"I've got one, but go ahead and state yours first, Freddy," he said.

The English youth looked blank and shook his head.

"Can't think of a blessed thing," he said. "What's yours?"

Dave grinned at Air Marshal Manners.

"It's a request you can grant easily, sir," he said. "Me, I'd like to be assigned to a land plane squadron for a while. I'm sure fed up with falling into the water."

"Me, too!" Freddy cried. "Oh, but definitely, sir!"

THE END


[1] Dave Dawson in Libya.

[2] Dave Dawson with the R.A.F.