Air Adventures, December 1939

Air Adventures: First Issue (1939) This inaugural issue of Air Adventures, edited by B. G. Davis, presents aviation fiction across multiple subgenres. Featured stories include Metteau Miles' "A Nazi Shall Die!" about fighter pilot Jimmy Fitch's vendetta against Nazi Ace Lichter, who killed his father in WWI; Michael Wade's "Treachery Over the Maginot Line"; Lieut. Frank Kent's "The Good Die First"; David Wright O'Brien's "Wings Above Warsaw"; and Orlando Rigoni's "The Coward," concerning Lt. Redd training inexperienced pilots. Charles Verral contributes "The Boy Who Couldn't Fly," Edward Churchill offers "Death Over Hollywood" with stunt flying elements, and A. G. J. Whitehouse provides "Warplanes for Sale," featuring protagonist Punch Woodward navigating a South American weapons contract. Supplementing fiction are technical articles on modern aircraft and wartime aviation. The issue includes reader contests offering monetary prizes for story rankings.