In a spirit of the deepest reverence I dedicate this unworthy effort to the memory of a true sportsman, a loyal friend, and a gallant officer who was killed in action while serving his Country as a Pilot in the American Air Service,

LIEUTENANT SAMUEL PIERCE MANDELL

America has given of the finest of her Youth to uphold the Cause of Right, but she has given no one of more splendid promise than he, whose service was an example of devotion to duty, of readiness for action, and of undaunted courage.

His life was an inspiration to the living "to carry on" and finish the great struggle for which he died, that he and those like him may not have died in vain.

CONTENTS

I.Per Ardua ad Astra[1]
II.The "Bedouin" Squadron[12]
III.The Bedouins at Ochey Aerodrome[39]
IV.A Night Raid[50]
V.Some Epics of Night Bombing[71]
VI.The Guiding Hand[86]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Lieutenant Robert H. Reece, R.A.F.[Photogravure Frontispiece]
Jimmie Walks up and down the Trench[14]
Entrance to Officers' Mess[40]
The Patriotic, Scientific Mechanics[44]
After the Landing[84]