Noy, John
Entry updated 28 April 2025. Tagged: Author.
(1892-1964) UK author, whose childhood paralytic illness kept him from service in World War One. Most of his tales are nautical/Airship thrillers for the Children's SF market, including at least three volumes in the Red Devil of the Air Force series beginning with Red Devil of the Air Force (1937), which feature Technologies impossible in the year of publication. He also published at least two similar adventures: The Vulture (1927), describing the travails of a young doctor shanghaied into working for pirates in the combined submarine/Airship which is their Invention; and The Pirate Airship (1931), featuring an advanced combination airship/surface ship/submarine. [JC]
John Noy
born London: 1892
died 1964
works
series
Red Devil of the Air Force
- Red Devil of the Air Force (London: John Hamilton, 1937) [Red Devil of the Air Force: hb/]
- The Great Airways Plot: A "Red Devil of the Air Police" Story (London: John Hamilton, 1938) [Red Devil of the Air Force: hb/]
- The Mystery of the Crested Falcon: A "Red Devil of the Air Police" Story (London: John Hamilton, 1939) [Red Devil of the Air Force: hb/]
individual titles
- The Vulture (London: John Hamilton, 1927) [hb/]
- The Pirate Airship (London: John Hamilton, 1931) [in the publisher's Ace Series: hb/]
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