Mission Ten: Two Missions to Doom -- Part 2

 

Last time, Johnny Cloud returned to base after his Flight failed to destroy a German radar station only to discover that the three tanks had attacked the airfield. Shamrock, Cloud's mechanic, was taken prisoner.

Cloud suits up for another attempt at the radar station, but this time he flies solo. Cloud asks his Big Brother for help finding the tanks, and he is led to them. With the tank column below, he circles to attack. As he dives, Cloud agonizes that Shamrock could be in one of them. Suddenly, the second tank fires on the leader. Then the third tank fires on the second tank. 

Unsure about what is happening, Cloud bombs the third one and circles the field to look for Shamrock. He sees him climbing from the wreckage of the second tank, so he lands and picks up his crew chief.

Shamrock explains that he was held captive in the second tank. He pretended to be in a state of panic until he grabbed a monkey wrench and beat the crew with it. He had fired on the first tank.

With Shamrock jammed in beside him, Cloud continues on his mission, flying low to sneak up on the radar station. The flak batteries hold off, as Cloud’s P-51 appears too low to drop his bombs, but Cloud releases his bombs anyway. 

Direct Hit! The explosion tosses his plane head over hoofs. BLAAAM!

Before he can regain control, several Fw-190s dive to finish him off, but Cloud out-maneuvers them and kills four. Cloud sees his Big Brother looking on, so he asks for cover and gets it.

        Cloud limps his smoking Mustang to base. He hits the tarmac. WHRRRRRREEEEEEEE! As they walk away from the wreck, Cloud says to Shamrock, “Now you know …” Shamrock shrugs; now he is at a loss for words.

Image Credit:

AAMOW#91 (June 1962): Story Art: J. Grandenetti; Writer: R. Kanigher.

Johnny Cloud TM DC Comics