- HOP HARRIGAN,
- AMERICA'S ACE OF THE AIRWAYS
CONTENTS:
One of the better known juvenile aviation
programs during the war years. Beginning
08/31/42 on the Blue/ABC network, the series lasted until 08/02/46. Sponsorship was by Grape Nuts Flakes from 1944 to 1946.
The final series moved over to MUTUAL beginning on 02/06/48 and the
final broadcast on 02/06/48. Chester
Stratton played the title role of "America's ace of the
airways." The supporting
cast credits are first Ken Lynch and later Jackson Beck as Hop's friend,
Tank Tinker. Mitzi Gould was
heard as Hop's girlfriend Gail Nolan. Each program is 15 minutes in length.
C00672 09/17/42 Island Escape
10/08/42
The Aerial Cannon
10/09/42
Moving And Disappearing Houses
11/24/42
Meeting In A Red Barn
C00673 12/09/42 The Nazi Bribe
02/01/43
Cargo Planes Crash
02/18/43
Hop & Tank Trapped In Mine Shaft
06/07/43
Hospital Attack
C00674 01/18/44 The Gray Ghosts
01/24/44
Stolen Patrol Car
01/25/44
Tank's Medical Operation
02/02/44
In Berlin
C00675 02/07/44 The Berlin Adventure
10/04/44
Mission Over Germany
11/07/44
Shot Down By The R.A.F.
11/09/44
Zaltsmare
C00676 12/25/44 Bailed Out Over Austrian
Alps
04/24/45
Heading For Okinawa
04/25/45
Captured By The Japs
09/00/45
Renagade Nazi's
C00677 11/08/45 Prisoner In Nazi Camp In
Mongolia
12/14/45
Buzzed By Airplane
12/17/45
Night Takeoff
12/19/45
Wreckage Disappears
C00678 03/29/46 Fire Set
04/08/46
To Transport Circus Buy Air
07/01/46
Dropping Atom Bomb On Bikini Island
03/07/47
Escaping From Jungle Island
C00679 03/27/47 Mystery Of The Duck's Nest,
Part 4 Plane On Fire
07/07/47
#1241 MYSTERY OF THE VANISHING MEN
Black
Plaster Hand Arrives
07/08/47
#1242 Bill King Arrives
07/09/47
#1243 Follows Stranger To Nolan House
C00680 07/10/47 #1244 Tank Missing
07/11/47
#1245 Tank Found
07/14/47
#1246 Asked To Return The Following Night
07/15/47
#1247 Tank In Disappearing Act
C00681 07/16/47 #1248 Tank Heard But Not
Found
07/17/47
#1249 Strange Note
07/18/47
#1250 Ransom Note
07/21/47
#1251 Tank Disappears
C00682 07/22/47 #1252 Balloon In Flight
07/23/47
#1253 Balloon Falls To Earth
07/24/47
#1254 Tank Disappears From Hospital
07/25/47
#1255 Third Strange Message
C00683 07/28/47 #1256 Whistling Heard In Fun
House
07/29/47
#1257 Whistling Man In Room
07/30/47
#1258 Bill King Responsible
07/31/47
#1259 THE RIDDLE OF THE GHOSTLY AVENGERS
Man
Fears Japanese
C00684 08/01/47 #1260 Paul Conroy Arrives
08/04/47
#1261 Hop & Tank Take Flight
08/05/47
#1262 Cargo Breaks Loose
08/06/47
#1263 Hop Told Of Accident
C00685 08/07/47 #1264 Safe Landing
08/08/47
#1265 Mechanic Dead
08/11/47
#1266 Hop & Tank Arrested
08/12/47
#1267 Hop & Tank Released (rehearsal)
C00686 08/12/47 #1267 Hop & Tank
Released
08/13/47
#1268 Plane Crash Likely
08/14/47
#1269 Cargo Strap Found
08/15/47
#1270 Japanese Plane Seen
C00687 08/18/47 #1271 Unable To Locate
Wreckage
08/19/47
#1272 Ambushed
08/20/47
#1273 Ghost Plane Seen
08/21/47
#1274 Paul Answers Phone
C00688 08/22/47 #1275 Inspector's Request
08/25/47
#1276 Flying Toward Ghost Plane
08/26/47
#1277 Craig Guilty
08/27/47
#1278 THE CHANNEL WING PLANE
Emergency
Landing
C00689 08/28/47 #1279 Boy Missing
08/29/47
#1280 Held At Gunpoint
09/01/47
#1281 Envelope Contents Important
09/02/47
#1282 Chris Found
C00690 09/03/47 #1283 Important Papers
Missing
09/04/47
#1284 (MISSING)
09/05/47
#1285 Gail Kidnapped
09/08/47
#1286 Hop & Tank Chase LaPanterra
C00691 09/09/47 #1287 Gail's Bracelet Found
09/10/47
#1288 Police Find Abandoned Car
09/11/47
#1289 LaPanterra Escapes By Plane
09/12/47
#1290 Leaving For Abandoned City
C00692 09/15/47 #1291 Soup Drugged
09/16/47
#1292 Tied Up In Old House
09/17/47
#1293 Escape - Chris Missing
09/18/47
#1294 Chris Can't Swim
C00693 09/19/47 #1295 Plane Out Of Control
09/22/47
#1296 Avoiding The Attack
09/23/47
#1297 Lost Mayan City Spotted
09/24/47
#1298 Strange Sound Heard
C00694 09/25/47 #1299 Blood Stained Alter
09/26/47
#1300 Descending Into Temple - Ghostly Black Cat
09/26/47
#1300 Magnetic Compass Ring (Special Program - Same as above)
09/29/47
#1301 The Mural Wall
C00695 09/30/47 #1302 Trying To Break Out
10/01/47
#1303 LaPanterra Finds City
10/02/47
#1304 Man With Horns Seen
10/03/47
#1305 Goat And An Old Man
C00696 10/06/47 #1306 Photographing The
Murals
10/07/47
#1307 LaPanterra Fires On Group
10/08/47
#1308 Hop Becomes Decoy
10/09/47
#1309 Pablo Helps
C00697 10/10/47 #1310 Tank Finds Briefcase
10/13/47
#1311 Escape From Temple
10/14/47
#1312 HOP AND TANK IN THE MOVIES
Ivanoff
Arrives - Leaving For Location
10/15/47
#1313 Knife Pulled On Tank
C00698 10/16/47 #1314 Tank Wins Fight
10/17/47
#1315 Dixie's Horse Stolen
10/20/47
#1316 Note From Kidnapper
10/21/47
#1317 Joe Bell Tells Tale
C00699 10/22/47 #1318 Hop Accuses Bell Of
Lying
10/23/47
#1319 Ivanoff Obtains A Release
10/24/47
#1320 Dixie Explains Frame
10/27/47
#1321 Emergency Landing
C00700 10/28/47 #1322 Taken For A Ride
10/29/47
#1323 Letter From Dixie
10/30/47
#1324 Who Wrote The Note?
10/31/47
#1325 Code Flashed From Ranch House
C00701 11/03/47 #1326 Map Missing
11/04/47
#1327 Plane Off Course
11/05/47
#1328 Mountain Lion Fights Sequoia
11/06/47
#1329 Tank Trails Joe Bell
C00702 11/07/47 #1330 Tank Finds Ranch House
11/10/47
#1331 Tank Rescues Hop & Dixie From Burning House
11/11/47
#1332 Aerial Battle
11/12/47
#1333 Tex Regan At The Bank
C00703 11/13/47 #1334 Showdown With Tex And
Joe
11/14/47
#1335 THE WAILING WITCHES
Mysterious
Plane Follows
11/17/47
#1336 Pilot Murdered By Witch
11/18/47
#1337 Wailing Witch Heard
C00704 11/19/47 #1338 Trapped In Sealed Room
11/20/47
#1339 Tank Suspects Mr. Gore
11/21/47
#1340 Hop In The Test Module
11/24/47
#1341 Tank Turns Off The Engines
C00705 11/25/47 #1342 Gore's Mechanic Warns
Plane Too Advanced
11/26/47
#1343 Second Warning Of Death
11/27/47
#1344 Shot Misses Hop
11/28/47
#1345 Plane Mounts Sabotaged With Acid
C00706 12/01/47 #1346 Following Carla Davis
12/02/47
#1347 (MISSING)
12/03/47
#1348 Escape Oily Death
12/04/47
#1349 Flying Wing Plans Found
C00707 12/05/47 #1350 Plane Crashes
12/08/47
#1351 Hop Injured
12/09/47
#1352 Carla Davis Questioned
12/10/47
#1353 Passes Physical Examination
C00708 12/11/47 #1354 Test Flight
12/12/47
#1355 Plane Explodes In Mid-air
12/15/47
#1356 Saunders Dead
12/16/47
#1357 Everyone Questioned
C00709 12/17/47 #1358 Tank Smells Smoke
12/18/47
#1359 THE SECRET OF LAKEVILLE BELL
Saboteur
Caught
12/19/47
#1360 Chris Disappears - Snow Storm
12/22/47
#1361 Chris Found
C00710 12/23/47 #1362 FBI Interested In Bell
12/24/47
#1363 Another Bell Malfunction
12/25/47
#1364 Flying To Flemington, Ohio - Christmas Services
12/26/47
#1365 Plug Found In Bell
C00711 12/29/47 #1366 Mendez Is Suspect
12/30/47
#1367 Bell Missing
12/31/47
#1368 Truck & Crane Missing
01/01/48
#1369 (MISSING)
C00712 01/02/48 #1370 Unidentified Plane
Spotted
01/05/48
#1371 Note From Chris Found
01/06/48
#1372 Gail Appears To Cooperate
01/07/48
#1373 Bell To Be Unloaded From Plane
C00713 01/08/48 #1374 Hop Delayed
01/09/48
#1375 Gail Seen Trying To Cut Through Bell
01/12/48
#1376 Mendez Learns Of Chris' Hiding Place
01/13/48
#1377 Lakeville Bell Made Of Gold
C00714 01/14/48 #1378 Rescue Attempt
01/15/48
#1379 Mendez & Voegel Captured
01/16/48
#1380 Mendez Killed
01/19/48
#1381 Gunfight With Voegel's Men
C00715 01/20/48 #1382 Escape By Air
01/21/48
#1383 AIRLINE PROTECTION RACKET
-
Plot Against Private Aviation
01/22/48
#1384 Refused Gas & Oil
01/23/48
#1385 Refuses To Join Organization
C00716 01/26/48 #1386 Tank Suspicious Of New
Student
01/27/48
#1387 Student Sabotages Plane
01/28/48
#1388 Mr. Charles Killed
01/29/48
#1389 Questioned By Police
(90 Minute Tape)
C08335 01/30/48 #1390 Demands To See The
Head Of The Organization
02/02/48
#1391 Ally Found
02/03/48
#1392 Meets Head Of Organization
02/04/48
#1393 Refuses To Sign Agreement
02/05/48
#1394 Dudley Captured
02/06/48
#1395 Organization Broken Up
(End
Of The Series)