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Sky Fighters [v30 #2, January 1944] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels from Table of Contents. 6 · Wings of War · Anon. · cl 13 · Wings Over North Africa · Ralph Oppenheim · na 37 · North from Great Falls · Capt. Charles D. Frazer · ar 40 · Cauliflower Alley [Ambrose Hooley] · Joe Archibald · ss; not the same as the story of the same name in the July 1929 issue of Navy Stories. 48 · Bars and Wings · Keith Ayling · ar 55 · Thirteen Is for Trouble · Laurence Victor · ss 60 · Fjord of Fury · Harold F. Cruickshank · nv 73 · How Uncle George Bombed Tokio · C. S. Forester · ms Air War Sum 1943; a War Bond message. 74 · Wings Over Khabarovsk [Turk Madden] · Louis L’Amour · ss 84 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 96 · Join Airmen of America · Anon. · ms

Sky Fighters [v30 #3, March 1944] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels from Table of Contents. 6 · Wings of War · Anon. · cl 11 · Eagles Fly Deep · Robert Sidney Bowen · na 29 · Mr. Uchida Waits Without [Pete Brady] · Hal White · ss 33 · Pilot’s Quiz · Anon. · qz 34 · The Role of the Sub-Depot · Lt.-Col. Arthur V. Jones, Jr. · ar 38 · The Real Hero · Norman A. Daniels · ss 49 · Hot Pilot · Daniel Prescott · ss 56 · Look Proud, Mister—You’re at O. C. S. · Lt. W. L. Richman · ar 59 · As the Prop Whirls · Anon. · ms 60 · Down Paagumene Way [Steve Cowan] · Louis L’Amour · nv 73 · “Why Shouldn’t I Buy it? I’ve Got the Money!” · War Advertising Council · ms 74 · Strategy and Tactics of Long-Range Aircraft · Lt.-Gen. A. Golovanov · ar 74 · Editor’s Note · [The Editor] · ed 77 · No Medals, Please! · Joe Archibald · ss 85 · An American Soldier Talks · Edgar A. Guest · pm 86 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 96 · Join Airmen of America · Anon. · ms 97 · Be a Paid-Up Patriot · Anon. · ms

Sky Fighters [v31 #1, June 1944] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 84pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by John Locke. 6 · Wings of War · Anon. · cl 11 · Fury of the Flat Top · Steuart M. Emery · ss 28 · Pilot’s Quiz · Anon. · qz 29 · Spaghetti Dinner · Hal White · ss 32 · Has the Airplane Made Armies Obsolete? · Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson · ar 37 · Ferry Command Outpost · Norman A. Daniels · ss 42 · The Airlines Crash Through · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ar 46 · Ace in the Hole · William O’Sullivan · ss 55 · Dough Dough Birds [Ambrose Hooley] · Joe Archibald · ss 64 · We Fought Both Nips and Nazis · Major Max Fennell · ts 69 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc

Sky Fighters [v31 #2, Fall 1944] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 84pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 6 · Wings of War · Anon. · cl 11 · Eagles for China · Ralph Oppenheim · na 29 · Uneasy Aces [Ambrose Hooley; Muley Spink] · Joe Archibald · ss 37 · Survival a la King · Maj. George W. Humbrecht · ts 41 · Wildcats on the Prowl · Dixon Wells · ss 47 · Pilot’s Quiz · Anon. · qz 49 · Beach Party · Maj. Charles D. Frazer · ar 52 · You Can’t Keep ’Em Down · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss 62 · Keep Them Guessing · Col. Bruce K. Holloway · ar 65 · Another War · Carter Sprague · ss 71 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc

Sky Fighters [v31 #3, Winter 1945] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 84pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 6 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 11 · Death Flies at Dawn · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 29 · Wings of War · Anon. · cl 31 · Lizzy Pilot · F. E. Rechnitzer · ss 37 · Pilot’s Quiz · Anon. · qz 39 · Wildcat on Wings · Marvin Sargent · ss 48 · The Globe and Anchor · Joe Archibald · ss 59 · Flying Ambulances · Lt. Col. Richard L. Meiling · ar 61 · The Crawling Ants · G. H. Gilroy-Moore · ss 72 · The Seventh Air Force · Maj. Gen. Willis H. Hale · ar

Sky Fighters [v32 #1, Spring 1945] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp) Details supplied by Hal Hall from Table of Contents. 6 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 11 · Black Nest of Calais · Steuart M. Emery · na 28 · The Tulsa Tornado · Capt. Georgia H. Fritz · ar; about Major Jack Donalson. 32 · A Flier Goes to Sea · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv 41 · Pilot’s Quiz · Anon. · qz 42 · Hara Kiri Trail · Carter Sprague · ar; an authentic report from the Orient. 45 · Ambrose Hooley, C.O. [Ambrose Hooley] · Joe Archibald · ss 52 · Fair Dinkum · Jackson V. Scholz · ss 59 · Wings of War · Anon. · cl; true stories of airmen. 60 · The Birds Sing Bass · Hal White · ss 63 · Burma Blitz · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss

Sky Fighters [v32 #2, Summer 1945] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels from Table of Contents. 6 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 11 · Cruiser Pilot · Tracy Mason · nv 23 · Forever Ambrose [Ambrose Hooley] · Joe Archibald · ss 31 · Wings of War · Anon. · cl 32 · Flight to Enbetu [Turk Madden] · Louis L’Amour · nv 43 · Heroes Are That Way · Norman A. Daniels · ss 51 · Death on the Underground · Daniel Prescott · ss 58 · The Man Who’s Killer Kane · Lt. Col. Robert H. Parham · ar 61 · Squadron Leader’s Job · Oscar J. Friend · ss

Sky Fighters [v32 #3, Fall 1945] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by Hal Hall from Table of Contents. 6 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 11 · Leyte Lullaby · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv 22 · Banzai at Burauen · Major Herbert O. Johansen · ar 27 · Navigator’s Nightmare · Scott Morgan · ss 29 · Pilot’s Quiz · Anon. · qz 30 · Destiny Takes Control · Harold F. Cruickshank · nv 43 · Thrills in the Air · Jack Kofoed · cl 48 · Isolating the Battlefield · Brig. Gen. Frederic H. Smith, Jr. · ar 51 · Tough Meat · De Witt Newbury · ss 58 · How Long Is a War? (A Message) · Paul Gallico · ms 59 · Washing Machine Charlie · F. E. Rechnitzer · ss 65 · Squadron Spurs · Paul Annixter · ss

Sky Fighters [v33 #1, Winter 1946] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by Hal Hall from Table of Contents. 6 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 11 · Take Off and Die · Joe Gregg · na 30 · Bomb Voyage · Robert S. Fenton · ss 37 · Strafing the Japs · Major Robert B. Hotz · ar 41 · Mission to Hell · Robert A. Latimer · ss 49 · A Valentine from Palawan · Lieut. Roul Tunley, USNR · ar 52 · Settlement in Full [Bill Dawe (The Sky Devil)] · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss 58 · Thrills in the Air · Jack Kofoed · cl 65 · Trial at 200 · Harold Rogers · ss

Sky Fighters [v33 #2, Spring (March) 1946] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 6 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 13 · The Kamikaze Kid · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv 28 · Flight for the Dead · Wilton Collier · ss 34 · Our Power to Destroy War · General H. H. Arnold · ar 39 · Mister Rogers’ Wingman · Hamilton Gregg · ss 47 · Thrills in the Air · Jack Kofoed · cl 52 · Mission No. 50 · Bruce McAlester · ss 58 · Top Turret Hellion · Joe Archibald · ss 62 · China Cyclone · Kerry McRoberts · ss 69 · Carrier Landing · Lt.J.G. Charles Dickey · ar 71 · Air-Cooled · Norman A. Daniels · vi 75 · Sky Route to Hell [Bill Dawe (The Sky Devil)] · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss

Sky Fighters [v33 #3, Summer 1946] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 100pp, pulp) Details supplied by Hal Hall from Table of Contents. 6 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 13 · Mission Completed · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv 30 · The Last Shot of the War · William J. O’Sullivan · nv 42 · Glory Wagon · Thomas F. Waters · ss 49 · Academy Man · Hamilton Gregg · ss 58 · No Guns at Thirty Thousand · Robert S. Fenton · ss 66 · At ’Em, Bums [Ambrose Hooley; Muley Spink] · Joe Archibald · ss 75 · Thrills in the Air · Jack Kofoed · cl 79 · Won’t You Please Come Home? · Robert J. Hogan · ss

Sky Fighters [v34 #1, Fall 1946] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 100pp, pulp) Details supplied by Hal Hall from Table of Contents. 6 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 9 · Yesterday’s Pilot · Robert S. Fenton · nv 26 · Errornautics [Ambrose Hooley] · Joe Archibald · ss 35 · His Majesty’s Turtles · William J. O’Sullivan · ss 44 · Tested Wings · Daniel Prescott · ss 49 · Thrills in the Air · Jack Kofoed · cl 53 · There’s Millions in It · Kenny Kenmare · ss; given as by Kerry Kenmare. 62 · Last Flight · F. E. Rechnitzer · nv 77 · The Atomic Present · Major Kenneth Gantz · ar 81 · One-Burst Baker · Robert J. Hogan · ss

Sky Fighters [v34 #2, Winter 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 6 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 13 · Columbus Was a Screwball · William J. O’Sullivan · nv 33 · Fifty-Caliber Fist · Captain Walt Sheldon · ss 42 · The African Mission · Charley Clapp · ss 60 · Thrills in the Air · Jack Kofoed · cl 64 · Spy Crust [Ambrose Hooley; Muley Spink] · Joe Archibald · ss; not the same as the story of the same name in the September 1934 issue of Sky Birds. 72 · Mission Without Guns · Robert J. Hogan · ss 84 · “Big Boy” · Joe Gregg · ss 93 · The Chameleon · F. E. Rechnitzer · ss

Sky Fighters [v34 #3, Spring 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by Hal Hall from Table of Contents. 6 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 11 · Blood on My Wings · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv 29 · Milk Run · Davis Newton Lott · ss 36 · Thrills in the Air · Jack Kofoed · cl 41 · And One to Go · Rusty Robinson · ss 49 · Killer · Joe Gregg · ss 58 · Dangerous Pilot · H. P. S. Greene · nv 72 · Flak at One O’Clock · O. B. Myers · ss 81 · Floorwalker of the Sky · Laurence Donovan · ss 89 · Variable Distance · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss 93 · Shark Strafer · F. E. Rechnitzer · ss

Sky Fighters [v35 #1, Summer 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels from Table of Contents. 6 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 11 · The Goose Flies South [Turk Madden] · Louis L’Amour · nv 30 · Low Man · Norman A. Daniels · ss 37 · Nip Nippers, Inc. · Rick Strong · ss 45 · Pacific Ambush · Andrew A. Caffrey · ss 53 · Downwind · Robert P. Hansen · ss 61 · Flight Out of Death · Jackson Cole · ss 71 · Thrills in the Air · Jack Kofoed · cl 76 · Flight to Fate · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv 92 · Heroes Old and New · John X. Brown · ss 100 · Hero of Hell · Robert J. Hogan · ss

Sky Fighters [v35 #2, Fall 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by Hal Hall from Table of Contents. 6 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 11 · From Burma to the Rockies · Joe Archibald · nv 31 · One-Two Punch · W. T. Bowcott · ss 38 · Wings to Burn · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv 52 · Grudge Flight · Davis Newton Lott · ss 63 · The Flea Hoppers · F. E. Rechnitzer · ss 77 · Thrills in the Air · Jack Kofoed · cl 80 · Aces Are Expendable · Scott Morgan · ss 89 · Fit to Command · H. P. S. Greene · ss 98 · A Message · General James H. Doolittle · ms 99 · Smoky’s War · Eliot Franklin · ss

Sky Fighters [v35 #3, Winter 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp) NOTE: The story “Tailwind to Tibet” is credited to Joe Archibald on the contents page, but it was written by Louis L’Amour as stated on the cover and title page. Details supplied by Tom Daniels from Table of Contents. 6 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 13 · Tailwind to Tibet [Turk Madden] · Louis L’Amour · nv 35 · Why the Bombers Got Home · Robert S. Fenton · ss 44 · Scribes in the Sky · C. B. Colby · ar 48 · Black Market Bait · O. B. Myers · nv 68 · Jungle Makes Man · Joseph Blaufox · ss 78 · Versatile Whirligig · Bill Burleigh · ar 81 · You Get to Know · Arch Whitehouse · ss 90 · Thrills in the Air · Jack Kofoed · cl 95 · Operation Hooley [Ambrose Hooley; Muley Spink] · Joe Archibald · ss

Sky Fighters [v36 #1, Spring 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 116pp, pulp) Details taken from The Pulp Magazine Index by Len Robbins. 13 · Joint Operation · Walt Sheldon · nv 31 · Nellie’s Nightmare Takes a Heat · Pat Patterson · ss 40 · Death Has a Pilot’s License · Joe Archibald · nv 55 · First Blood of the Bearcat · Rick Strong · ss 60 · Target Toulon · Scott Morgan · ts 64 · The Shark Killer Patrol · Joseph Blaufox · nv 84 · Keep Your Gun · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 97 · Lesson at Luichow · Michael Cates · ss

Sky Fighters [v36 #2, Summer 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. 9 · Jonahs of the Jets · Arch Whitehouse · nv 26 · Wings Along the Jamachum · Arthur J. Burks · ss 38 · Tangled Wings · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv 55 · Fire Water Over the Dam · Daniel Prescott · vi 62 · Frozen Skyways · Norman A. Daniels · nv 89 · Percentage Pilot · Johanas L. Bouma · ss 95 · D for Doomsday · Walt Sheldon · ss Thrills in the Air · Jack Kofoed · cl

Sky Fighters [v36 #3, Fall 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 116pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Tarmac Talk · The Skipper · lc 13 · Raiders in Camouflage · Robert J. Hogan · nv 31 · Flight Surgeon · Johanas L. Bouma · ss 38 · Operation Fifty Below · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv 56 · Night Flight from Trinidad · Arthur J. Burks · nv 77 · Blood on the Moon · O. B. Myers · ss 86 · Tight Squeeze · John Foster West · ss 96 · Pilots Count, Too! · Scott Morgan · ss Pilot’s Quiz · Anon. · qz Thrills in the Air · Jack Kofoed · cl Uncle Sam’s Magic Hat · Bill Burleigh · ar High in Courage · Major C. B. Colby, CAF · ar