Age of Aces » Beansie Bishop

“Raider Wings” by Arch Whitehouse

Bill — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:01:01 +0000

Tug Hardwick’s sleek Northrop was beautiful as it hurtled over the shimmering Sulu Seaâ€”beautiful, that is, until its vitals were poisoned with whistling lead! Anyhow, this hot interview was something the Flying-ReporterÂ hadnâ€™t expected. Why, before his story was written it was getting punctuatedâ€”with bullets! But bullets or no. Tug was bent on tracking down his man. And he knew he was on the right track when a booming laugh brought forthâ€”a little ship that wasnâ€™t there!

Download “Raider Wings” (February 1940, Flying Aces)

“Hawks From the Smoke” by Arch Whitehouse

Bill — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:27:29 +0000

In this adventure, two of Arch Whitehouse’s most popular flying duos team up to foil a Japanese invasion of the Phillipines. Tug Hardwick and Beansie Bishop are joined by Coffin Kirk and his simian assistant, Tank.

Peculiar white wisps on the ocean below! What sinister thing did they hide? Tug had to know. But Beansie had no time for that mysteryâ€”what with gun-bristling Mitsubishis swarming down the skies to face his twin Brownings. What’s more, he now was encountering a mystery of his own. For a strangely-marked Breda had suddenly dived in among those vengeful â€œRising Sunâ€ fighters. And the gunner aboard that Breda was too efficient to be human!

Download “Hawks From the Smoke” (August 1939, Flying Aces)

“Hell Over Hainan” by Arch Whitehouse

Bill — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:11:45 +0000

Those two news-hawks, Tug Hardwick and Beansie Bishop, were well acquainted with Old Man Trouble. And by steering clear of Hainan they were sure they could stay out of his clutches. But what Tug didnâ€™t knowâ€”though he would soon find outâ€”was that Old Man Trouble could find you anywhere, especially in China where oil flows thicker than blood.

Download “Hell Over Hainan” (June 1939, Flying Aces)

“Death Flies to Fukien” by Arch Whitehouse

Chris — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:30:14 +0000

This is the second story in Arch Whitehouse’s series about flying newspaperman Tug Hardwick. Tug and his sidekick, Beansie Bishop, knew where they could find Old Man Trouble if they wanted him. Shanghai was the place—for the welcome they’d get there would be a rousing one profusely punctuated with bullets! But meanwhile, Old Man Trouble had grown tired of waiting for them. That was something those two Yanks didn’t know—until a man fell at their feet with a knife in his back!

Download “Death Flies to Fukien” (February 1938, Flying Aces)

“Shanghai Snare” by Arch Whitehouse

Bill — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:08:26 +0000

In December 1937 Arch Whitehouse introduced a new character to the readers of Flying Aces. His name was Tug Hardwick. Tug was a fighter ace and test pilot for the US Air Service until a plane he had certified crashed and killed his brother. He gave up flying and became a correspondent for the Amalgamated News Service. His first assignment was in war torn Shanghai. It was there that he met portly “Beansie” Bishop, who also worked in China for Amalgamated. The two of them became fast friends and stuck together through all kinds of spine tingling adventures, starting with “Shanghai Snare”:
Just why had he got mixed up in that maddening war-correspondent game in bloody, shell-racked Shanghai? Tug Hardwick pondered over that question. But before he had time to answer it, Fate sent that hardy young newsman to cover an amazing story which wasnâ€™t listed in his assignment book. The stage was set for that story when Tug dropped into the Astor Houseâ€”and the bang-up action began when a bomb dropped in after him.

Download Shanghai Snare” (December 1937, Flying Aces)