carriers converted from merchant ships. That’s where Lieutenant Paul Drayton of the Fleet Air Arm found himself, and as if the Focke-Wulf Kondors and the weather weren’t enough to contend with, he was […]
Hooky Holland was six foot four, with a steel hook for a left hand. But his right hand had the strength of two. Busty Brown had been a First World War bugler — but could also put a bullet through a stag’s eye at 400 yards. Lindbaur was nearly fifty, and a German. But what […]
Five soldiers seek refuge from a storm, looking for a place safe and warm. Four lay down to rest that night, none are ready for the fight. Three wake to find another gone. Will any of them survive till dawn? Story: Colin Maxwell Art: Manuel Benet Cover: Manuel Benet
You’re either brave or you’re not — that’s what most people think. But for generations a golden goblet had been handed down from father to son in the Vaubois family, and with it went the legend that whomever drank from the vessel would suddenly discover a courage he never knew he had. Now, in the […]
After seeing his entire unit decimated by the Germans, Aussie Sergeant Mick Hutchings won’t let anything stand between him and escaping Greece — not even British Lieutenant Alan Robertson. He doesn’t have to worry for long, though, as a Jerry bomb does the final convincing and Mick drags the injured Tommy officer away with him. But […]
Family loyalties are often stronger than any other ties. That’s why Olaf Milang couldn’t believe what he was told by resistance workers when he returned home to his native Norway on a secret mission. And even when he was taken to his hometown, he found it hard to accept that his own brother was acting […]
Hot off the back of the D-Day landings, the Special Raiding Force are back! And this time Colonel Radcliffe goes to Jimmy Ramsey with a personal request — to rescue his niece, an SOE operative trapped behind German lines. It may be off the record, but Jimmy is determined to prise Marie from the clutches […]
Sergeant George Ward, British dispatch rider, was roaring back to his base in France after a routine delivery job and looking forward to bacon and eggs. Ahead of him the road swung round a long, fast curve and into a dark forest — and what happened when George raced into that wood was to give […]
He was the rear gunner of a Lancaster and was just completing his latest tour of operations. In fact this was his last trip before going on leave. But he never got that leave. Instead he found himself in France, on his own, and with the enemy approaching rapidly. The situation was desperate enough — […]
Jago… there is a curse upon all who bear that name. In a small Cornish village, all who know that name know it has a hoodoo upon it. Cursed by a drowning man’s words, any Jago who dares set sail on the seas off the Cornish coast, is doomed to die as he did — […]
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