Jet Plane Mystery

For a full three minutes after the sound had ceased abruptly, the two boys sat in absolute silence. Stew was waiting for the sound of a violent explosion. More minutes ticked aw...

The situation was clear. For many weeks Jap task forces in harbors had been refusing to fight. It had been assumed that they would once again attempt flight. But at least one ca...

On that same morning, as the _Black Bee_ and her escort of fighting ships knifed in close to their target, Kentucky and his short, tight formation cut through the masquerading J...

In the meantime Ted was growing impatient. Having taxied his plane through the gap into the open sea, he had made a practice run and found her perfect. Then he had sent the plan...

Jack's conclusions regarding the _Black Bee's_ fight with the Jap task force were correct. After he and Stew had been driven from the scene of fighting and had abandoned their p...

Realizing that matters must soon come to a head, Jack and Stew slept lightly that night, hidden away among the palms. Anything might happen on the morrow and they were prepared...

Darkness was falling as the carrier _Black Bee_, escorted by cruisers and destroyers, sailed away from the scene of her latest triumph, her attack on the unnamed island that mea...

On the flight deck Jack joined a group of his fighting pals. Sprawled about the deck, they were still discussing the mysterious something that had gone screaming over their heads.

In the meantime Jack had decided on a bold stroke. He was not sure that at this time it was a wise thing to do, but his burning desire to make his way back to the carrier and re...

"Perhaps they are," Jack agreed. "But that fellow who flies the howling plane must be human, so we'd better watch our step, since that means there's someone on the island."

On the island of mysteries Jack watched with increasing astonishment as the jet plane soared away. It climbed up until it looked to be the size of a star, let out a scream, then...

For an hour, with the brown natives bending their stout backs to send the canoes shooting forward, they glided along through the mist. It was not raining hard--only a fine spray...

"Just what the doctor ordered," he said to Stew. "We'll be able to get through the day unobserved by the enemy. And tomorrow, unless I miss my guess, we strike at dawn."

When Jack was still in grade school he had often visited his uncle's farm. In summer he had stayed for weeks at a time. There were ghosts that haunted the lonely country roads a...

"Plenty. I saw a small porker and followed him. He really looked young. But when he got all hot and bothered he turned and squealed angrily at me. And boy! His tusks seemed to b...

Ensign Jack Steel sat on the edge of a life raft whittling a stick. A strange place to whittle, one might say, on the deck of a great U. S. aircraft carrier in mid-Pacific. But...

The plane rattled, sputtered, and roared. Stew threw back the hood, climbed out to the wings to see what, if anything, might be done to keep her aloft. Then he threw back his se...

Two hours later, peering from a thicket of tall ferns and sprouting palms, the two boys were witnessing one of the most fascinating moving pictures from real life that they had...

There was little room to doubt that the trail they had followed was used by natives as well as by animals, for on their way back they came upon fresh prints of bare feet in the...

"Oh, don't let that worry you!" was the Commander's instant reply. "You've been around this old flat-top long enough. You should know that we carry a greater variety of goods an...

"Life on this island has become impossible. There are five of those beasts against us. They have machine guns and plenty of ammunition. We have automatics with just the slugs th...

Jack was thinking. What a lovely cloud this is! There's sure to be a carrier in that Jap convoy down there, if they're really Jap ships--a carrier and Zeros. There's sure to be...

Ted's plane was heavy, a dead weight in the water. Progress toward the island was slow, but the protecting screen of mist held on. Noon came, and Mary produced cold meat sandwic...

Standing beside the girl of "Mystery Isle," Jack stared down at the five men and the jet plane in silence. "Here's a ticklish situation," he thought. He was glad he had establis...

They slid out into the clear blue sky to discover that while the main Jap task force continued to glide serenely on its way, the two cargo ships and three destroyers had lost th...

They came at last to the crest of the ledge hanging over the spot where the jet plane rested on the rock beside the sea. Since the surface of the ledge sloped, it was possible f...

Like figures done in bronze, with the firelight playing on their dark faces, these three stood there, silent and alert, ready for action, as the girl said a few words to them in...

"It's all done," said Stew. "All in order. Let's have a look at your chute." He worked over Jack's chute and harness. "It's okay. Be sure to pull the cord," he joked. "That's al...