Robert Sidney Bowen


Robert Sidney Bowen, Jr. was an American World War I aviator, newspaper journalist, magazine editor and author who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died of cancer in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the age of 76. He is best known for his boys' series books written during World War II, the Dave Dawson War Adventure Series and the Red Randall Series. He also worked under the name R. Sidney Bowen and under the pseudonym James Robert Richard.

Life

Before becoming an author

Robert Sidney Bowen was born in Allston, Massachusetts to Robert Sidney and Catharine Sinclair Bowen. His grandfather, Charles F. Bowen, fought in the Fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. Bowen attended Newton High School in Newton, Massachusetts. After World War I broke out in Europe, Bowen left school to drive an ambulance for the American Field Service in France. In May 1917, the United States Army Ambulance Service took over the AFS, and Bowen, being underage to serve, returned to the United States. When he turned seventeen, he signed up in October 1917 with Great Britain's Royal Flying Corps in the recruiting office in New York City as a Flight Cadet. He went through several phases of training, including basic military training, ground instruction, and flight instruction at Training Depot Stations, in different locations, first, at Toronto University, then at Camp Mohawk, Deseronto, Canada, at Camp Leaside, Beamsville, Canada, and at Camp Taliaferro, Fort Worth, Texas. According to The London Gazette, Bowen was granted a temporary commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force on June 20, 1918.
In July 1918, he went overseas to England, and was assigned to the 84th Squadron, R.A.F. fighting in France on SE5 fighter aircraft. He saw limited air combat over France but achieved no victories documented by the authorities, despite claims of shooting down two enemy airplanes on the eve of the Armistice. He wrote to his family, "I reported my flight, but it was hard lines for me because I have no idea where the German planes went down and therefore they can't be credited as official... My bus has 33 bullet holes in it and three in my flying suit, which shows I was in some close action." After the end of hostilities at the Western Front, Bowen transferred to the United States Army Air Service.
After the war, Bowen began working as a journalist for the London Daily Mail, the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune, and two Boston newspapers. For several years, he was editor-in-chief of Aviation Magazine. He also worked as an editor for Flying News and several motor magazines.

As an author

Bowen turned to writing in 1930, using his prestige as editor-in-chief of Aviation Magazine to write Flying From The Ground Up, a non-fiction work on how to fly an airplane. He began freelancing for pulp magazines. In 1934, he headlined his own pulp magazine, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds, for Popular Publications. Twelve issues were released, the first ten published monthly from July 1934 through April 1935. Bowen continued writing for mystery, adventure, sports, and aviation pulp magazines through the 1950s.
After the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 sparked World War II, Crown Publishers called Bowen, asking for an adventure story based on the war. The Dave Dawson series, also known as the War Adventure series, was the result. Bowen got to work immediately, and the first book, Dave Dawson At Dunkirk, was published in 1941. A total of 15 volumes were released between 1941 and 1946.
By 1945 the series had sold over 2,000,000 copies. Bowen was earning 2 cents per copy sold, netting him nearly $10,000 a year. All volumes, except for the scarce final volume, were subsequently reprinted by Saalfield Publishers in Akron, Ohio.
Inspired by the success of the Dave Dawson books, Crown's competing publisher Grosset & Dunlap hired Bowen to write a similar series for them. The Red Randall series debuted in 1944, selling 200,000 copies its first year.
During this time, Bowen lived in Wilton, Connecticut, writing seven days a week, from 9 to 5, in an office that he rented over an old garage. He averaged 10,000 words per day, and could complete a novel in ten days. He also never revised his work, believing that any tampering with the story would ruin it.
After the war, Bowen turned to writing books aimed toward adolescent boys, on topics such as aviation, cars, and baseball. He also began writing books about horses under the pseudonym James Robert Richard. Most of the books he wrote during this period were published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. Many of his baseball books were later reprinted by Grosset & Dunlap in their series of "Famous Sports Stories." Most of his other books were published by Chilton, Whitman Publishing, Criterion.
Robert Sidney Bowen and his second wife, MaryAnn Bowen, had two sons, James Sinclair Bowen and Richard Fenton Bowen, and one daughter, Virginia Bowen, and, at the time of his death, five grandchildren, Katherine Ann Bowen, Thomas Robert Bowen, Cheryl L. Bowen, Wayne Tucker, and Linda. Robert Sidney Bowen was first married to Marjorie Percy Bowen and had a son Robert Watson Bowen who has three children Greg, Jennifer and Beth.

In Periodicals

Source:
  • Enough’s Too Much, War Stories June 1927
  • For Men Only, Munsey’s Magazine July 1927
  • A Gashly Experience, War Stories #11, August 19, 1927
  • High Odds, War Stories #13, September 15, 1927
  • “Gimme That Dough!”, War Stories #16, October 27, 1927
  • From Midnight Clouds, War Stories #20, December 22, 1927
  • Sherman Was All Wrong, War Novels #1, February 1928
  • Gurgling Wings, War Birds #1, March 1928
  • Too Much Gas, War Birds #3, May 1928
  • That Paris Glide, War Birds #6, August 1928
  • Here’s How, Over the Top October 1928
  • A Hero by Request, Over the Top November 1928
  • The Dawn of Death, World War Stories April 1929
  • Cockpit Flying Course, Flying Aces January 1930, etc.
  • Death Flies the Mail, Sky Birds April 1930
  • Five to One, Sky Riders #20, June 1930
  • “Dive, Major, Dive!”, Sky Riders #22, August 1930
  • The Roving Squadron, Flying Aces August 1930
  • The Flying Frankfurt, War Birds #33, September 1930
  • Crazy’s Camouflaged Camel, Battle Aces November 1930
  • Wrong Hunch, Sky Riders #25, November 1930
  • Wing to Wing, Airplane Stories December 1930
  • “Shorty” Takes a Dive, Battle Aces January 1931
  • Diving for the Devil, Airplane Stories March 1931
  • Rat Poison, Gang World March 1931
  • The Sky Scorcher, Sky Birds April 1931
  • Dead Men’s Shoes to Fill, Gang World May 1931
  • The Death Spin, Battle Aces May 1931
  • The Chiseler Trap, Gang World June 1931
  • Gallant Enemy, War Birds #43, June 1931
  • The Midnight Patrol, Battle Aces June 1931
  • The Bomb Yanker, Battle Aces July 1931
  • Last Flight, Battle Aces August 1931
  • No Guns, War Birds #45, August 1931
  • Throw It in the River, War Aces #17, August 1931
  • Death Goes Solo, Battle Aces September 1931
  • Pants for Pilots, War Birds #47, October 1931
  • Crazy as Hell, War Birds #48, November 1931
  • The Pilot from Hell, Battle Aces November 1931
  • Death Takes the Stick, War Aces #21, December 1931
  • The Vanished Patrol, Battle Aces December 1931
  • Hell’s Ace, Battle Aces January 1932
  • The Shadow of Death, Gang World January 1932
  • The Graveyard of Hell, Battle Aces February 1932
  • Murder by Proxy, Gang World February 1932
  • The Cobra Killer, Gang World March 1932
  • Satan’s Blockade, Dare-Devil Aces March 1932
  • The Suicide Squadron, Battle Aces March 1932
  • The Break, War Birds #53, April 1932
  • Bullet Proof, Gang World April 1932
  • The Devil’s Aces, Battle Aces April 1932
  • The Vanishing Squadrons, Dare-Devil Aces April 1932
  • Dicks Are Dumb, Gang World May 1932
  • The Enemy Is Crazy, War Aces #26, May 1932
  • Pilots Must Eat, War Birds #54, May 1932
  • Alibi Buster, Gang World June 1932
  • Bullets Don’t Win, War Birds #55, June 1932
  • The Devil’s Pilot, Dare-Devil Aces June 1932
  • Flight of the Skulls, Battle Aces June 1932
  • Butterfly Blood, Sky Fighters July 1932
  • The Dead Die Twice, Gang World July 1932
  • The Flaming Eagle, Dare-Devil Aces July 1932
  • The Flying Corpse, Battle Aces July 1932
  • Nails for Sky Coffins, Sky Fighters August 1932
  • Patrol of the Vulture, Dare-Devil Aces August 1932
  • Prop to Prop, Sky Birds August 1932
  • Phantom Triggers, Gang World September 1932
  • The Scarlet Fokker, Dare-Devil Aces September 1932
  • The Death Drome, Battle Aces October 1932
  • How the War Crates Flew, Sky Fighters October 1932, etc.
  • They All Squeal, Gang World October 1932
  • The Bronco Patrol, Battle Aces November 1932
  • The Flying Panther, Dare-Devil Aces November 1932
  • Trigger Treason, Gang World November 1932
  • The Flying Mongrels, Battle Birds December 1932
  • Hell’s C.O., Battle Aces December 1932
  • Suicide Drome, Dare-Devil Aces December 1932
  • Cloud Worms, Battle Birds January 1933
  • The One-Ace Squadron, Dare-Devil Aces January 1933
  • The Grenadine Ace, War Birds #59, February 1933
  • The Looping Lunatic, Dare-Devil Aces February 1933
  • Suicide Squadron, Battle Birds February 1933
  • The Conquering Camel, Sky Fighters March 1933
  • The Flaming Comet, Dare-Devil Aces March 1933
  • Flying Justice, The Blue Book Magazine March 1933
  • Pilot’s Luck, War Birds #60, March 1933
  • The Red Ace, Battle Birds March 1933
  • Dizzy Doings, Sky Fighters April 1933
  • Squadron of the Damned, Dare-Devil Aces April 1933
  • Too Dumb to Die, Sky Fighters April 1933
  • Killer’s Patrol, Battle Birds May 1933
  • The Pirate Squadron, Dare-Devil Aces May 1933
  • Flight of the Vigilantes, Dare-Devil Aces June 1933
  • Formation Flying, Sky Fighters June 1933
  • The Million Dollar Ace, Battle Birds June 1933
  • Iron-Fisted, Dare-Devil Aces July 1933
  • The Thirteenth C.O., Battle Birds July 1933
  • Combat Flying, George Bruce’s Contact August 1933, etc.
  • Dynamite Peelot, Dare-Devil Aces August 1933
  • Flight of the Derelicts, Battle Birds August 1933
  • The Neutral Nemesis, Flying Aces August 1933
  • Without Gloves, War Birds #65, August 1933
  • The Colonel Couldn’t Take It, George Bruce’s Squadron September 1933
  • The Shanghaied Squadron, Battle Birds September 1933
  • Snipe Bait, Dare-Devil Aces September 1933
  • After the Ball, All Detective Magazine October 1933
  • Cutthroat Buzzards, Battle Birds October 1933
  • The Floating Runt, G-8 and His Battle Aces October 1933
  • Strangers’ Squadron, Dare-Devil Aces October 1933
  • Claws of the Condor, War Birds #68, November 1933
  • Patrol of the Silent Death, Dare-Devil Aces November 1933
  • The Phantom Bomber, Battle Birds November 1933
  • The Come-Back Ace, Dare-Devil Aces December 1933
  • The Mercedes Maniacs, Battle Birds December 1933
  • The Prop Buster, War Birds #69, December 1933
  • The All-American Ace, Dare-Devil Aces January 1934
  • The Convict Patrol, Battle Birds January 1934
  • Night Flying, Sky Fighters January 1934
  • Silent Vickers, Sky Fighters January 1934
  • Flight of the Ape-Men, Battle Birds February 1934
  • Guns and Howitzers, Sky Fighters February 1934
  • The Fokker Firebrand, Dare-Devil Aces March 1934
  • Scavenger Squadron, Battle Birds March 1934
  • Drum Fire, All Detective Magazine April 1934
  • Murder Mercedes, Battle Birds April 1934
  • The Zooming Zebra, Dare-Devil Aces April 1934
  • Death Goes Backstage, All Detective Magazine May 1934
  • The Hanging Squadron, Battle Birds May 1934
  • The Sing-Sing Ace, Dare-Devil Aces May 1934
  • The Haunted Hangar, Battle Birds June 1934
  • Black Lightning!, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds July 1934
  • The C.O.’s Coffin, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds July 1934
  • The Smoke-Screen Ace, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds July 1934
  • Crimson Doom, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds August 1934
  • The Death Bomber, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds August 1934
  • The Floating Phantom, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds August 1934
  • The Silver Caterpillar, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds August 1934
  • Dynamite Decoy, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds September 1934
  • The Invisible Raider, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds September 1934
  • Jobless Works Overtime, All Detective Magazine September 1934
  • The Purple Tornado, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds September 1934
  • The Rough Water Ace, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds October 1934
  • The Screaming Eye, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds October 1934
  • Vanishing Vultures, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds October 1934
  • The Cockpit Killer, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds November 1934
  • The Green Thunderbolt, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds November 1934
  • The Ten Dollar Ace, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds November 1934
  • Drifting Death, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds December 1934
  • The Phantom Army, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds December 1934
  • The Red Destroyer, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds December 1934
  • Wings for a Fledgling, War Birds #81, December 1934
  • Flying Rawhide, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds January 1935
  • Nobody’s Ace, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds January 1935
  • The Purple Patrol, Dare-Devil Aces January 1935
  • The White Death, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds January 1935
  • The Black Avenger, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds February 1935
  • Hell’s Admiral, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds February 1935
  • The Thirteenth Ace, Dare-Devil Aces February 1935
  • The Vertical Vulture, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds February 1935
  • Black Magic, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds March 1935
  • Pinch-Hitting Ace, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds March 1935
  • The Silver Typhoon, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds March 1935
  • Ace in the Hole, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds April 1935
  • Blind Buzzards, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds April 1935
  • The Radio Raider, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds April 1935
  • T.N.T. Staffel, Dare-Devil Aces April 1935
  • The Troposphere F-S, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds April 1935
  • The Blue Cyclone, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds May/June 1935
  • The Looping Blimp, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds May/June 1935
  • The Phantom Pilot, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds May/June 1935
  • The Slow-Motion Ace, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds May/June 1935
  • The Whirlwind Peelot, Dare-Devil Aces May 1935
  • The Outlaw Squadron, Dare-Devil Aces June 1935
  • Key to Murder, Dime Detective Magazine June 15, 1935
  • One Minute to Live, This Week June 23, 1935
  • Gambling Buzzards, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds July/August 1935
  • The Red Thunderbolt, Dare-Devil Aces July 1935
  • The Telsa Raiders, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds July/August 1935
  • The Tin-Fish Ace, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds July/August 1935
  • The Boomerang Ace, Dare-Devil Aces August 1935
  • Lose or Else, Dime Sport Magazine August 1935
  • The Crimson Typhoon, Dare-Devil Aces September 1935
  • Fugitive’s Finish, Dime Sport Magazine September 1935
  • Killer’s Swan Song, Detective Tales September 1935
  • The Living Flame, Horror Stories September 1935
  • The Soft Eagle, Sky Fighters October 1935
  • The X-Ray Patrol, Dare-Devil Aces October 1935
  • Anchor Man, Dime Sports Magazine November 1935
  • The Buddha Laughs, The Mysterious Wu Fang November 1935
  • Doomed Men, The Lone Eagle November 1935
  • The One-Way Ace, Dare-Devil Aces November 1935
  • Hurdle High Jinks, Dime Sports Magazine December 1935
  • The Typhoon Ace, Dare-Devil Aces December 1935
  • Alias the Winner, Dime Sports Magazine January 1936
  • The Gum-Shoe Patrol, Dare-Devil Aces January 1936
  • The Flying Coffin, Dime Detective Magazine February 1936
  • Satan’s Ace, Dare-Devil Aces February 1936
  • Orders for Eagles, Dare-Devil Aces March 1936
  • Sky Vultures, Sky Fighters March 1936
  • Diving Dynamite, Thrilling Adventures April 1936
  • The Flying Diamond, Dime Detective Magazine April 1936
  • The Purple Camel, Sky Fighters April 1936
  • The Sure Thing Ace, Dare-Devil Aces April 1936
  • Medals for Nothing, Dare-Devil Aces May 1936
  • Picture Pilots, The Lone Eagle May 1936
  • Proof Indigo, G-Men May 1936
  • Elementary, My Dear Watson!, Liberty May 2, 1936
  • Corpse in Seat 2, Dime Detective Magazine June 1936
  • Hollywood Czar, G-Men June 1936, as by C. K. M. Scanlon
  • Hurdle Hoodoo, Dime Sports Magazine June 1936
  • The Miracle Ace, The Lone Eagle June 1936
  • The Riot Act Ace, Dare-Devil Aces June 1936
  • Sing Sing Serenade, Popular Detective June 1936
  • The Thirteenth Fledgling, Sky Fighters June 1936
  • Aces Can Take It, Dare-Devil Aces July 1936
  • Death Banks Left, Sky Fighters July 1936
  • The Other Bullet, Dime Detective Magazine July 1936
  • Phony Kill, Popular Detective July 1936
  • Poker Pilots, The Lone Eagle July 1936
  • Trial Horse, Dime Sports Magazine July 1936
  • Fledgling by Request, Dare-Devil Aces August 1936
  • Bench Warmer, Thrilling Sports September 1936
  • The 4 O’Clock Ace, Dare-Devil Aces September 1936
  • The Home-Made Ace, Sky Fighters September 1936
  • Into Thin Air, Dime Detective Magazine September 1936
  • Aces for Sale, Dare-Devil Aces October 1936
  • Fledgling’s First, The Lone Eagle October 1936
  • G Fear, The Phantom Detective October 1936
  • G-Smoke, G-Men October 1936
  • The Ace from Nowheres, Dare-Devil Aces November 1936
  • Aces Even, Thrilling Adventures November 1936
  • Commander Satan, Sky Fighters November 1936
  • Wings Over Somewhere, Ace-High Detective Magazine November 1936
  • Fledgling, The Lone Eagle December 1936
  • Payroll Player, Thrilling Sports December 1936
  • The Ten Day Eagle, Dare-Devil Aces December 1936
  • A Ticket to Terror, Dime Detective Magazine December 1936
  • Aces Take the Air, Thrilling Adventures January 1937
  • Black Vengeance, Dare-Devil Aces January 1937
  • Aces Don’t Count, Dare-Devil Aces February 1937
  • Fokker Finale, Sky Fighters February 1937
  • Generals Shouldn’t Fly, The Lone Eagle February 1937
  • The Man Who Was Two, Dime Detective Magazine February 1937
  • The Dead Can’t Fly, Dare-Devil Aces March 1937
  • Ship for Ship, Sky Fighters March 1937
  • Death Takes the Air, Dime Detective Magazine April 1937
  • Dive 10, G-Men April 1937
  • No Guns Needed, The Lone Eagle April 1937
  • Scrambled Aces, Dare-Devil Aces April 1937
  • The Big Feller, Thrilling Sports May 1937
  • C.O.’s Not Wanted, Dare-Devil Aces May 1937
  • Death Flies East, The Phantom Detective May 1937
  • Hellion’s Wings, Sky Fighters May 1937
  • Bullets for Nothing, Dare-Devil Aces June 1937
  • I Cover the Murder Front, Black Book Detective Magazine June 1937
  • Bullets for Vultures, Dare-Devil Aces July 1937
  • Fledgling’s Finish, Sky Fighters July 1937
  • They Never Forget, Thrilling Sports July 1937
  • The Phantom Mercedes, The Lone Eagle August 1937
  • The Soaring Screwball, Popular Sports Magazine August 1937
  • The Color Blind Ace, Sky Fighters September 1937
  • Death Below Decks, G-Men September 1937
  • Doom to the Left, Thrilling Detective October 1937
  • Cinder Cyclone, Dime Sports Magazine November 1937
  • The Devil’s Squadron, Sky Fighters November 1937
  • Murder Takes Wing, Popular Detective November 1937
  • Nothing Like Experience, Thrilling Detective November 1937
  • You Can’t Die Twice, Dare-Devil Aces December 1937
  • Chiseler’s Patrol, Sky Fighters January 1938
  • The Dead Fly On, Dare-Devil Aces January 1938
  • Prize Title Contest Story, The Phantom Detective January 1938
  • Champion’s Spikes, Dime Sports Magazine February 1938
  • Comet Dust, Popular Sports Magazine February 1938
  • Courage and Wings, Dare-Devil Aces February 1938
  • Murder Ground-Loops, The Lone Eagle February 1938
  • Bullets for the Brave, Sky Devils March 1938
  • The Enemy Is Crazy, Dare-Devil Aces March 1938
  • The One Up Ace, Sky Fighters March 1938
  • The Ten-Dollar Hunch, Popular Detective March 1938
  • Aces Be Damned, Dare-Devil Aces April 1938
  • Comet Foam, Dime Sports Magazine April 1938
  • Death Is a Door, Detective Tales April 1938
  • Ghost Hitter, Popular Sports Magazine April 1938
  • Lightning at Second, Star Sports Magazine April 1938
  • Three Man Patrol, The Lone Eagle April 1938
  • Act of God, Detective Tales May 1938
  • The Cloudy Kid, Dare-Devil Aces May 1938
  • Five Seconds for Murder, Dime Detective Magazine May 1938
  • Fokker Freedom, Sky Fighters May 1938
  • Liquid Lightning, Thrilling Sports May 1938
  • Murder Comes Calling, Captain Satan May 1938
  • One More Win, Dime Sports Magazine May 1938
  • Powder Pilots, Thrilling Adventures May 1938
  • Hellbent for Glory, Dare-Devil Aces June 1938
  • Hold Back the Clock!, Detective Tales June 1938
  • Pylon Pirates, Popular Sports Magazine June 1938
  • Aces Aren’t Born, Sky Devils July 1938
  • The Black Armada, Sky Fighters July 1938
  • Captain Hornet, Dare-Devil Aces July 1938
  • The Glory Glider, Thrilling Sports July 1938
  • Murder Speaks Twice, Captain Satan July 1938
  • All in the Game, Popular Sports Magazine August 1938
  • Jinx Driver, Dime Sports Magazine August 1938
  • Killer on Wings, Dare-Devil Aces August 1938
  • The Black Ace Returns, Dare-Devil Aces September 1938
  • Skirts on the Wing, Thrilling Sports September 1938
  • T-Men Can’t Miss, The Phantom Detective September 1938
  • The Wild Ace, Sky Fighters September 1938
  • Black Lightning, Dime Sports Magazine October/November 1938
  • Doom Down Stairs, Popular Detective October 1938
  • Fokker Filibuster, The Lone Eagle October 1938
  • Fokker Firebrand, Dare-Devil Aces October 1938
  • Just One More Job, Detective Tales October 1938
  • Murder Out of Thin Air, Dime Detective Magazine October 1938
  • Tricky Wings, Sky Devils October 1938
  • Breakfast Food for Kidnappers, Detective Tales November 1938
  • Fast Company, Thrilling Sports November 1938
  • Vultures Don’t Forget, Dare-Devil Aces November 1938
  • Greaseballs and Guns, Dare-Devil Aces December 1938
  • Puck Pawn, Ace Sports December 1938
  • The Higher Justice, Detective Tales January 1939
  • Slide, Fate, Slide, Thrilling Sports January 1939
  • The Stairway to Hell, Dare-Devil Aces January 1939
  • Winged Infernos for G.H.Q., Sky Devils January 1939
  • Burning Blades, Sports Novels Magazine February/March 1939
  • Dead Man’s Patrol, Dare-Devil Aces February 1939
  • Eight Dollar Murder, Detective Tales February 1939
  • Crime Axis, Popular Detective April 1939
  • Death Wears a High Hat, Dare-Devil Aces April 1939
  • Haywire Ace, The Lone Eagle April 1939
  • Smoke Cure for Rats, Detective Tales April 1939
  • The Blimp Butcher, Dare-Devil Aces May 1939
  • Wings from Hell, Sky Fighters May 1939
  • Infield Fury, Super Sports June 1939
  • Murder’s Wings Are Black, Dare-Devil Aces June 1939
  • The Devil Flies Alone, Dare-Devil Aces July 1939
  • The Devil’s Courier, Sky Fighters July 1939
  • Flying Whiskers, Thrilling Sports July 1939
  • Speed C.O.D., Blue Ribbon Sports July 1939
  • Eagles May Die!, Dare-Devil Aces August 1939
  • Flight to Glory, The Lone Eagle August 1939
  • Son of the Mound, Dime Sports Magazine August/September 1939
  • Square Wheels, Popular Sports Magazine August 1939
  • Banners of the Brave, Dare-Devil Aces September 1939
  • Sucker Pilot, Sky Fighters September 1939
  • Whacky Waters, Thrilling Sports September 1939
  • Record Wrecker, Dime Sports Magazine October 1939
  • Satan Flies at Night, Dare-Devil Aces October 1939
  • Aces Don’t Forget, Dare-Devil Aces November 1939
  • Aces Don’t Cry, The Lone Eagle December 1939
  • Blood of the Dead, G-Men January 1940
  • Silk Wings, Thrilling Sports January 1940
  • To Hell and Back, Dare-Devil Aces January 1940
  • Wings of Fury, Sky Fighters January 1940
  • Brains Over Ice, Popular Sports Magazine February 1940
  • Last Flight of the Damned, Battle Birds February 1940
  • Murder: Via Airmail, Air Adventures February 1940
  • Sabotage Flight, The Lone Eagle February 1940
  • All Aboard for Doom, Dare-Devil Aces March 1940
  • Death Flies the Sky Route to Berlin, Fighting Aces March 1940
  • Screwball Wings, Sky Fighters March 1940
  • Suckers Fly High, Black Book Detective Magazine March 1940
  • Fokker Fodder, The Lone Eagle April 1940
  • Orders from Headquarters, Captain Combat April 1940, etc., as by Barry Barton
  • Petticoat Pilot, Popular Sports Magazine April 1940
  • The Return of the Damned, Dare-Devil Aces April 1940
  • The Sky Beast of Berlin, Captain Combat April 1940, as by Barry Barton
  • Dictators Be Damned, Dare-Devil Aces May 1940
  • Memory Aces, Sky Fighters May 1940
  • The Roving Renegade, Thrilling Sports May 1940
  • Fledgling Fury, The Lone Eagle June 1940
  • Passport to Doom, Dare-Devil Aces June 1940
  • Red Wings for the Blood Battalion, Captain Combat June 1940, as by Barry Barton
  • Steel Doom, Sky Fighters July 1940
  • Undersea Raiders, Thrilling Adventures July 1940
  • Low Ceiling for Nazi Hell-Hawks, Captain Combat August 1940, as by Barry Barton
  • The Pointing Finger, Detective Novels Magazine August 1940
  • Wings for a War-Dog, Dare-Devil Aces August 1940
  • Death Has Its Points, G-Men Detective September 1940
  • Eagles Can’t Quit, Sky Fighters September 1940
  • Eagles Play for Keeps, Fighting Aces September 1940
  • Record Wrecker, Dime Sports Magazine September 1940
  • Soldier of the Damned, Dare-Devil Aces September 1940
  • The Tri-Color Eagle, Air War Fall 1940
  • Ball Shy, Dime Sports Magazine October 1940
  • Diamond Destiny, Popular Sports Magazine Fall 1940
  • The Nazis Be Damned, Dare-Devil Aces October 1940
  • Here Lies a Nazi, Dare-Devil Aces November 1940
  • Heroes Be Damned!, Dare-Devil Aces December 1940
  • Aces Wild, Sky Fighters January 1941
  • Suicide Patrol, Dare-Devil Aces January 1941
  • Truthful Talbot, Thrilling Sports January 1941
  • Eagles Die Twice, Dare-Devil Aces February 1941
  • Poison to Rookies, Dime Sports Magazine February 1941
  • That Kind of a Pilot, The Lone Eagle February 1941
  • Eagles Fight Alone!, Dare-Devil Aces March 1941
  • Pylon Picnic, Thrilling Sports March 1941
  • Sacrifice at Second, Dime Sports Magazine March 1941
  • Six Tickets to Hell, New Detective Magazine March 1941
  • Vultures of the North Sea, Sky Fighters March 1941
  • Wings of War, Air War Spring 1941
  • Terror Has Swift Wings, Dare-Devil Aces April 1941
  • Come Down Shooting, Dare-Devil Aces May 1941
  • Sky Writin’ Fool, Sky Fighters May 1941
  • Crooks Shouldn’t Fly, The Lone Eagle June 1941
  • France Will Fly Again, Air War Summer 1941
  • Spike-Shy, Sports Novels Magazine June 1941
  • Ambulance Plane Patrol, Sky Fighters July 1941
  • Dead Men Don’t Fly, Dare-Devil Aces July 1941
  • Bombs with Wings, The American Eagle August 1941
  • The Fighting Canadians, RAF Aces August 1941
  • Bench Manager, Popular Sports Magazine Fall 1941
  • Censored Wings, Sky Fighters September 1941
  • Death Never Bluffs, G-Men Detective September 1941
  • Fight for Your Supper, Dare-Devil Aces September 1941
  • Little Man, What Next?, Exciting Sports Fall 1941
  • Nazi Number Ten, Air War Fall 1941
  • Eagle Wings Over Albania, The American Eagle October 1941
  • The Five-for-One Kid, Dare-Devil Aces November 1941
  • Miracle Wings, Sky Fighters November 1941
  • Bullets Are My Bounty!, Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941
  • Wings of Sand, The American Eagle December 1941
  • Wings of Vengeance, Air War Winter 1941/1942
  • British Wings, RAF Aces Winter 1942
  • Ground Ace, Sky Fighters January 1942
  • Murder Is My Business, New Detective Magazine January 1942
  • You Can’t Kill an Eagle, Dare-Devil Aces January 1942
  • The Devil’s Ante, Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942
  • And I Mean Bunt!, Exciting Sports Spring 1942
  • Battle Wings, Air War March 1942
  • Get Me an Ace, Dare-Devil Aces March 1942
  • Nazi Vultures, Sky Fighters March 1942
  • The Vulture of Thermopylae, RAF Aces March 1942
  • D as in Dead, Big-Book Detective Magazine April 1942
  • Black Wings of Nippon, Sky Fighters May 1942
  • The Dead Won’t Help You!, Dare-Devil Aces May 1942
  • They Also Serve, Air War Spring 1942
  • The Two for One Ace, RAF Aces Spring 1942
  • Canadian Wings, RAF Aces Summer 1942
  • Fielder’s Choice, Popular Sports Magazine Summer 1942
  • Grasshopper Wings, The American Eagle Summer 1942
  • The Hell Diver’s Last Patrol, Dare-Devil Aces July 1942
  • Wings of Victory, Sky Fighters July 1942
  • You Die Next!, New Detective Magazine July 1942
  • Last Command, Air War Summer 1942
  • Little Man, You’re Dead, Big-Book Detective Magazine August 1942
  • Blue Water Pilots, Army-Navy Flying Stories Fall 1942
  • A Messerschmitt for Moscow, Sky Fighters September 1942
  • Strike Down My Killer!, Dare-Devil Aces September 1942
  • Destination—Nippon!, Dare-Devil Aces November 1942
  • Homicide Holiday, New Detective Magazine November 1942
  • The Navy Way, Air War Fall 1942
  • The Silver Spoon, Sky Fighters November 1942
  • Blue Water Eagles, Thrilling Adventures December 1942
  • Commando Wings, RAF Aces Winter 1943
  • Malta Masquerade, Army-Navy Flying Stories Winter 1943
  • Blue Water Devils, Exciting Navy Stories Spring 1943
  • A Bullet for the Butcher, Battle Birds March 1943
  • Dive-Bombers Don’t Miss, Dare-Devil Aces March 1943
  • The Major Comes Back, Popular Sports Magazine Spring 1943
  • Aces Come in Pairs, Fighting Aces May 1943
  • The Hawk of Hongkong, Sky Fighters May 1943
  • The Killer of Kalinin, Air War Spring 1943
  • Licked—as in Luftwaffe, Dare-Devil Aces May 1943
  • Aces Win the Hard Way, Sky Fighters July 1943
  • Leatherneck Wings, Dare-Devil Aces August 1943
  • Eagles Fly Back, Dare-Devil Aces October 1943
  • Happy Landing, Sky Fighters November 1943
  • The Last Dogfight, Battle Birds November 1943
  • Satan Flies No More, Dare-Devil Aces December 1943
  • The Death Watch, Battle Birds January 1944
  • Lightning Over New Guinea, Army-Navy Flying Stories Winter 1944
  • Soldiers Who Never March, G-Men Detective Winter 1944
  • Stolen Wings, Air War Winter 1944
  • Suicide Target, RAF Aces Winter 1944
  • Lair of the Vulture, Dare-Devil Aces February 1944
  • Airborne!, Battle Birds March 1944
  • Eagles Fly Deep, Sky Fighters March 1944
  • A Kiss for Kiska, RAF Aces Spring 1944
  • Batteries for Today, Popular Sports Magazine Spring 1944
  • The Catapult Plane, Air War Spring 1944
  • Wings Are for the Free, Battle Birds May 1944
  • Dead Engine Johnny, RAF Aces Summer 1944
  • Eagles Don’t Quit, Dare-Devil Aces June 1944
  • Wings for the Dead, Air War Summer 1944
  • Tin Can Doom, Army-Navy Flying Stories Summer 1944
  • Diamond Dynamite, Exciting Sports Fall 1944
  • Rats Don’t Live Long, Black Book Detective Fall 1944
  • The Eyes of Torpedo 10, Army-Navy Flying Stories Fall 1944
  • Death Flies at Dawn, Sky Fighters Winter 1945
  • Jockey Jinx, Popular Sports Magazine Winter 1945
  • Silver Steel, Thrilling Sports Winter 1945
  • Burma Blitz, Sky Fighters Spring 1945
  • Hot Corner, Popular Sports Magazine Spring 1945
  • Powerless Pilot, Army-Navy Flying Stories Spring 1945
  • Sighted Sub, Spared Same, Army-Navy Flying Stories Summer 1945
  • Death Chair, Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine Summer 1945
  • Let Murder Wait, New Detective Magazine July 1945
  • Something Always Happens, The Phantom Detective August 1945
  • Leyte Lullaby, Sky Fighters Fall 1945
  • See You in the Morgue, Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine Fall 1945
  • Wings Over the Gridiron, Thrilling Football Fall 1945
  • Big Moment, Exciting Sports Fall 1945
  • Marked for Murder, The Phantom Detective October 1945
  • If Anything Happens, Detective Novel Magazine December 1945
  • Death Is My Business, New Detective Magazine January 1946
  • Flat-Top Fire-Ball, Dare-Devil Aces January 1946
  • Eagles Fly at Dawn, Dare-Devil Aces February 1946
  • Out of This World, The Phantom Detective February 1946
  • Jungle Wings, Dare-Devil Aces March 1946
  • The Kamikaze Kid, Sky Fighters Spring 1946
  • Killers Don’t Last, Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine March 1946
  • Two Birds, One Stone, G-Men Detective April 1946
  • The Ace from Down Under, Dare-Devil Aces May 1946
  • Don’t Spare the Corpses, New Detective Magazine May 1946
  • Killers Can’t Kick, Black Book Detective Summer 1946
  • Let Me Kill You Tenderly, Popular Detective June 1946
  • Mission Completed, Sky Fighters Summer 1946
  • Wrong-Way Ace, Dare-Devil Aces July 1946
  • Diamond Dust, Popular Sports Magazine Fall 1946
  • Phantom Ace, Dare-Devil Aces September 1946
  • Death Has Red Wings, Dare-Devil Aces November 1946
  • Murder Never Waits, New Detective Magazine November 1946
  • Till Death Do Us Part, Popular Detective November 1946
  • Darling, You Shouldn’t Have!, Popular Detective January 1947
  • Pinch Pitcher, Exciting Sports Winter 1947
  • Cinder Lightning, Popular Sports Magazine Spring 1947
  • Mercury Maestro, Exciting Sports Spring 1947
  • Blood on My Wings, Sky Fighters Spring 1947
  • Death Has No Love-Life, Popular Detective May 1947
  • Flight to Fate, Sky Fighters Summer 1947
  • You Can’t Run Forever, Thrilling Sports Summer 1947
  • Don’t Give Me That!, Detective Novel Magazine July 1947
  • I’ll See You Burn, G-Men Detective July 1947
  • When in Doubt, Duck!, The Phantom Detective July 1947
  • You Wake Up Dead, Popular Detective July 1947
  • Don’t Give It a Thought, Thrilling Sports Fall 1947
  • The Human Side, Popular Football Fall 1947
  • Make a Miracle, The Phantom Detective September 1947
  • Murder Mustn’t Miss, Popular Detective September 1947
  • Never Too Old, Popular Sports Magazine Fall 1947
  • Wings to Burn, Sky Fighters Fall 1947
  • Nail for a Noose, Black Book Detective October 1947
  • Bullets for Free, Popular Detective January 1948
  • Clock Buster, New Sports Magazine January 1948
  • Nobody Likes to Die, G-Men Detective January 1948
  • Cinder Dust, Exciting Sports February 1948
  • Cinder Smoke, Fifteen Sports Stories February 1948
  • Wings on Ice, Popular Sports Magazine February 1948
  • Don’t Fool with Murder, Popular Detective March 1948
  • Keep Your Gun, Sky Fighters Spring 1948
  • Killers Are Chumps, G-Men Detective March 1948
  • Come-Back, Exciting Sports April 1948
  • Danger—Spikes at Work, Popular Sports Magazine April 1948
  • Tip from Tinian, Triple Detective Spring 1948
  • And Let That Be a Lesson, Popular Detective May 1948
  • Blue Water Cyclone, New Sports Magazine May 1948
  • Mallet Master, Fifteen Sports Stories May 1948
  • You Can’t Beat Class, Thrilling Sports May 1948
  • Blood on the Throttle, Sports Novels Magazine June 1948
  • A Killer Flies High, Black Book Detective June 1948
  • Tangled Wings, Sky Fighters Summer 1948
  • Catch Me a Killer, Popular Detective July 1948
  • Cyclone on Wheels, Fifteen Sports Stories July 1948
  • Goal Pirate, Sports Novels Magazine July 1948
  • Iron Lightning, Thrilling Sports July 1948
  • Word to the Wise, G-Men Detective July 1948
  • Big Time Boy, Exciting Sports August 1948
  • Blue Water Miracle, Popular Sports Magazine August 1948
  • Guns Are Handy Things, Popular Detective September 1948
  • Idea for Murder, Black Book Detective September 1948
  • Mallet Marauder, Thrilling Sports September 1948
  • Operation Fifty Below, Sky Fighters Fall 1948
  • By Hook or by Crook, Popular Sports Magazine October 1948
  • Rainbow in His Glove, Exciting Sports October 1948
  • Studio for Killers, G-Men Detective November 1948
  • Next Year’s Has-Been, Popular Football Winter 1948
  • You Never Know, Exciting Sports December 1948
  • Front Page Pilot, Sky Fighters Winter 1949
  • Hot Iron, Popular Sports February 1949
  • One for the Money, Exciting Sports February 1949
  • The False Face Killer, G-Men Detective March 1949
  • One Man’s Loss, Popular Baseball Spring 1949
  • Thunder Sticker, Fifteen Sports Stories March 1949
  • Pennant Pacer, Super Sports April 1949
  • If at First, Sports Fiction May 1949
  • Match Point, Popular Sports Summer 1949
  • Plan for Murder, The Phantom Detective Summer 1949
  • The Glittering Coffins, G-Men Detective Fall 1949
  • The Hampered Hurdler, Exciting Sports Fall 1949
  • Kill Me Next Time, Popular Detective September 1949
  • Thunder Chucker, Fifteen Sports Stories November 1949
  • Miracle in Lead, Exciting Sports Winter 1950
  • Storm Clouds, Popular Sports Winter 1950
  • A Certain Something, Thrilling Baseball Spring 1950
  • Fixed Fight, Short Stories March 1950
  • A Lot to Learn, Exciting Baseball Spring 1950
  • Midget Mayhem, Exciting Sports Spring 1950
  • Murder Passing Through, Thrilling Detective April 1950
  • Yesterday’s Wings, Sky Fighters Spring 1950
  • The Ghost Pitcher, Popular Baseball Summer 1950
  • Murder, Collect!, Famous Detective Stories June 1950
  • Man Bait, The Phantom Detective Summer 1950
  • Killing Isn’t Enough, Famous Detective Stories August 1950
  • Ride the Man Down, New Sports Magazine August 1950
  • One Last Throw, Popular Football Fall 1950
  • Pass and Pray!, Thrilling Football Fall 1950
  • The Hard-Boiled Coach, Exciting Football Fall 1950
  • Bunt Crazy, Exciting Baseball Spring 1951
  • Coach of the Year, Popular Sports Winter 1951
  • It Takes a Champion, Popular Sports Spring 1951
  • Jinx Jet, G-Men Detective Spring 1951
  • Throw Him Curves, Thrilling Sports Spring 1951
  • Cops Learn Fast, Short Stories June 1951
  • Winner Take Nothing, Five Sports Classics Magazine Summer 1951
  • Lady with a Hunch, Popular Detective July 1951
  • Glory Goal, Fifteen Sports Stories August 1951
  • All-American Chump, Thrilling Football Fall 1951
  • Money Pitcher, All Sports September 1951
  • Tough Brake, Detective Book Magazine Winter 1951/1952
  • Ten Goal Man, Super Sports June 1952
  • One Man’s Law, Texas Rangers September 1952
  • Rookie on the Hook, Super Sports September 1952
  • Trail of Desire, Thrilling Ranch Stories Fall 1952
  • Write Your Own Ticket, Thrilling Football Fall 1952
  • Carbon Copy, Ten Story Sports October 1952
  • Pay with Your Heart!, Rangeland Love Stories October 1952
  • Guns in the Dark, West November 1952
  • The Bullet, The Rio Kid Western January 1953
  • Dead and Gone, Thrilling Detective Winter 1953
  • Girl in Trouble, Black Book Detective Winter 1953
  • Pennant for a Lady, Exciting Baseball Spring 1953
  • Drop Dead, The Phantom Detective Spring 1953
  • Glory Ropes a Wild One, Rangeland Romances May 1953
  • Dope in the Dark, Dime Detective Magazine June 1953
  • Dead Wrong, Triple Detective Summer 1953
  • Gambler’s Pot, Double Action Western September 1953
  • Shot in the Dark, The Saint Detective Magazine March 1955
  • You’ll Be Back, The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #17, September 1956
  • Dig This Knife, Guilty Detective Story Magazine January 1958
  • Payoff for Goldie, Trapped Detective Story Magazine February 1958
  • Move In, Take Over, Guilty Detective Story Magazine March 1958
  • I Can’t Die Now, Guilty Detective Story Magazine May 1958
  • Chicken Blood, Guilty Detective Story Magazine July 1958
  • Dig That Ice!, Guilty Detective Story Magazine September 1958
  • The Jungle of the Streets, Trapped Detective Story Magazine October 1958
  • Real Easy Pushover, Guilty Detective Story Magazine November 1958
  • I Hate That Chick, Trapped Detective Story Magazine June 1959
  • Kid-Gang Violence, Guilty Detective Story Magazine July 1959
  • Deadly Queen of the Kid-Gang, Trapped Detective Story Magazine August 1959
  • Kill the One You Love, Guilty Detective Story Magazine September 1960
  • Be Yellow or Die, Trapped Detective Story Magazine February 1961
  • A Knife in the Night, Trapped Detective Story Magazine November 1961
  • The Switchblade Knife, Guilty Detective Story Magazine December 1962
  • How Dusty Ayres Was Born,
  • Mercy Planes,