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Title: A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F.

Author: Rutherford G. Montgomery

Illustrator: Paul Laune

Release Date: May 19, 2010 [EBook #32420]

Language: English

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A YANKEE FLIER WITH THE R.A.F.

[Illustration: THE HAWK DROPPED UPON THE BATTLE WAGON BELOW.

_A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F._

_Frontispiece (Page 120)_]

A YANKEE FLIER WITH THE R.A.F.

BY

AL AVERY

_ILLUSTRATED BY_

PAUL LAUNE

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1941, BY

GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC.

_All Rights Reserved_

_Printed in the United States of America_

[Transcriber's note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence
that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I GLORY TRAIL 1

II CLOUD TAG 19

III BILL O'MALLEY 35

IV NEW QUARTERS 60

V O'MALLEY BAGS A JERRY GUN 76

VI THE SEA DOGS GROWL 91

VII SALT WATER SPRAY 111

VIII STAN'S PAST RISES 131

IX SPECIAL MISSION 149

X GROUND SLEUTHING 173

XI PLENTY OF TROUBLE 193

XII LUFTWAFFE IN REVERSE 200

A YANKEE FLIER WITH THE R.A.F.

CHAPTER I

GLORY TRAIL

Swing music was blaring from the radio set in the mess when Stan Wilson
entered. His blue eyes, which gleamed with a great zest for living,
gazed levelly around the room. There was a look in them which had been
born of penetrating the blue depths of Colorado canyons and, later on,
at the limitless spaces a flier sees. As usual, a half-smile, seemingly
directed at himself, played at the corners of his mouth. There was
seldom a moment so danger