Author(s): George Low

Military/War

A collection of some of the finest and most exciting air adventures ever published by Commando. Strap in, buckle up and enjoy the ride!

Everybody who has ever turned a page of the Commando war library has a favourite air story that stands out above the others for some reason or other. The first thing to catch the attention are the names Spitfire, Hurricane, Typhoon, Tempest, Whirlwind, Mosquito. Who wouldn't want to read a story with aircraft like that twisting and turning through the pages, machine guns or cannon flaming, rockets ricocheting in every direction? And then there are the men who flew the fights, bombers, seaplanes, flying boats and transport aircraft into combat. These pilots f every nationality had one aim to make sure that they won their duels high in the skies over the fields of Kent, the dense jungles of Burma or the cold and hungry sea waiting below for the loser. There was also a sense of old-fashioned chivalry in some of the clashes between enemy aces, as if they were knights from centuries long past. They were no longer jousting with warhorses and lances, but were strapped into tiny, uncomfortable cockpits, lethal streams of fire lancing across the sky.