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The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps

by James R. Driscoll This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

Title: The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps

Author: James R. Driscoll

Release Date: July 19, 2004 [EBook #12938]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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Produced by Jim Ludwig

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THE BRIGHTON BOYS WITH THE FLYING CORPS

by Lieutenant James R. Driscoll

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CONTENTS

CHAPTERS

I. The Brighton Flying Squadron II. First Steps III. In the Air IV. Off for the Front V. Jimmy Hill Startles the Veterans VI. The Fight in the Air VII. Parker's Story VIII. Thrills of the Upper Reaches IX. In the Enemy's Country X. Planning the Escape XI. Through the Lines XII. Pluck and Luck XIII. The Raid on Essen XIV. A Furious Battle

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CHAPTER I

THE BRIGHTON FLYING SQUADRON

"The war will be won in the air."

The headlines in big black type stared at Jimmy Hill as he stood beside the breakfast table and looked down at the morning paper, which lay awaiting his father's coming.

The boys of the Brighton Academy, among whom Jimmy was an acknowledged leader, had been keenly interested in the war long before the United States joined hands with the Allies in the struggle to save small nations from powerful large ones---the fight to en

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