A Story of the R.A.F.

BY

PERCY F. WESTERMAN

Lieut. R.A.F.

Author of "With Beatty off Jutland"
"A Lively Bit of the Front"
"A Sub and a Submarine"
&c. &c.

LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

Contents


CHAP.
I. [On Parade]
II. [Derek's First Flight]
III. [The Derelict]
IV. [The Night Raider]
V. [The Next Day]
VI. [Across the Channel]
VII. [When the Hun Pushed]
VIII. [The Hun Bomber]
IX. [A Slight Disturbance]
X. [Kaye's Crash]
XI. [The Jammed Machine-guns]
XII. [Bowled Out]
XIII. [The Count's Ruse]
XIV. [With the Tanks]
XV. [Outed]
XVI. [The Shell-crater]
XVII. [Turned Down]
XVIII. [The First Day at Sableridge]
XIX. [U-boat versus Motor-boat]
XX. [The Blimp and the Skate]
XXI. [An Independent Command]
XXII. [A Mouldy Station]
XXIII. [An Error of Judgment]
XXIV. [The Guard-ship]
XXV. [Salvage Work]
XXVI. [Christmas Eve]
XXVII. [Hard and Fast Aground]
XXVIII. [To the Sea-plane's Aid]
XXIX. [In the Interests of the State]
XXX. [The Choice]
Illustrations

[There was no Time for Questions. Derek could discern several Field-grey Figures advancing rapidly Frontispiece]

[GV 7 to the Rescue!]

[In a Couple of Strides he overtook the Major, and bore him backwards to the Earth]

[She presented a Puzzling Proposition to Fritz]

[The Task of getting him on board was not an easy one]

[It was a Case of taking One's Chance with the Approaching Storm]