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INTRODUCTION xxi

CHAPTER

I. FLYING TO FRANCE 3

II. THE DAY'S WORK 27

III. A SUMMER JOY-RIDE 49

IV. SPYING OUT THE LAND 71

V. THERE AND BACK 90

VI. A CLOUD RECONNAISSANCE 117

VII. ENDS AND ODDS 140

VIII. THE DAILY ROUND 170

LETTERS FROM THE SOMME

I. LOOKING FOR TROUBLE 195

II. "ONE OF OUR MACHINES IS MISSING" 205

III. A BOMB RAID 213

IV. SPYING BY SNAPSHOT 220

V. THE ARCHIBALD FAMILY 235

VI. BATTLES AND BULLETS 243

VII. BACK IN BLIGHTY 252