Issue Details

Issue	#7
Published	March 1941
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Malcolm Reiss (Editor); Wm. E. Eisner (Art Director); S.M. Iger (Feature Editor)

Cover Details - "The Ace of Flame"

Genre	war
Pencils	Gene Fawcette (signed)
Inks	Gene Fawcette (signed)

7 page Skull Squad story Dawn Patrol ["Nazi luftwaffe officers rage at each new victory..."]

Characters	V: Hartmann
Genre	war
Script	? [as Ace Atkins]
Pencils	Arthur Peddy
Inks	Arthur Peddy
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page Parachute Patrol story "Three British boy scouts are already experienced fliers..."

Characters	V: Capt. Guido Rosso and other Italian pilots (I for all)
Genre	war
Script	? [as Pat Powers]
Pencils	Henry C. Kiefer?; George Carl Wilhelms?
Inks	George Carl Wilhelms?
Notes	Doubtful that this is actually HCK.

5 page Jane Martin story "The Greek island of Corfu is under heavy..."

Characters	GS: Tom Raleigh
Genre	war
Script	? [as Fred Hawks]
Pencils	Lou Ferstadt?; Bob Jenny?; ?
Notes	Possible Jenney, but not clearly so. Ferstadt was at Iger in 1941, so he's a more likely candidate.

5 page The Phantom Falcons story "The adventure of the stirring air battle over the..."

Characters	V: Baroness Von Hohenlinden (I)
Genre	war
Script	? [as Kit Gleason]
Pencils	Leonard Frank
Inks	Leonard Frank

6 page Powder Burns story "In his air wanderings, Powder Burns (with his..."

Characters	V: Heinrich (I)
Genre	war
Script	? [as Clyde North]
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling

2 page Wing Tips story "This is a wasp with a deadly sting..."

Genre	true
Pencils	Gene Fawcette
Inks	Gene Fawcette

2 page text story "The Owl Squadron"

Genre	war
Script	? [as Watt Knight]
Letters	typeset

3 page story "Radio Vs. Night Bombers"

Characters	A "What if?" story
Genre	true
Notes	Actually, this is the first recorded publication in popular media of radar and its capabilities to detect aircraft at night. More like a "guess what" story than a "what if?"

4 page F4 of the air intelligence story "A hastily scribbled message brings F-4 to a..."

Characters	I: Fred Browne (D), Alec Browne (his brother)
Genre	war
Script	? [as Alexander York]
Pencils	Al Bryant?

5 page Clipper Kirk story "England expects every man to do his duty..."

Characters	I: Claude Boyle
Genre	war
Script	? [as Rick Ayers]
Pencils	Art Saaf?; Witmer Williams?
Inks	Witmer Williams; ?
Notes	This IS Witmer Williams, but it is not "classic" Williams. I believe it's very early Saaf "rescued" by WW.

7 page Suicide Smith story The Ace of Flame ["What's the difference between one RAF squadron and..."]

Characters	I: Capt. Lacey
Genre	war
Script	? [as Larry Shaw]
Pencils	Witmer Williams [page 1 & 2]; John Cassone? on rest
Inks	Witmer Williams; ?
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb. The art on the last five pages is superficially Crandall-esque which hints at Cassone or Elkan - both Crandall followers.

6 page Captain Derek West story "The Yankee Thunderbolt"

Characters	Tim Cassidy
Genre	war
Script	?
Pencils	George Appel
Inks	George Appel
Notes	No such novel exists and no record has been found of an author named or using the name Derek West.

5 page Greasemonkey Griffin story "Himmel, dere's dot shrimper vot got us into..."

Characters	V: Putzi, Fritz, and others
Genre	war
Script	? [as Jay Ryder]
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordling
Notes	Nordling is drawing "after" George Tuska, so this appears superficially to be by Tuska.