CHAPTERPAGE
I[CANCELED ORDERS]13
II[ACES DON'T MISS]22
III[FLIGHT TO NOWHERE]36
IV[ACTION BOUND]47
V[INSTRUCTIONS FOR EAGLES]59
VI[BLIND EYES]71
VII[DISCOVERED?]83
VIII[EAGLE'S EYES]95
IX[FATE IS FICKLE]103
X[STEEL SHARKS]115
XI[GIVE AND TAKE]128
XII[HELPLESS HEROES]141
XIII[HAYWIRE NERVES]155
XIV[DEVIL EYES]167
XV[MISSING IN ACTION]181
XVI[LUCK OF THE DOOMED]190
XVII[SATAN LAUGHS]200
XVIII[DEAD WINGS]213
XIX[FLIGHT'S END]229

CHAPTER ONE

Canceled Orders

Stretching out as comfortably as the gear-packed bomb compartment of the Flying Fortress would permit, Dave Dawson lazily unwrapped a bar of semi-sweet chocolate, and bit off a man-sized hunk.

"Ub glub dish blub ice," he grunted, and winked at Freddy Farmer, who was sitting on a packing case of spare parts a few feet from him. "Deferenally jice!"

The English-born air ace gave him a cold stare and a scowl.

"Don't talk with your mouth full, little boy!" he said. "In fact, don't talk at all."

"And that from a guy I've often seen eat peas off a knife," Dawson chuckled after he had swallowed. "But, as I was saying, this is my idea of something nice. Definitely nice."