Roaring out of the 1930’s comes the greatest heroes to ever fly WWI Europe’s unfriendly skies!
Straight from the tattered pages of Popular Publication’s air war pulps, Age of Aces Books is proud to be able to bring you the best of these heroes. Don’t spend all that time and money tracking down dozens of the crumbling original magazines looking for your favorite aviator. Age of Aces has done that for you. Each of our books contain stories featuring a single exciting character or written by one of your favorite authors. We are also doing some books that are not air war but still have a connection to that era and those magazines. All Age of Aces books are 6 X 9 trade paperback editions, and are available from Amazon.com.
Latest Dispatches
“Had-Boiled and Handsome” by James Perley Hughes
If you didn’t like somebody in the Game-Cock Squadron, you just arranged for him to fight a duel with von Steuben, famous German ace. It sounded easy—until those three tough boys from South Boston tried it on a certain replacement!
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“Dual Control” by E.W. Chess
One pilot passed to the tune of tapping drums, another fell with crimson flame to mark his end. But behind the Front was a strange rendezvous for the ghosts that walked the war night.
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The Aces of Christmas 1931
WHILE browsing through eBay a couple months ago, I came upon these two snapshots from a family’s Christmas in Memphis 1931. What caught my eye was the little boy all dressed up as a WWI ace with leather jacket, aviator’s cap with goggles, and some sort of tall leather boots(?)! It got me thinking about [...]
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“Cat’s Spad-Jamas!” by Joe Archibald
All the Allied Brass Hats were frantic. For Hauptmann von Heinz—the “Owl of the Ozone”—was raising fifty-seven varieties of Cain along the Western Front, and something had to be done before he perpetrated the fifty-eighth. Yes, it was a job for the famed Pinkham. But when the Boonetown Bam tried to snare the Kraut killer into a dog fight, somebody let the cat out of the bag. And from then on it was cats-as-cats-can!
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“Famous Firsts” November 1933 by William E. Barrett
The November 1933 installment, from the pages of War Birds, features President Taft, Parachute flares, the first fatal crash and Aileen Vollick—Canada’s first woman pilot!
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“Sky Fighters, March 1937″ by Eugene M. Frandzen
On the March 1937 cover, It’s the S.I.A. Type 9B!
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“Black Flight” by William E. Barrett
Every man but one in that flight hated their commander. When they pulled a murderous blade from his heart all were forced to shoulder the guilt, until the Reaper’s Scythe hacked the secret from one man’s wings.
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“Sky Writers, November 1936″ by Terry Gilkison
Test your war-air knowledge and try your hand at this month’s quiz!
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“Synthetic Ace” by William E. Barrett
Memphis Mason never had a chance to throw Vickers lead or cross his wings with the black cross—yet he was an Ace with five confirmed victories.
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“Famous Firsts” January 1932 by William E. Barrett
The January 1932 installment, from the pages of War Aces, features Bert Hall, the first successful attempt to land an agent behind the lines, and the first biplane equipped with a Lewis gun!
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