Battlefields #3

(2010)

3: Who'll Come on Ops in a Wimpy With Me? (Table of Contents: 1)

Battlefields / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Garth Ennis (credited)

Pencils

Paul Jason Holden (credited as P. J. Holden)

Inks

Paul Jason Holden (credited as P. J. Holden)

Colors

Tony Aviña (credited)

Letters

Simon Bowland (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One minute to target.

Genre

war

Characters

Ken Harding (command pilot); Masher (co-pilot); Acker (rear gunner); Clive (wireless operator); Joe (navigator); Blue (front gunner); Morley (adjutant) [Uncle] [Adj]; Wingco [Wong Commander McKenzie]

Synopsis

With Acker wounded, Masher unconscious, and the airplane badly damaged, Harding nurses the bomber back to the field, completing the crew's 30th mission, before dying of his own wounds. Masher and the Adjutant pack up Harding's things, making room for the next crew.

Keywords

R.A.A.F.; R.A.F.; RAAF; RAF; Royal Air Force; Royal Australian Air Force; Wellington bomber; World War II

Indexer Notes

The main story is interspersed with an ongoing letter Ken writes to his father.