Age of Aces » February 1939 http://www.ageofaces.net The Best in Air-War Fiction Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:00:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 “Don Patrol” by Joe Archibald http://www.ageofaces.net/2023/01/don-patrol-by-joe-archibald/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2023/01/don-patrol-by-joe-archibald/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2023 11:00:28 +0000 David http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=11409 “HAW-W-W-W-W!” That sound can only mean one thing—that Bachelor of Artifice, Knight of Calamity and an alumnus of Doctor Merlin’s Camelot College for Conjurors is back to vex not only the Germans, but the Americans—the Ninth Pursuit Squadron in particular—as well. Yes it’s the marvel from Boonetown, Iowa himself—Lieutenant Phineas Pinkham!

We’re back to Pinkham’s exploits in The Great Guerre where G-2 calls on Pinkham to go undercover in Spain to keep the Germans from getting their hands on the secret plans for the Alhambra and a foothold in France’s backdoor.

Down in the Kingdom of Alphonso, certain cagey Castilians had cooked up a Spanish omelet for the Allies—one which had a Kraut smell to it. And when the bad eggs that figured in it evaded all the Entente spies, the Democrat Generals were frantic. But the real action didn’t begin until Don Quixote Pinkhamo homed his way into the land of bull fights—and it didn’t stop until the terrible tempered Ferdinando horned him right out again.

]]> http://www.ageofaces.net/2023/01/don-patrol-by-joe-archibald/feed/ 0 “They Had What It Takes – Part 25: Assen Jordanoff” by Alden McWilliams http://www.ageofaces.net/2011/03/%e2%80%9cthey-had-what-it-takes-%e2%80%93-part-25-assen-jordanoff-by-alden-mcwilliams/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2011/03/%e2%80%9cthey-had-what-it-takes-%e2%80%93-part-25-assen-jordanoff-by-alden-mcwilliams/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:08:55 +0000 David http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=2456 This week we bring you the twentyfifth installment of Alden McWilliams’ illustrated tribute to the pioneer fliers of the early days of aviation. He called it “They Had What it Takes” and this one appeared in the February 1939 Flying Aces and featured Assen Jordanoff, competant and versitile flyer, noted inventor, aviation author and the pride of Bulgaria.