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IN APRIL 1940, THE NAZI STORMTROOPERS: WHO WERE ALREADY SPREAD GVER HALF EUROPE BEGAN TO MARCI THIS TIME NORWAY (WAS THE TARGET. ONCE MORE PEACEFUL ROADS WERE CRAMMED With L RRFUGEES...ONCE MORG THE’ SRVAAE STUKAS PREVED ON A DEFENCELESS PEOPLWings Over the Navy 3 WH_THE MOUNTAINS: THE NORWEGIAN PATRIOTS FOUGHT, — WITH HERGIC BUT HOPELESS DEFIANCE... LET US DIE ON OUR FEET, COMRADES ! THE GERMAN INVADERS SHALL NOT PASS /4 Wings. Over the Navy BUT NORWAY WAS HOT To FIGHT ALONE. HARD-PRESSED AS SHE WAS, BRITAIN HURRIEDLY PREPARED TO SEND HELP. THE EAST COAST DOCKYARD OF ROSYTH HUMMED WITH EMBARKING TROOPS . Hy | HOPE YOULL BE CAREFUL ™ WITH MY HURRICANES CAPTAIN: MLL BE THEM AGAINST THE TIRE GERMAN Al WHEN We GET NARVI !Wings Over the Navy 5 GROUP CAPTAIN WEBLY) COMMANDING THE HURRICANE SQUADRON, WAS TOO ENGROSSED HEAR THE IRONY IN THE VOICE OF CAPTAIN RIVERS) ONCE A PILOT IN-THE OLD ROYAL LNAVAL AIR SERVICE ; ‘NOW IN COMMAND OF THE HAWK. WE SAIL IN ONE HOUR) ‘SIGNAL EROM LEITH; SIR.THE COMMANDER LIEUTENANT. TELL LEITH THAT REPORTS THAT SUG-LIEUTENANT KNIGHT'S. KNIGHT CAN JOIN US AT SEAs GIVE [\EWORDFISH HAS A MECHANICAL DEFECT HELL 7 |. HIM AN APPROXIMATE POSITION» Cee Re Tea ee VHOPE THE YOUNG CuB'S LEARNT RIS TIME SIR ENOUGH, AT. THAT FLYING | 7 SCHOOL TO LAND IN HALF AGALE! THE (INSTRUCTOR WHO HAD TAUGHT, SUB-LIEUTENANT ENIGHT.TO FLY WAS ANXi AB HIS NEWLY-FLEDGED PUPIL ON HIS FIRST OPERATIONAL FLIGHT. HE STOOD Nae SWORDFISH ON THE WINDY AIRFIELD NEAR. LEITH. «+ = 5 THEYNEED S| TOO 1 COM! DER! BODY'S GOT WIN THE WAR,SOON THE STURDY OLD Swot AND HEADED FOR 17S BASE. HIP SOMEWHER CURLY KNIGHT HAD PASSEO QUT ASA FLEET AIR ARM PILOT ONKY TWO WEEKS BEFORE. THE HAWK WAS HIS FIRST ING...ANO HE WAS MORE THAN READY FOR | WHAT IVE. BEEN WAITING.FOR,SAM... MY OWN PLANE ¥ AND A CHANCE TO FIGHT! BETTER FIND THE HAWK FIGS T8 Wings Over the Navy CURLY'S CAUTION HAD BEEN a JUSTIFIED, 2 BUT NOW IT WAS: TIME FOR RECKLESSNESS. THE YOUNG PILOT TOOK THE SWORDFISH IN A STEEP Be CLIMBING TURN INTO THE CLOUD. THEN THE LITTLE PLANE NOSE DOWN: DIVED STRAIGHT AT THE ENEMY.‘Wings Over the Navy ’ THE GREAT FLYING BOAT HAD BEEN CAUGHT UNAWARES BY iTS TINY ADVERSARY. ‘BEFORE (TS GUNS COULD BEAR, HOT LEAD WAS EXPLODING F WL se ah ALONG THE DORNIER'S, FAT HULt10 Wings Over the Navy THE DORNIER STAGGERED) BELCHING SMOKE AND FLAME...ON THE BRIDGE OF THE HAWK) THEY SAW THE DORNIER PLUNGE HEADLONG INTO THE SEA. CAPTAIN RIVERS LOOKED UP AT THE VICTORIOUS SWORDFISH AND GRINNED, «- ALTER COURSE TO TAKE THE NEW BOY ON BOARD) LIEUTENANT/ HE LOOKS: LIKE BEING A USEFUL ADDITION TO _TH COMPLEMEN:2 Wings Over the Navy AS HE APPROACHED THE HAWK?S NARROW FLIGHT DECK) Ethel ‘CURLY FELT A SUDDEN TWINGE OF NERVOUSNESS. HIS LAL FIRST LANGING ON HIS FIRST SHIP WAS A BIGGER _ rer ORDEAL EVEN THAN A DORNIER f : "e : WK TO, Llp EP 4 LET'S ie HOPE! DONT YM FLUFF IT! HERE a we Go! ss cg “yi “\t‘ITH & PERFECT LANDING, [> Wings Over the Navy 13 es THERE WAS A GLINT OF PRICE IN CAPTAIN RIVERS? EVE AS HE TURNED TO FACE HIS NEW PILOT... WELCOME: ABOARD KNIGHT! THAT WAS A NICE PIECE OF WORK CN THAT DORNIER J WE SHALL NEED PLENTY OF SHOOTING LIKE THAT WHERE WE'RE GOING ! LIEUTENANT KNIGHT REPORTING) SIR! WHEN CURLY HAD GONE) GROUP CAPTAIN WEBLY SMILED PATRONISINGLY. YOU DON'T REALLY EXPECT THOSE QLO SWORDFISH OF YOURS TO BE & MATCH FOR, THE LATEST JERRY FIGHTERS» BO YOU) CAPTAIN? WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT) MISTER WEBLY! ANO WE OON'T FORGET IM THE NAVY THAT IT WAS YOU_CHAPS IN THE R.A.F. WHO STOPPED US DEVELOPING NEW NAVAL AIRCRAFT IN TIME FOR THIS PARTY WITHTHE GERMANS 4i4 Wings Over the Navy UNTHL TWO-YEAR BEFORE THE SECOND WORUG WARVTHE FLEET AIR ARM HAD BEEN CONTROLLED BY THE R.A.F....AND HAD BEEN THE CINDERELLA OF THE AIR FORCES. FORCED TO MAKE DO wiTH OagoLe TE AIRCRAFT) THE NAVY HAD NOT FORGOTTEN . NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US:KNIGHT. MY NAME'S PETERS AND THIS CHAP IN THE ARMCHARR IS GRIMM, WE'RE GREEN WITH ENVY AT YOUR BAGGING THAT DORNIER! La = OLD RATTLETRAP LIKE ‘A SWORDFISH | THERE WAS BITTERNESS ON THE BRIDGE TLL SAY IT WAS. OF THE AIRCRAFT CAl ND iN LUCK! THOSE JERRIES THE OFFICERS" MES: MUST HAVE BEEN ASLEEP TO GET PRANGED BY AN NO OFFENCE 7 YOU, KNIGHT! PERSONALLY,! THINK YOU FELLOWS ARE HEROES EVEN TO GO UP IN KITES TIED TOGETHER_WITHWings Over the Navy STUNG TO ANGER) CURLY TURNED ON THE | CURLY'S FIERCE PRIDE IM MIS SERVICE AND: R.A.F, LOTS WHOSE HURRICANES THE ITS AIRCRAFT, OLD AS THEY E; WAS: HAWK WAS FERRYING TO NORWAY. o2 NOT SHARED BY ALL HIS NEW SHIPMATES..,| YOU TwO CAN PIPE DOWN. COME OFF ait KNIGHT! SHE'S A EVEN IF WE DO CALL IT THE iM OLD “STRINGBAG" WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THE RALF. SNEER AT OUR SWORDFISH! ‘SHE'S A DARNED FINE AIRCRAFTS KO PM_ GOING ‘ON DECK, PETERS» BEFORE | LOSE MY TEMPER | DISGUSTED BY GRIMM'S REMARKS) THE TWO YOUNG NAVAL AIRMEN WENT ON DECK. THERE AS HE SURVEYED ONE OF THE FLEET AIR ARM AIRCRAFT: EVEN CURLY’S PRIDE WILTED FOR A MOMENT... BOSE THe STRINGSA: A BED ANGISNT COMPARED WITH THESE BEAUTIES MIND! WELL SHOW THE JERRIES SHE'S ‘GOT A STING IN HER STILL}1 Wings Over the Navy BUT CURLY’S DEPRESSION SOON PASSED, HE WAS IN HIGH SPIRITS AT THE PROSPECT OF ACTION AS THE CONVOY SAILED TOWARDS NARVIK«.« BRITISH TROOPS, GUNS AND AIRCRAFT POURED ON TO THE JETTY. AT LEAST NORWAY WOULD NOT| IBE ENGULFED BY THE INVADING GERMANS WITHOUT A BITTER RESISTANCE... - EG THEYRE DECENT CHAPS REALLY) iy THOSE R.A.F. TYPES ! THEY'VE GOT Zi A TOUGH JOB ON HERE » Vy ge ies TOO1 CURLY!Wings Over the Navy f THE TWO SENIOR OFFICERS SHOOK HANDS TWELVE HOURS LATER, HER CONVOY DUTY WITH A MUTUAL RESPECT. .- AND A OVER, THE HAWK SAILED SOUTH TOWARDS, CERTAIN HOSTILITY. THE BATTLE AREAs +. GOOD LUCK, WEBLY! WE'VE BEEN DETAILED 7D FLY SORTIES IN THE HAWK'S OPERATIONS ROO! i QUE JOB |S TO STRAFE COASTWISE RIVERS TALKED GRIMLY TO. . SHIP4ING IN THESE WATERS. TH VERRIES ARE SENDING SUPPLIES TO THEIR TROOPS BY SEA FROM HOLLAND AND DENMARK) SO THEREILL BE PLENTY ‘OF TARGETS! LEAVE THE LAND TARGETS TO THE RAFF TYPES,..AND RETURN FROM PATROL BEFORE YOUR TANKS ARE EMPTY ? oF THAT'S ALL! =s|1] Wings Over the Navy TWO HOURS CATER; THE FIRST SNARLED OFF THE HAWKIS NARROWWings Over the Navy 19 SOR FIVE DAYS) THE HAWK'S AIRCRAFT HARRIED : > ‘THE ENEMY SHIPPING IN THE AREA... THIS GETS MONOTONOUS DOESN'T HOGTING UP SMALL GERMAN COASTERS: SI HAD BEGUN TO PALL ON CURLY KNIGHT. ++ FORGET IT ‘AM ! THERE'S A PLANE AHEAD... AND A JERRY TOO, BY THE LOOK20 Wings Over the Navy THE SMALL GERMAN AIRCRAFT V7," LOOKS LIKE AN ARMY SPOTTER! WAS HEADING INLAND = f MAYBE A JERRY STAFF OFFICER \ HAVING A DAY OFF AT THE SEA! LET'S GO GET Hin, SAM | SAM LOOKED UNEASILY AT THE APPROACHING COAST! AND REMONSTRATED WITH THE EXCITED YOUNG PILO ORDERS ARE TO KEEP OFF THE COAST; SIR] THAT JERRY'S HEADING Line JER SAME INLAND» AND WE'RE NOT MUCH FASTER BESIDES) WE SAW THAN HE IS! IT?LL TAKE US"A GOOD HIM FIRST / FIFTY MILES TO CATCH HIM! teWings Over the Navy 2 DEAF TO SAM'S WARNI Ss CURLY ‘SET OFF LIGHTHEARTEDLY IN PURSUIT OF THE GET SPOTTER AIRCRAFT. soon THEY WERE FLYING OVER THE SNOW: COVERED LAND. FOR TEN MINUTES) THE GEEMAN PLANE FLED WITH THE SWORDFISH ING ON IT SLOW! ALMOST IN RANGE OF Ex 'S GUNS) WHE! ‘HALLO WHAT'S: JERRY UP'TO? He's NOT GOING TO TRY TO LAND) IS HE?Wings Over the Navy AS THE SWORDFISH CLEARED THE Hi ASTONISHED CURLY BANKED SHARPL' — WELL PLE BE JIGGEREO, A JERRY AIRFIELD ! WHAT A TARGET SAM f DON'T YOu THINK WEIRE ASKING TOO MUCH OF ONE OLD STRINGBAG ) SIRT THERE'S TWO SQUADRONS OF MESSERSCHMITTS DOWN THERE / We've GOT A COUPLE OF BOMBS LEFT) SAM ¢ WE'LL NEVER GET A TARGET LIKE THIS AGAIN HERE WE GO /| Wings Over the Novy 23 GUNS HAMMERING: THE OLD SWORDFISH SWEPT pin Low OVER, THE ENEMY AIRFIELD... WELL IF YOU SAY SO: SIR, HAPPEN (LL HAVE TO TAG ALONG !Wings Over the Navy CURLY SWEPT THE PLANE INTO AS TIGHT A TURN AS HE DARED MAKE, BUT EVEN AS. HE CAME BACK ON A-RETURN COURSE FOR A SECOND RUN..+ HMM. WEE STIRRED UP A HORNET'S: NEST! PERHAPS WE'D BETTER MAKE TRACKS FOR THE HAWK! 24 J ALREADY THE MESSERSCHMITTS WERE SWARMING INTO THE AIR« CHASTENED, CURLY CROWDED ON ALL POWER AND HEAGED FOR THE SEA... THISAS A RIGHT DO, AND NO MISTAKE J SORRY ABOUT THIS) SAM! | SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO YOU + e+AND OUR JUICE IS GETTING LOW) 700 /Wings Over the Navy TFWAS AN UNEQUAL RACE. THE SWIFT GERMAN FIGHTERS LEAPED SAVAGELY AT THE LUMBERING OLD SWORDFISH. . ~ RIEND'S ALERTED JERRIES SOa Wings Uver the Navy “JUST AS THE LEADING MESSERSCHMITT DIVED INTO A FIRING POSITION BEHIND THE . SWORDFISH: THE HURRICANES SWE; TO THE ATTACK AN \ A ton enna‘Wings Over the Navy a SOQN THE SRY WAS A WHIRLING MASS OF SLEEK. FIGHTER PLANES... AND THE OLD. SWORDFISH CREPT PAINFULLY AWAY» Twa yesseascunints SPUN DOWN IN FLAMES UNDER j LOF BULLETS...THE OTHERS es | TURNED HASTILY FOR SAFETY... ACTION | WE'LL COME BACK ANOTHER DAY FOR A CRACK AT THAT AIRFIELD ! ARE YOU OKAY, NAVY P BREAK OFF YES, THANKS: TO YOU!BUT GUR PETROL'S PRETTY LOW! | DOUBT IF WE CAN MAKE THE CARRIER |ze Wings Over the Navy eo A SUR BASE IS THIRTY, YOU MILES SOUTH! CAT MaKe Fy WELL F. SQUADRON LEADER CUT SHORT CURLY'S KS WITH A GRIM SMILE «+ YOU CAN SAVE THE THANKS? NAVY I YOULL NEED ALL YOUR. BREATH FOR GROUB CAPTAIN WEBLY WHEN HE HEARS HOW YOU STIRREC UP THOSE MESSERSCHMITTS +4 AS THE NAVY PLANE LURCHED TO A HALT ON THE TARMAC, THE R. ALREADY TELLING HIS STORY TO HIS “OPE HALLO, SIRS UM GRATEFUL30 Wings Qves the Navy ‘GROUP CAPTAIN WEBLY SCOWTED: FEROCIONSLY AT THE CHEERFUL YOUNG NA\ GRATEFUL) ARE YOU) YOU YOUNG PUPPY! DO You REALISE T'D-PLANNED A SURPRISE RAID OR THAT AIRSTRIP! IF YOU HADN'T AND POTTNe | Bae wine e BROKEN WING! WHY DOESN'T THE NAVY REALISE THAT THOSE BROKEN DOWN FLEET AIR ARM MUSEUM PIECES AREN'T FIT TO FLY IN_A MODERN WAR! YOU LEAVE THE FIGHTING TO THE R.A.F. NEXT TIME; YOU YOUNG FOO SORRY, SIR» 1 DIDN'T RNow/ WE DID DO A BIT OF DAMAGE OURSELVES. “TAKE THIS RUBBISHY CRATE OF YOURS OFF RFIELO AS SOON AS WE'VE PUT SOME SAS IN IT!Wings Over the Navy a” (STILL SMARTIMG) CURLY AND SAM WERE TAKEN OVER TO THE R.A-F. MESS. WHILE. THEIR SWORDFISH WAS BEING REFUELLED... gM a —. P WELL,| MADE A ) STUPID MISTAKE, BUT HE MIND THE Cros) NAVY! \, HASN'T ANY RIGHT TO TALK LIKE HE JUST DOESNT SEE ANY THAT. ONE OF THESE DAYS WEILL POINT IN THE FLEET AIR ‘SHOW HIM WHAT THE ARM ,THATIS ALL! e: FLEET AIR ARM CAN DO! Pe AN HOUR LATER) THE SWORDFISH HEADED: QUT JO ITS PARENT SHIP... WELL MERE GOES, SAM/, SQUALLS AHEAD!Wings Over the Navy ROLY HAD THE AIRCRAFT LANDED THAN [HE.SUMMONS CAME FROM THE BRIDGE. bs, LIEUTENANT KNIGHT REPORT S TO THE BRIDGE IMMEDIATELY J HAVE RECEIVED A REPORT FROM GROUP’CAPTAIN WEBLY, LIEUTENANT, IT APPEARS THAT YOU FLEW FIFTY MILES INLAND, MADE A FUTILE ATTACK ON AN ENEMY AIRFIELD; QUEERED THE RuA.E.!S PLANS) ANO THEN ‘RAN OUT OF PETROL AND HAD TO BE ESCORTED BACK TO REFUEL! ~ WELL?Wings Over the Navp 33 THE YOUNG NAVAL AIRMAN WENT 10. MESS AND FLUNG HIMSELF STIVERLY A PM SORRY TOO, LIE! IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT YOU DiSO! ORDERS! WHATS WORSE. een yOu ‘ 1 DON'T a 1 SHALL HAVE TO THINK WHAT TO DO. yet! WHA WITH YOU! THAT WILL BE ALL. HE DOES We CANT e KICK ME MORE THAN I'M KICKING MYSELF «HAVING TO BE HELPED BY THAT FIRE-EATING WEBLY'S CROWD...UGH / ORDERS FOR YOU, LIEUTENANT ! YOUIRE BEING POSTED TO A CAMSHIP! SHE'S THE GLAMIS CASTLE, FERRYING SUPPLIES FROM ROSYTH TO NARVIK « YOU JOIN HER TOMORROW WHEN WE BERTH «Wings Over the Navy THE CAMSHIPS WERE MERCHANT NAVY ~ HEAVY-HEARTED CURLY WENT ON DEC! VESCELS FITTED WITH CATAPULTS FOR TO FIND SAM BLAKE. FLYING OFF SINGLE AIRCRAFT.THE PILOT | Har MY MISTARE! MLL UNSPECTACULAR JOB FOR THE Feta | | YY OFF! eae Ania PLOTS. + SBE THE BUT OFFICER. " THAT YOU WON'T! cout Pee it PURPREN TLL TAG ALONG WITH YOU aE Ts ee 1 DID iT u BEFORE | NEAT DAY: WHEN THE HAWK BERTHED AT NARVIK. ~~ WEILL COME: BACK TO HER ONSWings Over the Nav; au Chapter 3. DUEL WITH A U-BOAT THE GLAMIS CASTLE WAS & RUST- STREAKED MERCHANTMAN OF 7,000 TONS) A RUDE CONTRAST TO THE SLEEK AIRCRAFT CARRIER +e. PLEASED, TO MEET YOU, CAPTAIN. TWELVE HOURS LATER) HER HOLDS EMPTY, THE OLD MERC SHIP LEFT NARVIK GH HER RETURN JOURNEY TO ROS’Wings O sae 7 SO THE MONOTONOUS ROUTINE OF PATROL WORK ON THE CAMSHIP BEGAN FOR CURLY AND SAM. DAY AFTER DAY THEY WERE CATAPULTED OFF, WERE HOISTED ABOARD AGAIN AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT; ANO THEN WERE CATAPULTED MORE. . Barth eoeny ‘ ld i aa ae Vie HSN i ver the NavyWiags Over the Navy Ht ALL THROUGH THE BRIE! IM NORWAY: THE GLAMIS. CASTLE: STEAMED BACK AND FORTH FROM ROSYTH TO NARVIK) AND Wi WENT & GLOOMY YOUNG FLEET AIR ARM PILOT. : au DON'T FRET $0, SIRI IVE A FEELING 5 WE'LL GET SOME } SAM) AND WE HAVEN'T | ACTION TODAY / HAD ANY ACTION YET. (CE MORE) THE SWORDFISH LURCHED OUT OVER THE EMPTY SEA... [7 EF 4Wings Over the Novy WELL) THE PATROL'S NEARLY OVER? SAM! WHERE'S THE ACTION YOU HAD A FEELING ABOUT? WITHOUT ANY REAL HOPE CURLY, PUT THE CONTROL COLUMN OVE ANO THE SWOROFISH WHEELED TO INVESTIGATE...‘Wings Gver the Navy = SHE'S SEEN > US! SHE'S DIVING: WHY CAN'T THIS DARNED OLD HEARSE GIVE US MORE SPEED! SWORDFISH SCREAMED DOWN) THE U-BOAT, DIVED IN A WELTER OF FOAM +++ o ANOTHER FIFTY NOTS OUT OF THIS OLD == CRATE AND WE'D HAVE GOT \ === HER ON THE SURFACE’! HANG 1, PLL DROP THE BOMBS: ALL THE SAME?0 Wings Over the Navy THE UBOAT WAS ALREADY HIODEN... BUT : IT_WAS NOT YET SAFE / LOOKING BACK, SAM GIAKE SAW THE. FOUNTAIN OF TORTURED WATER. . ‘SMACK ON THE TARGET, SIR! WE MAY STILE BRING HER up;Wings Over the Navy 4 BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE BY THE SWORDFISH'S BOMBS) THE U-BOAT PREPARED TO FIGHT BACK~« S FoRCEO HER Y UP) SAM! HERE GOES AGAIN!ITLL WE'VE GOT TWO BOMBS BE THIS TIME OR NEVER ! LEFT: SAM ings Over the Navy 7 THEYRE GETTING THE RANGE) SIR aWings Over the Navy _ AGAIN THE WAS ON THE T VISIBLE TARGET.= Wings Over the Nav IE GOMB BURST AGAINST THE THIN HULL BELOW THE’ SURFACE, cTHE OTHER STRUCK SQUARELY ON THE DECK... of 22 = 7 % é # ib iy oy +t a THE DOOMED U-BOAT SANK LIKE A STONE. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WEEKS) CURLY KNIGHT SMILED J FpWigs Over the Navy 45 THE GLAMIS CASTLE STEAMI uP Les ‘TO THE SCENE OF ACTION. a - ! Be WELL DONE, THE NAVY /a Wings Over the Novy Giapter DARE-DEvIL RESCUE BACK ON BOARD THE MERCHANTMAN, THER! FRESH SHOCK AWAITING THE NAVY FLYER. « ND LIKE TO CELEBRATE) MISTER KMIGHT) BUT THERE'S NO TIME! THE ARMY ARE PULLING OUT OF NORWAY: I'VE BEEN ORDER] BACK TO NARVIK TG HEL! EVACUATE THE TROSPS/ INE GOT NEW. ORDERS FROM THE HAWK FOR YOU, MISTER KNIGHT / SES MA ShODBY THEN CAPTAIN ! THANKS FOR THE E\ TRIP, AND GOODWings Over the Navy FOR PERHAPS THE LAST Time) THE OLD SWORDFISH WAS CATAPULTED OFF 70 HELP IN THE DESPERATE WITHDRAWAL FROM NORWAY «+ PATROLLING ABOVE THE FIORD, CURLY SUDDENLY SAW A FAMILIAR SHARE BELOW, .. THERE SHE IS) SAM... THE HAWE ! f WONDER WHAT THEY'RE COOKING UP FOR USa Wings Over the Navy [ MEANWHILE, ON THE BRIOGE OF THE HAWK;FACES WERE GLOOMY..-) WHAT THE DEVIL'S HAPPENED TO ad we 2 MPA WATERS FOR THEM ALL DAY! IF THI NOT HERE IN THIRTY MINUTES ) WE! By HAVE TO LEAVE THEM BEHIND Z FOR THE JERRIES | CAN!T WAIT HERE IN CALM. MAY 1 MAKE SUGGESTION, RP eevee ue ENGLAND WAS OUT GF RANGE OF THE | HURRICANE ZQUADRON AT NARVIK. IN f TO LAND THEM GN THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER . COULDN'T WE SEND A SWORDFISH OVER TO THE R.A.F. AIRFIELD TO SEE WHATIS HAPPENED) SIR? YOUNG KNIGHT'S BEEN THERE, YOU REMEMBER) AND: HIS SHIP'S JUST SAILED IN! HE'S ALOFT PATROLLING NOW) AND WE COULD RADIO HIS. ORDERS! - THAT YOUNG. °” DARE DEVIL, EH? WELL, WHY NOT? AND TELL HIM a TO BRING BACK THOSE HUBRICANES) © LSE see AN URGENT MESSAGE WENT OUT TO THE SWORDFISH OF LIEUTENANT CURLY. KNIGHT, QVERHEAD. UNDERSTOOD) YOUR MESSAGE HAWK CONTROL: WILCOL OUTSWings Over the Navy AS HE HAD LISTENED TO THE TENSE YOICE FROM THE HAWK) A, SLOW GRIN HAD SPREAQ OVER CURLY'S FACE «+. BOVS! THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO LAND ON THE HAWK J NOW THE R.A.F. WAS IM TROUBLE. NAVY WAS FLYING TO THE RESCL eS THERE THEY ARE) STOOGING50 Wings Over the Navy. [TEN MINUTES LATER THE SWORDFISH HAD [REACHED THE R.A.F. AIRFIELD... WHAT ARE YOU DOING CHAPS ? THE HAWK'S GETTING HULLO, NAVY!) WE'RE IN A TOOK OFF, THE JERRIES STAA THE AIRFIELD! EVERYONE GOT sea tet EXCEPT THE C.Q.! HIS PLAN! - RIGHT BUT HE STOPPED A SUL s HIS ARM AND HE CAN'T HANOL| HE'S ALONE DOWN THERE! We CAN'T LAND AMONG THOS: BOMB CRATERS... ANO WE, GAN'T LEAVE Hiht BEHIND. =Wings Gver the Navy 5 [Ramiking FAST: CURLY PUT THE SWORDFISH INTO A — wry : 7 SHALLOW DIVE OVER THE LONE HURRICANE... dog ! CLEAR OFF: NAVY! ANO, rr TAKE MY BOYS WITH YOU! THE JERRIES ARE TWO MILES AWAY AND h NONE OF YOU CAN HELP ME NOW! PLL FIRE THIS KITE AND GIVE | YSELF UP / MYSE AN GURLY LOOKED DOWN GRIMLY AT THE FLAT-TOPPED AIRPORT BUILDING BELOW... AND A DESPERATE PLAN FORMED iN HIS MIND | PS NOT MUCH SMALLER THAN THE HAWKS FLIGHT DECK/ AND THERE'S 4 WIRE AT ONE END! 17S WORTH @ TRY ! EG, YOU'LL NEVER LEARN SENSE; YOUNG CURLY |Wings Over the Navy IRLY RADIQED URGENTLY TO GROUP CAPTAIN WEBLY. THE OFFICER'S EYEBROWS SHOT UP FIERCEL THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME SIR! GET UPON THE FLAT _/ ROOF AND WAIT FOR Us! YOU MAY CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT THE SWORDFISH IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES! 4 if CQOLLY THE YOUNG NAVAL FLYER TURNED NP Wel: T HIS-OLO AIRCRAFT FOR A DARE-DEVIL S NO? WELL ATTEMPT AT RESCUE THIS OLD i a re N STRINGBAG'S 1 SAY) NAVY, SARE YOU? A FLY COULDN'T LAND ie ON THAT! An Apna . Iv avWings Over the Navy sy THE NARROW ROOF LOOMED AHEAD... L. IMPOSSIBLY SMALLAND NARROW..." 4 THE SWORDFISH'S WHEELS SCREECHED ON THE LOOSE ASPHALT: ««} THE TELEPHONE WIRE TAUTENED VIGIOUSLY. -.Wings Over the Navy cA) FOR AN INSTANT IT SEEMED THAT THE AIRCRAFT MUST SHOOT OVER THE EDGE OF THAT TINY \LANDING STRIP*! THEN... BY CRACKY) * MVE NEVER SEEN }L ANYTHING LIKE wt $0 IT'S YOU! WELL) ITAKE BACK ALL SAID | NO OTHER PLANE IN THE WORLD COULD HAVE COME DOWN LIKE THIS... AND NOT MANY OTHER PILOTS; EITHER ! HANKS) SIR! NOW COME ACARD, IN THE REAR COCKPIT! SAM) YOU TAKE MY PLACE AT THE CONTROLS WHEN WEVE TURNED THE STRINGBAG 2A TAKE-OFF |Wings Over the Navy = ws S THERE'S A SERVICEABLE ‘NOW WHATS HURRICANE ON THE AIRFIELD) THE YOUNG CUS SES SIRE THERE WON'T BE MUCH = ROOM TO TAKE HER UP e+ + BUT FLEET AIR ARM PILOTS ARE USED TO THAT! BUT CURLY HAD NOT COMPLETED HIS DARING PLAN YET.+. THE R-A.F, OFFICER SHOOK HIS HEAD IN RELUCTI ONDER. ++ THAT YOUNG TROU SHOOTER WILL Di IF ONLY TO MAKE & EAT MY WORD TTEN THOSE LESSONS | GAVE You AT LEITH | f i FLY THE GROUP CAPTAIN “ i BACK TO THE HAWK » SAM / i AND | HOPE FOR HIS SAKE YOU HAVENT FORGO’ aa56 Wings Over the Navy LY RAN OUT TO THE HURRICANE... Se HERE 1GO) STICKING MY NECK OUT AGAIN J AS HE DROPPED INTO THE COCKPIT, CURLY LOOKED ACROSS THE BOMB-SCaRRED THAT'S TORN IT, AIRFIELD. HIS EYES WIDENED.» THE JERRY — ARMY'S ARRIVING Now!Wings Over the Navy hs ‘SITUATION WAS DESPERATE. spur AT EAST THE GROUP CAPTAIN WAS SAFE «+3 WELL) THERE OS Te RG Nes inSeh Ore go: THe ADVANCING GERMAN TROOPS OPENED FIREWings Over the Navy WITH HAIRSPLIT TING JESURACY CURLY. AT THE LAST MOMENT) CURLY WRENCHED ‘STEERED THE HURRICANE BETWEEN THE HARD BACK ON THE CONTROLS GAPING CRATERS ON MS PERILOLS TaKe-OFF| : SWIFTLY) THE HURRICANE CLIMBED TO MEET THE Tee Wi ae Saas , <5 THANKS, NAVY AFTER SEEING THaT, ‘NONE OF US WILL EVES LAUGH AT THE FEST AIRARM AGAIN J THANK | THE OLD. |Wings Over the Navy sw NOW PERHAPS THE HARDEST TASK CURLY HAD SET HIMSELF LAY AHEAD... ISITALL RIGHT BY YOU, SIR) \ GROLP CAPTAIN SAYS IF T LEAD YOUR: HURRICANES HE LEAVES EVERYTHING, DOWN ON TO THE HAWK ? TO YOU, SIR / GOOD 1S GOING TO 8 LUCK f TRICKY) AND I'VE MAD MORE meacrice! THE HURRICANES HAD BEEN FITTED WITH MAKESHIFT ARRESTER HOOKS.. «QUT NO FIGHTER PLANE OF THIS SPEED HAD LANDED ON A CARRIER BEFORE. PERMISSION TO LAND: OND HAWK CONTROL! COME ON IN) HURRICANE |Wings Over the NavyWings Over the Navy THERE WAS A MOMENT OF UNBEARABLE SUSPENSE THATS A NAVY PILOT IN THERE... 17S: OUR MISTER — | =a he ty NT PETERS.) WELCOME BACK, CURLY! OLD WEBLY RADIOED US IPS NOT A BOGKET ABGUT YOU + THE’ 4 FOR ME Tris WANT YOU OM ME Gi NMED BRIDGE !AS HE CLIMBED TO THE BRIDGE, CURLY S: SWORDFISH COMING IN SEDATELY 76 1 YOU KNOQW WHAT WE ALL FEEL ABO. PIECE OF WORK) MISTER KNIGHT! NM JUST GOING TO THANK YOU =: GROUP CAPTAIN WEBLY WHAT Tie AIR_ARM CAN DO! YOU'RE ON THE HAWK FROM NONWings Over the Navy 63 AT THAT MOMENT) A STOCKY AND PUGNACIOUS FIGURE ]/” | WAS ONLY GOING TO STEPPED ON TO THE BRIDGE..«AND GRINNED ¢ CONGRATULATE YOUR PILOTS ON ‘ALL RIGHT) SAY IT CAPTAIN ! | DESERVE PUTTING Tibi HURRICANES DUtn EVERY WORD OF IT! THIS YOUNG eR eee ecm elt IAN HAS TAUGHT ME A f LESSON ! PERFORMANCE! 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