Roger Harris Presents

THE MODERN BOY

ISSUES 150 TO 200

A tribute to “THE MODERN BOY” Magazine

Many issues contained work by W. E. Johns, particularly “Biggles” stories, which commenced in issue 257. See information below each issue for full details.

Just click on the individual magazine cover below to enlarge it and see it in more detail

Issue 150 (28 pages) 20^th December 1930 No W. E. Johns content in this issue	Issue 151 (28 pages) 27^th December 1930 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘The Westland Wessex’	Issue 152 (32 pages) 3^rd January 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “The Trail of the Pioneers” and “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Fairey Firefly 11M’
Issue 153 (28 pages) 10^th January 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “Strange Tales of the Skies” and “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Blackburn Sydney’	Issue 154 (28 pages) 17^th January 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Autogyro’	Issue 155 (28 pages) 24^th January 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Vickers Viastra’
Issue 156 (28 pages) 31^st January 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Handley Page Night Bomber’	Issue 157 (28 pages) 7^th February 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Handley Page Hannibal’	Issue 158 (32 pages) 14^th February 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “Shot Down From 20,000 Feet!” and “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Blackburn Fleet Spotter’
Issue 159 (32 pages) 21^st February 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Gloster Survey’	Issue 160 (28 pages) 28^th February 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “Airman’s Luck” and “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Hendy Type 302’	Issue 161 (28 pages) 7^th March 1931 No W. E. Johns content in this issue
Issue 162 (28 pages) 14^th March 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Elf’	Issue 163 (32 pages) 21^st March 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “An Airman’s View of the Boat Race” and “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Vickers Vilderbeest’	Issue 164 (28 pages) 28^th March 1931 No W. E. Johns content in this issue
Issue 165 (28 pages) 4^th April 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the COVER PAINTING “R.A.F. Planes on the North-West Frontier” and “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Robinson Redwing Mark 11’	Issue 166 (28 pages) 11^th April 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Vickers Supermarine Southampton Mark X’	Issue 167 (28 pages) 18^th April 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Blackburn Nautilus’
Issue 168 (28 pages) 25^th April 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Blackburn Lyncock’	Issue 169 (28 pages) 2^nd May 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “Silver Ghosts of the Desert” and “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Short Valetta’	Issue 170 (28 pages) 9^th May 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Gloster SS 19’
Issue 171 (32 pages) 16^th May 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘De Havilland 77’	Issue 172 (28 pages) 23^rd May 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the COVER PAINTING “The World’s First Flying Circus” and an article of the same name and “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Civilian Coupe’	Issue 173 (28 pages) 30^th May 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Vickers Supermarine Giant Flying Boat’
Issue 174 (28 pages) 6^th June 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Armstrong Whitworth Four-Engined Monoplane’	Issue 175 (28 pages) 13^th June 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “Plane Versus Vulture”	Issue 176 (28 pages) 20^th June 1931 No W. E. Johns content in this issue
Issue 177 (28 pages) 27^th June 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “Skylarks of the R.A.F” and the cover is by Howard Leigh (his first work in Modern Boy)	Issue 178 (28 pages) 4^th July 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “Tales of the Skies” and “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Parnall Parasol’	Issue 179 (28 pages) 11^th July 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘D.H. 61 Giant Moth’
Issue 180 (28 pages) 18^th July 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Vickers Vellore Freight Carrier’	Issue 181 (28 pages) 25^th July 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “Speedman o’ the Skies” and “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Fairey Flycatcher’ and the cover is by Howard Leigh	Issue 182 (28 pages) 1^st August 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the COVER PAINTING “Above and Below the Pole” and an article of the same name and “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Short Bros. Gunard’
Issue 183 (28 pages) 8^th August 1931 No W. E. Johns content in this issue	Issue 184 (28 pages) 15^th August 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘World’s Fastest Flying Boat’	Issue 185 (28 pages) 22^nd August 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Sports Avian’
Issue 186 (28 pages) 29^th August 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Saro Cutty Sark’	Issue 187 (28 pages) 5^th September 1931 No W. E. Johns content in this issue	Issue 188 (28 pages) 12^th September 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the COVER PAINTING “Flying Faster than the Sound Travels” and an article “Human Bullets”
Issue 189 (28 pages) 19^th September 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “Tales from the Skies” and “What Plane Was That” featuring the ‘Armstrong – Whitworth A.W. XVI’	Issue 190 (28 pages) 26^th September 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the COVER PAINTING “A Trip in a Flying Hotel” and an article “My Trip in a Flying Hotel”	Issue 191 (28 pages) 3^rd October 1931 No W. E. Johns content in this issue
Issue 192 (28 pages) 10^th October 1931 No W. E. Johns content in this issue	Issue 193 (28 pages) 17^th October 1931 No W. E. Johns content in this issue	Issue 194 (28 pages) 24^th October 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “Aces”
Issue 195 (28 pages) 31^st October 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “Captured Airmen”	Issue 196 (28 pages) 7^th November 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “Airmen’s Superstitions”	Issue 197 (28 pages) 14^th November 1931 No W. E. Johns content in this issue
Issue 198 (28 pages) 21^st November 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “Crazy Notions”	Issue 199 (32 pages) 28^th November 1931 No W. E. Johns content in this issue	Issue 200 (32 pages) 5^th December 1931 W. E. Johns content in this issue is the article “When I Was Scared”

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT MODERN BOY MAGAZINE

The Modern Boy Magazine was first published in February 1928 by the Amalgamated Press

The copyright in the magazine is presumably held by the original company or it’s successors although some 80 years have passed since first publication

and some 70 years have passed since it ceased publication

All pictures are taken from my own collection of “The Modern Boy” Magazine.

A few internal pictures have been used to illustrate the Biggles content and other interesting articles and these are deemed to be fair use.

The copyright in all of W.E. Johns work is owned by the estate of W.E. Johns as represented by his literary agent, Ms Linda Shaughnessy of A. P. Watt.

This is a non profit making fan based web site purely for the information of fellow fans - no infringement of copyright is intended.

The intention of this web site is to encourage people to collect and read The Modern Boy Magazine and particularly the works of William Earl Johns, one of the great authors of the 20th Century.

Don’t forget to visit Biggles.Com and W. E. Johns.Com for information about W. E. Johns books

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THIS WEB SITE WAS BUILT DURING APRIL, MAY AND JUNE 2010 AND COMPLETED ON 21^st JUNE 2010 – THE 42^nd ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF W.E. JOHNS