T. Stanhope Sprigg

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Wing Commander Theodore Stanhope Sprigg (1903-1977) was a British magazine editor.[1][2] His father, Stanhope W. Sprigg, had been the first editor of The Windsor Magazine.[3] Sprigg and his brother started a publishing company, Airways Publications, in 1924, and published Airways, a magazine about air travel. Over the next few years they added other titles, including Aircraft Engineering, Flying, and Who's Who in British Aviation. He earned a pilot's license in 1931.[1]

In 1934 he proposed to publisher Newnes four fiction titles: , Fantasy, War Stories, and Western Adventures.[1] The first to appear was Air Stories, in May 1935;[1] War Stories was begun in October 1935, but only lasted five issues.[4] It was replaced by Western Adventures in February 1936, which also failed after only five issues.[5] Fantasy was delayed for several years, perhaps because Scoops, the first attempt at a British science fiction magazine, had proved to be a failure in 1934. It was finally launched in 1938, and produced three issues over the next year.[6] Air Stories was the most successful of the four, lasting five years on a regular monthly schedule.[1] However, Sprigg was in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,[1] and when World War II began he was called up and both Air Stories and Fantasy ceased publication.[1]

Sprigg left the RAFVR in 1954 with rank of wing commander.[7]

Works[]

  • Marvels Of The Air 1936 Newnes
  • Civil Aviation As A Career1939, Newnes
  • Bombers of the RAF
  • The Royal Air Force 1941, Collins
  • Battleships with Wings 1942 Collins - covering RAF Coastal Command
  • Wings of the Army 1945 . Collins,
  • War Story Of The Fighter Command
  • The Aeroplane Directory of British Aviation (1966) Temple Press. with W.L. Marsh, C.P. Bracken, W.C.M. Whittle

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Ashley (2006), pp. 42-44.
  2. ^ Ashley (2006), p. 283.
  3. ^ Ashley (2006), p. 230.
  4. ^ Ashley (2006), pp. 218-219.
  5. ^ Ashley (2006), p. 221.
  6. ^ Ashley (2006), pp. 79-80.
  7. ^ "No. 40271". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 September 1954. p. 5138.

Sources[]

  • Ashley, Mike (2006). The Age of the Storytellers. London: British Library & Oak Knoll Press. ISBN 0-7123-0698-6.
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