MASTERS 7: SKY

FAST, rugged and powerful, the McDonnell Phantom is currently in

service with the United States Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps,
as well as our own R.A.F. and Royal Navy. Despite its small size — it’s onl
58 feet 3 inches long — the Phantom can carry up to 16,000 Ib. of guided
missiles, bombs, or rockets. That’s more than a massive World War Il
Liberator bomber could carry.
Phantoms of the Royal Navy distinguished themselves by winning the
1969 Transatlantic Air Race, but this isn’t their only claim to fame. On
November 22, 1961, a U.S.A.F. Phantom set up a record speed of 1606.48
m.p.h.
 HE SKY WAS WHITE WITH PARACHUTES. . .LIKE SNOWFLAKES
IN A BLIZZARD...A BLIZZARD OF HEROES, AND ALL
DROPPING INTO THE RED-HOT INFERNO THAT WAS THE BATTLE
A
OF ARNHEM, MANY HAD ABOUT AS MUCH CHANCE AS
SNOWFLAKE OF SURVIVING... ‘ £g

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| _..SOME WHO DID SURVIVE ENDED BEHIND THE BARBED WIRE
OF THE WORST PRISON CAMP IN GERMANY, BUT THEY WERE
;STILL DANGEROUS MEN, AND THEIR COMING WAS TO BE THE
MOST CATASTROPHIC EVENT EVER TO HAPPEN IN THE LIFE OF
[] THE CAMP'S BRUTAL COMMANDANT, WOLFGANG VON KIEL.
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ON A LINCOLNSHIRE AIRSTRIP MEN OF A BRITISH GLIDER-BORNE UNIT WAITED
WITH TAUT NERVES AND POUNDING HEARTS. SOME WERE SEASONED CAMPAIGNERS,
SOME WERE UNBLOODED, BUT ALL WERE KEYED UP,

HOW MUCH LONGER

DOWE WAIT, SWINTON?

TILL THE COLONEL'S

FINAL PEP-TALK IS OVER,
BELLAMY. DON'T BE
SO EDGY, MAN.

TENSION BEFOREA SQUEEZED UP LIKE

BAPTISM OF FIRE\AFFECTS SARDINES. GIMME MORE
MEN.IN DIFFERENT WAYS. ELBOW-ROOM, JOHNSON!
IT MADE PRIVATE BUTCH
BELLAMY MORE SHORT=
TEMPERED THAN USUAL,

WHAT DID YOU

EXPECT ON THIS TRIP?
A FIRST CLASS COMPART- ‘
MENT TO YOURSELF? y,
NOBODY LIKED BELLAMY WHO WAS BELLAMY'S SECTION LEADER, CORPORAL
ALWAYS THROWING HIS WEIGHT ROY SWINTON, BROKE IN. ;
ABOUT. MiG \F YOU'RE AS KEEN
WANT A THICK EAR, p nee Bg 1 FIGHT JERRY AS YOU
JOHNSON? THERE ISN'T pbs ARE TO FIGHT YOUR ub
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A BLOKE HERE | COULDN'T Ltt ta BELLAMY, YOU SHOULD
LICK EASY. jimi GET A V.C;
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JUST BECAUSE
YOU'VE A COUPLE
OF TAPES UP...

PAY ATTENTION,
MEN, LIEUTENANT BARCLAY
HAS A FEW WORDS TO SAY
BEFORE TAKE-OFF.
 BARCLAY WAS INCG@MMAND pea
OF THE MEN IN THAT GLIDER.
HE MADE A CRISP AND CHEER-
FUL SPEECH, TO WHICH ALL
BUT BUTCH LISTENED
RESPECTFULLY .
IN YEARS TO COME | EXPECT
TO REMEMBER IT BY A FAMOUS
VICTORY THIS PLATOON HELPED
WIN. A VICTORY THAT'LL
SHORTEN THE WAR BY
MONTHS.

A FEW HOURS FROM’NOW WE!

BE LESS THAN TWELVE MILES FROM ee
THE GERMAN FRONTIER. IT'S UP TO MERC rO
US TO KEEP JERRY @N THE HOP FOR
FORTY-EIGHT HOURS TO LET THE PLAN, MEANTIME gi
BRITISH ARMY BASH‘UP THROUGH ARNHEM, HERE
WE COME.
HOLLAND AND RELIEVE US.
 VON KIEL'S CAR SPED EASTWARD, THE DUST IT RAISED HAD LONG SETTLED WHEN
GLIDER-BORNE FORCES FOLLOWED THE PARATROOPERS.
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fee,

THE JERRY GUNNERS Uj

HAVE GOT A FIX ON US, SIR. yj
WE'RE BEING CLOBBERED.

THE COCKPIT WAS SMASHED AND THE GLIDER DIVED STEEPLY.

BROUGHT UP THE NOSE, BUT IT STILL PRANGED HEAVILY.

LN \|iLe
I'LL LAY ODDS NO ONE
WALKS AWAY FROM THAT CRASH,

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See es
 1 WAS WRONG. BUT
NONE OF THEM WILL WALK

TEN MEN SURVIVED THE CRASH — THOUGH ONE OF THEM ONLY OUTLIVED IT BY A
FEW SECONDS. :
THE OTHERS FLATTENED OUT, NONE IT WASN'T EASY TO HIT BACK, BUT ROY
FASTER THAN BELLAMY. ROY NOTICED HAD AN IDEA,
THAT.
HE WAS DOWN INA USE THAT
FLASH. | CAN'T BLAME.HIM =:
FOR THAT, BUT HE DOESN'T PIAT, BELLAMY. ) /“Uce ir YOURSELF.
LOOK TOO KEEN ON GET- 1 AIN'T MOVING.
TING UP TO FIGHT.

ROY SWALLOWED HIS ANGER, THIS WAS NOT THE TIME NOR THE
PLACE FOR IT.
HE GRABBED THE PIAT, AND JOHNSON LOADED FOR HIM.

GUN. WOULDN'T IT BE
BETTER TO USE RIFLES?
ROY'S TARGET WAS THE WINDMILL, THE
BOMB BLASTED INTO IT, CAUSING GREAT
DAMAGE.

Ao

“FY NOT EXACTLY WHAT

/ AN ANTI-TANK WEAPON'S
4 INTENDED FOR, BUT IT SHOULD
» DO THE TRICK.
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ROY BARKED AN ANSWER TO THIS PROTEST. HE HAD JUST ABOUT HAD HIS FILL OF
BELLAMY.

WE'RE AT LEAST A MILE FROM

BATTALION AND THERE COULD BEA
LOT OF JERRIES IN BETWEEN. WE HEAD
FOR ARNHEM BRIDGE, THE PARATROOPERS'!
OBJECTIVE — MUCH NEARER. IF YOU
THINK DIFFERENT, GET LOST.
BELLAMY SAW THE-SENSE OF ROY'S REASONING, HE RAN AFTER THE CORPORAL
AND SOON CAUGHT UP. i

HE'S BEEFY, BUT HE CAN

SHIFT. HE PLAYED RUGBY
BEFORE HIS CALL-UP. NO
WONDER HE'S FAST AND
STRONG,
>

MOST OF THE EADS IN THE BATTALION WERE KEEN ON THE SAME GAME. ROY
WAS NO EXCEPTION.

THEY BROKE THROUGH A BELT OF THICKETS AND SAW. ARNHEM AND ITS BRIDGE
OVER THE RIVER RHINE. :
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THERE IT 1S, MATES.

ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVE
OF THIS WHOLE MISSION.
14
THERE WAS BITTER FIGHTING FOR THAT BRIDGE JN THE DAYS WHICH ENSUED, AND
ROY AND HIS COMRADES PLAYED THEIR PART.

| THOUGHT THE SECOND

ARMY WAS TO BREAK THROUGH
AN RELIEVE US IN FORTY-EIGHT
HOURS?

HAT WAS THE IDEA, BUT

IT HASN'T WORKED OUT. IF YOU
= DON'T LIKE THE SHOW, ASK
FOR YOURMMONEY BACK.

| WOULDN'T SAY cs
CHICKEN, BUT HE ISN'T
EXACTLY THE DEATH-OR °
— GLORY TYPE, CORP, { CAN SEE ARMOUR
| ON THE SGUTH ROAD, | DON'T
KNOW WHETHER IT'S BRITISH OR
GERMAN.
IT WAS GERMAN ARMOUR. PARATROOPERS IN OTHER HOUSES DEALT WITH MOST OF
THEM, BUT ONE CROSSED THE BRIDGE.
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aT WAITING FOR,
ay SWINTON?

A SURE HIT,
( BELLAMY. KEEP YOUR
SHIRT ON.

ALTHOUGH OUT OF CONTROL, THE

ARMOURED CAR CAME ON,RAMMING
THE HOUSE,

BULL'S-EYE, Be ly Re CR
CORP? Ts
 YOU'RE WELL OUT OF IT,
FRITZ. PRETTY SOON#YOU'LL

THAT BIG OX SOUNDS

ee QUITE GENTLE. MAYBE HE'S
es
eh ae NOT SUCH A BAD BLOKE.
BUT BUTCH'S GENTLENESS WAS SHORT-LIVED, HE WAS SOON BACK TO A MOOD
OF SULLEN DISCONTENT,
L— JZ
JERRY INFANTRY MOVING ee uN |
Site
TOTTORI
IN, HOW LONG ARE WE EXPECTED . ia
TOHOLD ON? an \ aun
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iH

EVERYTHING ABOUT OPERATION "MARKET GARDEN" WAS GOING WRONG —

EXCEPT THE MAGNIFICENT COURAGE OF THE AIRBORNE TROOPS.
 17

ROY'S MEN FOUGHT ON AS LONG AS THEIR AMMO LASTED. THEN —

I'VE CHECKED THIS YOU'RE BONKERS! WE'D

ARMOURED CAR AND IT STILL NEVER MAKE IT. WE'LL SAVE
GOES. IT'LL TAKEUSTO ~ OURSELVES A LOT OF GRIEF IF
OOSTERBEEK, TO THE REST WE SURRENDER HERE AND
y OF THE DIVISION,
ete,

AGREED TO
BELLAMY'S WAS THE ONLY VOICE OF PROTEST SO HE RELUCTANTLY
COME WITH THE OTHERS,

ACHTUNG? THOSE
ENG LANDERS ARE MAKING
A BREAK FOR IT:
 18
DODGING THE CIRCLING NAZIS, ROY HEADED FOR OOSTERBEEK. THE PLACE WAS
UNDER FIRE, BUT THE ARMOURED CAR SWEPT PAST THE SURPRISED GERMANS WHO
WERE BESIEGING IT.

THE WEATHER'S-IN OUR FAVOUR

BUT WE'D BEST DITCH THIS WRECK BE-
FORE OUR OWN LADS START KNOCKING
HOLES IN IT,

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BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW OOSTERBEEK HAD BEEN EVACUATED. THE REMNANTS OF THE
GALLANT. AIRBORNE DIVISION HAD BEEN QUIETLY FERRIED TO SAFETY ACROSS THE
RIVER.
 BY THE TIME THEY LEARNED OF THE BELLAMY SNORTED .
WITHDRAWAL, THE LAST BOAT HAD
GONE, | SPOTTED SOME
I'LL FLASH A MESSAGE JERRIES DOWN-RIVER
TO THE OTHER SIDE WITH WHEN THE MOON BROKE
MY TORCH. THEY MAY THROUGH THE CLOUDS .
SEND A BOAT, I!M TURNING MYSELF 4

YOUR TAPES NEVER

MEANT A THING TO ME.
LET'S SEE YOU TRY AND
STOP ME.
 ROY SWUNG AND MISSED. NEXT HE SHOOK HIS HEAD, SAW A GRINNING
INSTANT HE REELED TO A PULVERISING FACE AND LASHED OUT, THIS TIME HIS
FIST SLAMMED HOME.

%‘

A FANTASTIC PUNCH-UP FOLLOWED, FOUGHT AMID THE SAVAGE TUMULT OF AN

ARTILLERY «DUEL.

maSSO
’ HLL BELT THE LIVING
DAYLIGHTS OUT OF YOU,
SWINTON,

WEASn: YOU AND WHO ELSE,

YOU BIG LOUT?
IT WAS SPEED AND SKILL VERSUS BRUTE STRENGTH. THE OUTCOME WAS JN THE
BALANCE WHEN A MORTAR-BOMB ENDED THE FIST FIGHT.
SCARPER, MATES. “Ee
WE'LL ALL BE CLOBBERED
IF WE STAY HERE.

LET'S GET
OUT OF HERE!
 THE FLASH OF THE:BOMB WAS ROY'S LAST VIVID IMPRESSION BEFORE THE SHOCK-
WAVE HURLED THEM ALL INTO THE RIVER.

ONE OF THE S@UAB WAS DEAD BEFORE HE HIT THE WATER, OTHERS COLLECTED
THEIR WITS ANEPBEGAN TO SWIM, BUT NOT ROY.
———;

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Se SWINTON WITH US?

AK

2.
{SAW HIM GO
UNDER, HE AIN'T §
SURFACED. /
THE MOON WAS OBSCURED AGAIN, A TINY GLIMMER OF MOONLIGHT
SUDDENLY BUTCH COLLIDED WITH SHOWED ROY'S FACE.CLEARLY.
THE UNCONCIOUS ROY. <

SA Lip Z IT'S SWINTON,

LOOK WHERE WMV /Yfgg Yj HE'S OUT COLD.
YOU!RE GOING,} yon :
DRAT YOU! ,
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La)
SS

A FEW MINUTES AGO

{WAS TRYING TO KNOCK
HIS BLOCK OFF. NOW LOOK
AT US. WISH | HAD ONE OF
THE OTHER LADS TO GIMME

BUT BUTCH GOULDN'T SEE THE

OTHERS, AND THERE WAS NO
USE TRYING J@6HOUT ABOVE
THE DIN-.OF &XPLOSIONS .
THE RIVER'S CURRENT WOULD HAVE TAXED A WORLD ~
CLASS SWIMMER,AND IT BEAT BELLAMY. HE FINISHED
UP DOWN-STREAM ON THE WRONG BANK OF A WIDE
BEND.

WHEN ROY CAME ROUND,OTHERS OF

HIS SQUAD WHO HAD BEEN DEFEATED
BY THE CURRENT WERE ALSO PRISONERS .
FOR YOU AND YOUR
COMRADES, THE WAR IS

| WOULDN'T
COUNT ON THAT.

ROY HAD NG IDEA BELLAMY HAD SAVED HIM. HF THOUGHT THE CURRENT HAD
WASHED HIM ASHORE.
 25
A WEEK LATER THEY WERE INMATES OF A BIG PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMP IN SOUTH —
GERMANY, THE CAMP COMMANDED BY VON KIEL.

WE'RE NEW HERE.

WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?

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ane
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IT'S COLONEL VON KIEL'S IDEA OF DISCIPLINE. HE'S
MAKING AN EXAMPLE OF A P.O,W, WHO DIDN'T SHOW
HIM PROPER RESPECT. THE OTHER MAN'S A GERMAN GUARD
WHO WAS LATE ON PARADE, THE KOMMANDANT'S A SAVAGE.

STOP NOW, THE SCHWEIN

HAVE BEEN TAUGHT A LESSON
THEY WON'T FORGET.
26
THE VICTIMS WERE CUT DOWN, MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE, .

YOU MEN ARE NEW

HERE. YOU HAVE JUST
SEEN WHAT HAPPENS TO

THE NAZI COLONEL STOPPED SHORT. IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS BELLAMY

HIS GLANCE HAD COME TO REST ON AND VON KIEL BECAME QUITE
BELLAMY, AND HE SHOWED SUDDEN FRIENDLY.
INTEREST.
WHAT IS YOUR
NAME?
BELLAMY
GENERAL. % ON KIEL
Se
IS
FRIENDLY TO
BELLAMY. WHY?

se
y
~ YA
hi

"GENERAL"...HE KNOWS
DASHED FINE THE BRUTE'S ONLY
A COLONEL. HE'S TRYING TO THEY'RE THE SAME
BUTTER HIM UP. TYPE — BULLIES,
JOHNSON MADE A HALF-HEARTED ATTEMPT WELL, 1 DON'T
TO SAY SOMETHING IN BUTCH'S FAVOUR, THINK HE COULD EVER
BE AS VICIOUS AS VON
KIEL. AND BELLAMY
TOLD ME HE SAVED
YOU FROM
DROWNING.

AND YOU BELIEVED Y

l HIM? HE WOULDN'T LIFT
A FINGER TO HELP ME. [| WAS
LUCKY ENOUGH TO FLOAT
ASHORE,

WHILE THE WAR RAGED ON, THE PRISONERS SUFFERED UNDER VON KIEL'S RULE,
THEN THE DAY BEFORE THE BREAK WAS DUE...

LOOK WHAT ARRIVED

FROM THE RED CROSS, VON
KIEL WASN'T GOING TO DISH
OUT ANY OF IT, BUT!
PERSUADED HIM TO LET US
; HAVE THIS, P
A RUGBY BALL! COME
ON, LADS — OUTSIDE AND
ORGANISE A GAME.
 EAGERLY THEY GOT A PITCH MARKED OUT AND PUT UP MAKESHIFT GOALS,
IT'S MONTHS SINCE
IVE EVEN SEEN A RUGBY
BALL. BACK HOME OUR TEAM
WERE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS ,

FANCIES HIMSELF, EH?

WAIT TILL I'VE SENT HIM TO
THE CLEANERS, I'M GOING
TO ENJOY THIS.
 COP HOLD, THEN.
WHIP 1T TO JOHNSON!

ROY CAUGHT THE PASS AND MANAGED TO GET RID OF THE BALL JUST BEFORE
A HUMAN BATTERING-RAM HIT HIM,

Beyer aX EEE

sae

IT WAS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF HEAVY TACKLES FROM BELLAMY THAT ROY. HAD
TO ENDURE,
30
BUTCH DID NOT CHANGE HIS TACTICS, LATER IN THE GAME HE STOPPED A FOOT
RUSH WITH A DELIBERATE FOUL. _

HA! THIS ISA

GOOD GAME! | THINK
I'D ENJOY PLAYING IT
MYSELF,
 ROY GROANED AN ANSWER. TO GIVE BELLAMY HIS DUE, 17 WAS ONE THAT
ROUSED A PANG OF CONSCIENCE IN HIM.
| THINK MY
ANKLE'S BROKEN,

HECK, | DIDN'T
MEAN TO GO THAT

aS
IT DONNERWETTER

VON KIEL'S SHOUT DREW THEY'RE YANK FORTRESSES .

EVERYONE'S ATTENTION MUST BE HEADED FOR THE GERMAN
TO THE SKY. AIRCRAFT ARMY CAMP TEN MILES EAST
WERE APPROACHING, OF HERE.

FLAT-OUT FOR THE NEAREST

SHELTER. HE'S SCARED THIS
STALAG MIGHT BE BOMBED
BY MISTAKE,
 NO MISTAKE WAS MADE. THE FLYING FORTRESSES DRONED EASTWARD TO
STRIKE AT THE CORRECT TARGET,
GET SOMEBODY TO
HUMP ME OVER TO THE BLOW THE GAME.
PRISON HOSPITAL. THEN WE'RE MORE CONCERNED
GO ON WITH YOUR : ABOUT YOU.

ROY WAS HOSPITALISED WITH A SUSPECTED FRACTURE, BUT NEXT DAY HIS HUT-
MATES WERE ALLOWED TO VISIT HIM SINGLY,

/ ROY, BELLAMY'S
Lilt OUTSIDE AS WELL.

TELL HIM TO PUSH OFF |

BUT, TALKING OF |
BELLAMY...
 AFTERWARDS, OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL —
| WON'T BE ABLE TO | TRIED TO TELL HIM
MAKE THE BREAK TOMORROW YOU'D A FOOD PARCEL
NIGHT BECAUSE OF BELLAMY. FOR HIM BUT HE DIDN'T
THAT'S WHAT RILES ME MORE WANT TO KNOW.
THAN ANYTHING ! :

\
| NEVER MEANT TO
CRIPPLE HIM,. hn, oe
THE GOSPEL TRUTH.

ie
ket a

aa! My.

y \'VE. JUST SEEN THE ESCAPE

COMMITTEE. TONIGHT'S THE
NIGHT ALL RIGHT. HECK,
| WISH ROY COULD GO WITH
US, HE'LL BE EATING HIS
HEART OUT.
 BELLAMY SPOKE UP GRUFFLY.
r YOU BLOKES SEEM TO THINK
IT'S GREAT TO BREAK-OUT, AIN'T
YOU HEARD WHAT HAPPENED TO
FIFTY R.A, F. BOYS WHO TRIED
IT? THEY WERE SHOT, ANYWAY
THE WAR'S NEARLY OVER.

WE CAN'T BE SURE OF
Y $Y THAT, OR WHAT VON KIEL
ey \ MIGHT DO BEFORE IT ENDS.
i THERE'S UGLY RUMOURS
. MS GOING AROUND .
NS

ENED TO DARKNESS ,
WAS HEARD .

MORE ALLIED RAIDS, KILL

THE SEARCHLIGHT. YOU KNOW
THE KOMMANDANTI'S ORDERS — DON'T
DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS CAMP
WHEN RAIDERS APPROACH,

KEPT UP THEIR GROUND -SWEEPS THE

ENEMY PILOTS WOULD KNOW THIS
WAS A PRISON CAMP. BUT WHO
AM | TO QUESTION THE ORDERS
OF THAT SCHWEINHUND,
VON KIEL?
 PILOTS THINK THIS IS THE WEHRMACHT
CAMP. YOU WERE RIGHT, FRANZ.
OUR KOMMANDANT!S A FOOL AS
WELL AS A PIG,

THE FIRST BOMBS MISSED THE

PRISON-CAMP, THE NEXT
STICK STRADDLED A BROAD
SECTOR OF IT.

? VON KIEL'S
QUARTERS HAVE
BEEN HIT!
 THE ERROR MUST HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED QUICKLY, FOR THE BOMBING CEASED

MAJOR LANZE, WHAT'S

LEFT OF THE KOMMANDANT'S
QUARTERS 1S ABLAZE, THE FIRE
COULD SPREAD TO THE
HOSPITAL,
pete THEN THE HOSPITAL -—-
MUST BE EVACUATED. COME,
WE'LL SUPERINTEND THE

MAJOR LANZE WAS VON KIEL'S SECOND-IN-COMMAND — A HUMANE OFFICER WHO

HAD LOST AN ARM IN NORMANDY,

WHAT ABOUT VON

KIEL, HERR MAJOR? HE
MAY STILL BE ALIVE.

TO THE DEVIL WITH HIM, THE

HOSPITAL AND WHAT'S IN IT ARE’
MORE IMPORTANT. ORGANISE SOME
OF THE PRISONERS TO HELP US,
THE PRISONERS WILLINGLY HELPED BUT THERE WAS: TO-BE NO ESCAPE THAT
AND ROY WAS THE FIRST CONCERN NIGHT, BELLAMY MET THEM WITH THE
OF HIS OWN HUT-MATES. BAD NEWS.
THE BOMBS SHOOK THE
GROUND AND COLLAPSED THE
TUNNEL. YOU CAN TRACE WHERE
IT'S CAVED IN CLEAR ACROSS THE
PARADE GROUND,

TAKE ME TO THE TUNNEL

AND TELL THE OTHERS. DON'T

*Yi py
77 E

ee

THAT'S VON KIEL!

LOOK, HIS MOUSTACHE'S BEEN
BURNED OFF, HE'S RIGHT
WOBBLY ON HIS PINS
TOO,
 GIVE MEA
HAND WITH THE
KOMMANDANT..

wy JAWOHL,
HERR DOKTOR.

GET HIMTO THE LECTURE ~

HALL, {'VE ORDERED THAT IT'S
TO BE THE NEW HOSPITAL,
 FEW REJOICED OVER THE KOMMANDANT!S 5 SURVEY) AS ROY LEARNED NEXT
MORNING EhONs A FRIENDLY ORDERLY.
Hut tn a

THE HERR DOKTOR AND | ARE 3

THE MOST UNPOPULAR MEN IN CAMP,
TOMMY. APART FROM VON KIEL'S
SPECIAL FAVOURITES AMONG THE
GUARDS, EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE
STAFF SAY WE SHOULD HAVE
THROWN HIM BACK INTO THE
FLAMES,

VON KIEL WAS TAKEN AWAY FOR IT WAS TO BEA THANKLESS TASK,
TREATMENT, BUT A FORTNIGHT LATER HOBBLING AROUND AT VON KIEL'S
HE WAS BACK. AND IN THAT TIME BECK AND CALL, BUT ROY KEPT HIS
ROY HAD A NEW JOB. SPIRITS UP. HE KNEW THAT THE WAR
: WAS GOING BADLY FOR THE
WHY ARE L| ere GERMANS,
YOU HERE?
THIS 1S RADIO> \alt
BERLIN...

I'M GETTING OVER 7

Y ANKLE INJURY, AND I'VE - EVEN THEIR PROPAGANDA
EEN DETAILED TO WAIT ON ea) CAN'T HIDE THE FACT THEY'RE
YOU, a a LOSING THE WAR.
FOR THE NAZIS THE OUTLOOK GREW DARKER AND DARKER AS TIME WENT BY, THEN
ONE DAY HE OVERHEARD MAJOR LANZE AND VON KIEL TALKING,

EVERY WORD, IF THE ALLIES

GET THIS FAR THEY'LL FINDA
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE, BEFORE|
QUIT THIS CAMP EVERY PRISONER
: WILL BE SHOT!

wg
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\
ih
a

A MASSIVE GRAVE FOR STALAG

THIRTEEN'S PRISONERS OF WAR
WILL BE MY LAST ACT OF DEFIANCE,
MY FINAL MEMORIAL TO GERMANY'S
GLORIOUS LEADER — ADOLF
AS

" MASS EXECUTION! THE FIEND'S

Y ‘CAPABLE OF JUST THAT. THE ANSWER
‘A MASS ESCAPE. BUT HOW? TIME'S
wy, RUNNING OUT, AND IT WOULD TAKE
yea MONTHS TO DIG ANOTHER
Gp, TUNNEL, A
 ALREADY THE ALLIES WERE OVER THE FRONTIER. SOON DISTANT GUNFIRE WAS
HEARD, MEANWHILE VON KIEL MADE PROGRESS,
ES Focal : AT LAST, THE UNVEILING,
NOW WE SHALL SEE WHETHER THE
=se\ TREATMENT FOR THESE BURNS HAS
BEEN SUCCESSFUL,

YE GODS! IT'S
f

UNBELIEVABLE!
42

VON KIEL'S FACE WAS UNSCARRED, YET THAT WAS NOT WHY ROY WAS
ASTOUNDED.
Ket ~~ NO WONDER VON KIEL WAS
INTERESTED IN BELLAMY. WITHOUT
THE BEARD AND MOUSTACHE HE'S
: EXACTLY LIKE HIM!

GRAFTING MAY MEAN YOU!LL BE

PERMANENTLY CLEAN-SHAVEN. THE
ONLY REAL PROBLEM NOW IS
WHETHER YOUR LEG WOUNDS WILL
HEAL QUICKLY.

THE YOUNG CORPORAL

KEPT ON STARING. VON
KIEL AND BUTCH BELLAMY
SEEMED IDENTICAL.

NO, NOT QUITE IDENTICAL. THE ¥

NAZI'S A LOT YOUNGER THAN |
THOUGHT HE WAS, BUT HE STILL LOOKS
OLDER THAN BELLAMY, STILL, INA
BAD LIGHT, OR AT A QUICK GLANCE,
THEY COULD PASS FOR EACH

RB Giga
AND THEN IN A FLASH THE IDEA CAME TO ROY.
 WELL, YOU'VE
HEARD THE PROPOSITION,
BELLAMY. HOW ABOUT IT?

IF 1‘M FOUND
OUT I'LL BE SHOT,

IF YOU DON'T
DO IT, WE'LL ALL BE I'VE HEARD THAT. IT'S BEEN
SHOT! GOING THE ROUNDS ON THE GRAPE-
VINE FOR A LONG WHILE, BUT IT'S
ONLY A RUMOUR,

KIEL SAID IT HIMSELF, BUT

WHAT!S THE USE? YOU HAVEN!
THE GUTS TO DO IT.
 BUTCH WENT BEETROOT-RED, AND FORA MINUTE OR SO AN INNER STRUGGLE
WAS REFLECTED IN HIS FACE, THEN...

BLAST YOUR %
FLAMING HIDE, I'LL

HAVE | SHAMED HIM INTO

THIS? NO. HE'S JUST SCARED
OF BEING SHOT WITH THE REST
OF US IF HE DOESN'T PLAY
ALONG,

A)
P7/ HERE'S THE GEAR. 1 MANAGED
TO SMUGGLE IT ALL OUT — JACK-
BOOTS, CAP, EVERYTHING. EVEN
HIS SPARE MONOCLE, 1 HOPE HE
DOESN'T MISS IT, THE GUNFIRE'S
MAKING HIM RESTLESS, HE TALKS
OF GETTING ON HIS FEET DESPITE
THE DOC.
ROY STAYED WITH HIS MATES TO HELP ORGANISE THE FIRST PART OF THE PLAN
WHICH INVOLVED DRESSING BELLAMY IN VON KIEL'S UNIFORM,

IF IT DOESN'T WE'LL ALL BE

DIGGING THAT MASS GRAVE FOR
OURSELVES. NOW REMEMBER WHAT
WE COACHED YOU TO SAY IN GERMAN,
QUICK, HERE COMES THE PATROL.
OUT YOU GO,

THE NIGHT PATROL WAS A ROUTINE CHECK-UP ON ALL HUTS, TONIGHT MAJOR
LANZE WAS IN CHARGE OF IT,

AH, | DIDN'T
KNOW YOU WERE
WALKING YET.

BUTCH HELD HIS BREATH, WONDERING FEARFULLY WHETHER HIS LIKENESS TO VON
KIEL WOULD PASS THE CRUCIAL TEST.
46
HE WAS SPEEDILY REASSURED, AND LANZE AND THE PATROL TROOPED
SAID IN GERMAN WHAT ROY HAD AFTER HIM,
TOLD HIMTO SAY.
HE WALKS AND
SPEAKS DIFFERENT. THE
EFFECTS OF HIS INJURIES
NO DOUBT,

SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS:
IS GOING ON IN THIS HUT.
FOLLOW ME AND GIVE ME
y THAT SCHMEISSER. Ss of oa
THEY ENTERED THE HUT. NEXT SECOND LANZE WAS BLINKING INTO THE
SCHMEISSER'S MUZZLE,
oy | ii |i a 4 i

a i ili ‘is cor

DON'T DO ANYTHING DAFT, ee

MAJOR. YOU'RE A DECENT BLOKE
AND WE WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO
COME TO ANY HARM. BUT YOU
WILL IF YOU FORCE BELLAMY'S BELLAMY — THIS IS
NOT THE KOMMANDANT ?
HAND.
MEIN GOTT! NOW |
REALISE...
 LANZE TOLD HIS MEN TO SUBMIT, THE PRISONERS CHANGED UNIFORMS AND LEFT
THE GERMANS BOUND AND GAGGED.
— pane Jt pepamoaneay CIA TME
NOW FOR THE
GUARDHOUSE, YOU KNOW
WHAT TO DO,

ee aie

AND A FEW SECONDS LATER BUTCH STAMPED INTO THE GUARDHOUSE,

os
: DER HERR i 1 1
KOMMANDANT. ACHTUNG, 4
MENSCHEN ?
ae es
THE GUARD-COMMANDER AND HIS SUBORDINATES SPRANG TO ATTENTION, AND
IN WALKED ROY.

ONE CHEEP OUT OF

ANY ONE OF YOU, AND IT'S
SUDDEN DEATH FOR THE
LOT,

THE LADS TOOK THE TWO :

GATE SENTRIES BY SURPRISE, NOT
A SQUEAK OUT OF EITHER
OF THEM,

ea
‘ RIGHT, BRING 'EM HERE.
; 7 TIE THEM UP WITH THESE OTHERS. zi
THEN WE'LL DEAL WITH THE NORTH- 18x
WEST AND SOUTH-WEST WATCH
TOWERS.
 “IT'S VON KIEL
ON ONE OF HIS SNAP
INSPECTIONS.

ACTIVE LIST AGAIN,

EH?

THEY WERE COMPLETELY FOOLED AND

TIED UP AS WERE THEIR COMRADES ON
THE OTHER TOWER, me BECAUSE IF SOME JERRY
HAPPENED TO SEE ME GOING
I'M ENJOYING THIS. FROM HUT TO HUT HE'D WANT AN
ANY MORE NAZIS YOU WANT EXPLANATION, BUT NOBODY'S
ME TO SPOOF? GOING TO QUESTION VON

LET'S NOT PRESS OUR

LUCK, YOU GIVE THE RE
OF THE PRISONERS THE GO-
AHEAD FOR THE MASS
ESCAPE NOW.
 WHILE BUTCH WAS GOING THE ROUNDS, ROY AND HIS PALS RETURNED TO THEIR
HUT. 3

1 | ‘ Ny
; =<

¢ THE MOON'LL BE SETTING

SOON. EVEN SO, PLENTY COULD
STILL GO WRONG, BUT WHILE WE'RE
WAITING WE'LL GET BACK INTO
OUR UNIFORMS AND KEEP OUR
FINGERS CROSSED, :

_ HE'S AT THE HUT NEAREST THE

LECTURE HALL. WAIT, SOMEBODY'S
JUST COME STRIDING OUT OF THE HALL,
IT LOOKS AS IF THERE MIGHT BE
TROUBLE...
 THE CAMP DOCTOR WALKED RIGHT
UPTO ME, HE'D JUST LEFT THE REAL
KOMMANDANT, HE KNEW | WAS A
z : PHONEY. LISTEN TO HIM NOW,
THERE'S ONLY : HE'S YELLING HIS HEAD OFF.
ONE THING WE CAN < a
DO, MAKE THE BREAK-
OUT NOW,

ANOTHER MAN MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT ONLY OF HIMSELF AND HIS OWN CRONIES,
BUT NOT ROY.
WW ( ae
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17 87

GO.ROUND THE OTHER HUTS AGAIN,

BELLAMY. TELL EVERYBODY WE'VE BEEN
RUMBLED AND THEY'RE TO RUN FOR IT.
MAYBE WE CAN HOLD OFF THE GOONS
FROM THE BARRACK-BLOCK FOR A
MINUTE OR TWO. HURRY!
 BUTCH SPED OFF, SOUNDING THE ALARM, AND SOON MEN WERE STREAMING:
FROM THE HUTS. ee
Villii hii

BELLAMY'S DOING HIS

STUFF, HE SOUNDS LIKE = 2
A FOG-HORN! : THE JERRY DOC'S
i DOING HIS STUFF, TOO,
| CAN HEAR HIM ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE LECTURE
HALL,

THE FIRST OF THE GUARDS FROM THE BARRACK BLOCK SWUNG INTO VIEW, AND
WERE MET BY A WITHERING VOLLEY.
Ty

GOOD WORK, MATES, BUT

GO EASY WITH THE AMMO, WE'VE
ONLY WHAT'S IN THE MAGS,
 53
CAREFUL THOUGH THEY WERE, THEY COULD ONLY STAY IN ACTION A MATTER OF
MINUTES AGAINST THE EVER-INCREASING ODDS,

| an Y

THAT'S MY LOT, BOYS. a,

BANG OFF ANY BULLETS LEFT, |
THEN SCARPER WHILE THE
GOING'S GOOD.

THERE'S THE LAST

BATCH OF PRISONERS.
BELLAMY'S AMONG
THEM,
 WHEN JERRY GETS ORGANISED
VON KIEL WILL SEND 'EM AFTER
US LIKE BL@ODHOUNDS, OUR
BEST BET IS TO SCATTER,

ROY HAD A PRIVATE REASON FOR

SUGGESTING THEY SHOULD SPLIT UP.
tke Saal (= qi Ij

1 DOUBT IF MY
ANKLE'S GOING TO 1 E
STAND UP TO THIS, SS IT’S NO USE,
I'M THROUGH —
FINISHED,

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YOU OUGHT TO KNOW,

BELLAMY, YOU WERE THE
CAUSE OF IT. MY ANKLE'S
\. GONE WEAK ON ME,

APPEARED TO HESITATE —
BEFORE RUNNING OFF TO
THE NORTH.

Z,[A

THAT'S If. LEAVE ME IN THE .

Wf LURCH. | WOULDN'T EXPECT ANY-
THING ELSE OF YOU, EVEN IF
| WANTED: YOUR HELP.
 BUT NOW GUTTURAL SHOUTS REACHED ROY'S EARS
>

BA es ite

{ KOMMANDANT SS
WENT THAT
WAY.

ae WERE HOT ON BELLAMY'S

TRAIL, SO WHY DID THE CHUMP
SWITCH NORTH INSTEAD OF HEADING
FOR THAT WOOD AND LOSING

THE ANSWER CAME TO

HIM LIKE A THUNDERBOLT,

P HE DID IT FOR ME! HE KNEW |F

HE WENT STRATGHT ON JERRY WOULD
FIND ME. I'VE MISSUDGED THE POOR
BLIGHTER. HE REALLY WAS SORRY
FOR CRACKING MY ANKLE. WHAT'S
MORE,HE PROBABLY DID SAVE ME
FROM DROWNING.
 HE WATCHED HELPLESSLY AS BUTCH WAS RECAPTURED AND LED BACK TO THE
CAMP AND CERTAIN DEATH, THEN O THER GERMANS SHOWED UP — BUT FROM
THE WEST,
AZ x FS eee
bee aoe

v i"

Ge ‘, Aiea
PY THE GUNFIRE'S GETTING ; ' therycttesa 8
NEARER, AND THOSE JERRIES a OR SS
AREN'T PRISON-CAMP GUARDS .
THEY'RE FRONT-LINE TROOPS IN
_ FULL RETREAT.

A YANK! HEY,
WHERE DID YOU SPRING

WE BROKE THROUGH IN
THE NIGHT AND WERE DOING
mRFI NE TILL THAT PANZER STOPPED
ie US COLD,
 WHY DON'T YOU
USE YOUR BAZOOKA?
| USED MY ONLY BOMB
TO BLAST OFF ITS TRACK, MY
BUDDY WAS CARRYING THE
OTHERS AND HE'S DEAD BACK
THERE — RIGHT IN THE
TANK'S LINE OF FIRE.

YES, THERE'S THE DEAD

YANK. THAT'S JOHNSON AND
SOME OF THE LADS OVER THERE
THE SIGHT OF HIS PALS SPARKED OFF ROY SHOUTED INSTRUCTIONS. yw
AN IDEA. JOHNSON AND HIS MATES YER
ees LISTENED CAREFULLY, AND WERE ft
dieters SAS | Quick TO OBEY. 1a
BOYS, DO NX Le je asa _
EXACTLY AS |} RSs | fe ae Eel
a IT'S ROY : aS
SWINTON!

REMEMBER WHAT ROY

SAID. NOBODY'S TO RUN MORE
» THAN TEN YARDS WITH THE

GET RID OF IT,

JOHNNIE, THE PANZER'S
MACHINE-GUN'S SWINGING

iif,
«Wye en
SEN etigir =
AND SO iT WENT ON — ROY'S LADS PLAYING THE RUGBY GAME OF THEIR LIVES,
BEATING DEATH BY INCHES AND SPLIT-SECOND TIMING.

THEY'RE LIKE QUICKSILVER.

WHENEVER | GET ONE OF THEM
IN MY SIGHTS HE'S DOWN BEFORE
J CAN FIRE.
DON'T GIVE ME
EXCUSES — GIVE ME
RESULTS?

(
=

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Nina) Tasers
\IE
14 =
 HE MANAGED TO LOB IT BEFORE HE THE BOMB DROPPED PLUMB INTO ROY'S
WAS HIT AGAIN, WAITING HANDS. 1T HAD ONE MORE
STAGE TO TRAVEL.
AAH? FIRST THE
LEGS, NOW ME FLAMING
ARM,

YOU'RE BACK IN
BUSINESS, YANK.

THE BAZOOKA WAS HURRIEDLY LOADED. THE AMERICAN TOOK STEADY AIM DESPITE
A GUST OF BULLETS...

oy,

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 62
z THE PANZER BREWED UP. GRATEFUL G.1,'s ROSE FROM THE GRASS,
. 0
9 MAN, THAT WAS SOME N he
FOOTBALL GAME YOU GUYS
PLAYED THERE :

OK, NOW YOU CAN DO US

A FAVOUR. GET ME TO THE PRISON
CAMP A FEW MILES EAST OF HERE.
WE COULD STILL. BE IN TIME TO SAVE
A MATE OF MINE.

NO TIME WAS WASTED, YET THEY WERE STILL SOME DISTANCE FROM THE STALAG
WHEN A VOLLEY RANG OUT.

DID YOU HEAR

THAT? WE'RE TOO
LATE.
 HE'S STILL BREATHING,
BUT HE'S AT THE LAST GASP.
AIN'T NOTHING WE CAN DO
FOR THE POOR GUY.

EMOTION,

I'M SORRY IT HAD TO END

THIS WAY. | TAKE BACK ALL I EVER
SAID AGAINST YOU, 1'D GIVE MY
RIGHT ARM TO HAVE GOT HERE A
FEW MINUTES SOONER...
THE DYING MAN TRIED TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT IT WAS NOT FROM HIM THAT
THE NEXT WORDS CAME,

STOW IT, MOOSH. \q

OU'LL HAVE ME IN
TEARS SOON,
am
IT'S REALLY YOU?
HOW? NO, DON'T TELL ME,
\ YON KIEL'SSOWN MEN SHOT
HIM BY MISTAKE,

HE KEPT TELLING 'EM HE WAS ‘

THEIR KOMMANDANT. THEY WOULDN'T
LISTEN. BUT IT WAS NO MISTAKE. THE
GUARDS GAVE ME BACK MY UNIFORM
AND TOLD ME TO SIT TIGHT IN THE
GUARDROOM..
 AND YOU LET ME COME OUT WATCH IT, OR PLL FILL
WITH ALL THAT TEAR-JERKING STUFF! YOU IN, TAPES OR NO TAPES,
\wy, YOU THUMPING GREAT THERE AIN'T ONE BLOKE |
COULDN'T LICK WITH
ONE HAND...

Three new, exciting

THEN SUDDENLY THEY STOPPED
TALKING, STARED AT EACH OTHER,
COMMANDO WAR STORIES
AND BURST OUT LAUGHING. AND
FROM THAT DAY ON, ALTHOUGH
On Sale In Two Weeks
THEY HADN'T A GOOD WORD TO Ask For—
SAY FOR EACH OTHER, EVERY

“LAST LAUGH”
INSULT WAS THROWN WITH A GRIN!

“THE HERO WAS

A FAKE”
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FIN FLASH WINGS & FUSELAGE YELLOW

CM 170 MAGISTER.

SEEN here in the markings of the Federal German Air Force are three
Potez CM 170 Magister trainers. Originally a French design, the Magister
is used by France, Germany and five other countries for basic fighter-pilot
training. The tandem cockpit takes a crew of two, with the pupil sitting in
front, and power comes from two Turbomeca Marbore turbojet engines.
Two machine-guns are fitted in the nose, and additional armament can
be carried externally. Typical loads include two 110 Ib. bombs, two Nord
guided missiles, thirty-six 37 mm. rockets, or four 55 Ib. air-to-ground
rockets.
Wing-tip fuel tanks are often carried, as shown in the picture above.
MISSION OF
Wo RETURN
TWICKENHAM, Murrayfield or
Cardiff Arms Park would have
cheered them to the echo for
their accurate passing. But it
wasnt a_ rugger ball the para-
troopers passed to each other as
they dashed across the German
line of fire. It was a deadly
bazooka shell
— and they weren't
playing just to add a few points
to a score—but for their very
lives...
MISSION OF
Wo RETURN
TWICKENHAM, Murrayfield or
Cardiff Arms Park would have
cheered them to the echo for
their accurate passing. But it
wasnt a rugger ball the para-
troopers passed to each other as
they dashed across the German
line of fire. It was a deadly
bazooka shell — and they weren't
playing just to add a few points
to a score—but for their very
lives...