Age of Aces » Bob Byrd http://www.ageofaces.net The Best in Air-War Fiction Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:00:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 “Scourge of the Sky Hellions” by Robert Byrd http://www.ageofaces.net/2008/04/scourge-of-the-sky-hellions-by-robert-byrd/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2008/04/scourge-of-the-sky-hellions-by-robert-byrd/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:36:39 +0000 Bill http://www.ageofaces.net/blog/?p=366 This full length novel tells the tale of Lieutenant Colonel “Stormy” Lake, who never met a rule he couldn’t break, an officer he couldn’t insult, or a German plane he couldn’t shoot down. So when the Allies formed the “Blackbird” squadron to take on the unorthodox, daring, and seemingly invincible “Red Devils Staffel”, Stormy Lake was the logical choice to command it. But Stormy would soon find that the Red Devils were not like any Germans he had fought before.

Although this story is credited to Robert “Bob” Byrd, who is also cedited with the Ka-Zar novels, the author’s real name is Thomson Burtis. This story is a reprint of Flying Blackbirds, a Burtis book published in 1932.

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