Age of Aces » 1934

“String ‘Em Back Alive” by Joe Archibald

Bill — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:58:38 +0000

Major Garrity had an idea. It involved sending Phineas Pinkham back to training school in his stolen Fokker to teach rookies to fight. Phineas had an idea, too. It involved taking that stolen Fokker across the lines to teach the Mad Butcher not to fight. Lay your bets, gentlemen!

Download “String ‘Em Back Alive” February 1934, Flying Aces

“Smell-Shocked” by Joe Archibald

Bill — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:59:51 +0000

That great German ace, the Mad Butcher from Hamburg, wants some Limburger and can’t find it. Phineas, the mad Pinkham from Boonetown, Iowa, has some Limburger and doesn’t know it. Oh, yes. Fate brings them together. The big cheese!

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“The Varnishing Americans” by Joe Archibald

Bill — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:33:57 +0000

If you thought Elmer Hubbard and Pokey Cook were a couple of wild Indians before, just wait until you see them with their war paint and feathers on! Even C.O. Mulligan had to listen to their war whoops with a smile.

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“Devildog Breed” by Donald E. Keyhoe

Bill — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:37:53 +0000

Here they are again—that bunch of flying, fighting Devildogs—Lucky Lane and the Three Lunatics, Cyclone Bill Garrity, and the rest of the mad Marines. And fighting against them is a silent, unseen menace—a strange, black shadow that shrouds whole formations in its sable cloak of death, and sends them reeling down—to doom.

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“The Nippon Nightmare” by Arch Whitehouse

Bill — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:01:39 +0000

The moment Buzz Benson flew over that landing field near the Mississippi River, he knew that something strange, something ghastly, had happened. A weird glow filled the air, and a white dust coated the field like snow. And on that tarmac, where men lay huddled and telephone bells remained unanswered, nothing moved— nothing stirred. Yet it was not death that had claimed them.

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“Traitor Truce” by Robert Burtt

Bill — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:42:28 +0000

Gone were the hours of battle-mad conflict, when the roaring flames from shell-torn Chapei reached their hungry tongues high into the sky. Gone the anxious moments on the Dragon tarmac when Jap bombs rained from the sky as thick as hailstones. A truce had been declared. No longer was the Dragon squadron allowed to fight. And then, before the very eyes of Battling Grogan and his men, a fleet of swift Jap Kawanishis opened their guns on a lone Chinese ship, and Battling Grogan gave the forbidden signal—“Attack.”

Download “Traitor Truce” (February 1934, Flying Aces)

“The Bat Brood” by Robert Burtt

Bill — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:31:37 +0000

Battling Grogan and his men knew there was something strange, menacing about the crest of Ming Kung Chan hill. Nothing visible was there, yet every man on that Dragon flight heard whispered warnings of impending doom from the cliff below. And when Grogan received word that no night patrols should go out from his squadron, he knew that somewhere on that sinister cliff lurked a weapon that could strike at the Dragons only in the inky darkness of night.

Download “The Bat Brood” (January 1934, Flying Aces)

“Channel Skimmers” by Joe Archibald

Bill — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:38:36 +0000

This story features the wacky duo of Elmer Hubbard and Pokey Cook. See how they manage to get themselves into and out of hot water once again.

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“Brigand Beacons” by Arch Whitehouse

Bill — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:27:12 +0000

By day he is a flying reporter for the Los Angeles Mercury newspaper, but Billy “Buzz” Benson’s real job is much more dangerous. He is a secret agent and pilot extraordinaire for the U.S. military. And his chief mission is keeping the emerging Japanese threat in the Pacific at bay. In this tale he is on hunt for “The Fiends of Fujiyama” and some stolen experimental weapons.

Download “Brigand Beacons” (January 1934, Sky Birds)

“Hell’s Hack” by Arch Whitehouse

Bill — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:57:23 +0000

Handley-Page No. 13 was just an old hack, battered by months of night flying for the Independent Air Force. Her sides were patched, her wings weary from too many foldings. The crew of Handley-Page No. 13 was just an ordinary bomber gang, as battered and bruised as their plane. But see what happens when these scrappers are accused of bombing their own troops.

Download “Hell’s Hack” (February 1934, Flying Aces)