The Phantom Airman

THE PHANTOM AIRMAN
ROWLAND WALKER
AUTHOR OF DASTRAL OF THE FLYING CORPS, DEVILLE McKEENE, THE BRITISH ACE, ETC, ETC.
S. W. PARTRIDGE & Co. 4, 5 & 6, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.1
MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN First Published 1920 Frequently reprinted This Impression issued 1931
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
THE PHANTOM AIRMAN
CHAPTER I
THE SECRET OF THE SCHWARZWALD
Rittmeister Heinrich von Spitzer, late flight-commander in the German Air Service, was one of the Prussian irreconcilables, who, rather than submit to the peace terms enforced by the Allies after the defeat of Germany, resolved to become an aerial brigand, an outlaw of the nations, and to wage a bitter warfare of violence and plunder against his late enemies.
His proud spirit refused to bend before the conquerors, for the iron shaft of defeat had embittered his soul, particularly against Britain, whom he had ever regarded as the evil genius of the Entente.