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Air Stories

1938 · Free to read

Air Stories — page 100 of 100 — 100 / 100

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This pulp magazine features five aviation stories set primarily during World War I. The cover story is "Traitor's Tune" by Arch. Whitehouse, chronicling the "Coffin Crew"—a night-bomber squadron. The tale opens with a raid on Audenarde, where the crew of the Handley Page No. 11, led by pilot Graham Townsend and including gunners Andy McGregor and Arthur Marks, attack enemy installations. After successfully bombing a petrol dump and destroying a Pfalz fighter, they confront a second Fokker emerging from the resulting inferno. Other featured stories include "Flight of a President" (by "Vigilant"), "Secret of Kalunda" by Captain J. E. Doyle (a naval aviation adventure), Russell Mallinson's "Footlight Ace" (about the "Balloon Busters" squadron), and Hugh Standish's "The Last Throw" (set in the Canadian North). The issue includes features on New Zealand aces, British warplanes, and aviation model construction.

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