Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE SPIDER WEB

_My acknowledgments are due to the Editor of 'Blackwood's Magazine' and to the Editor of 'The Times.'_

THE SPIDER WEB

The Romance of a Flying-Boat War Flight

by

P. I. X.

With Illustrations

William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London 1919

_TO
THE JOLLY
FINE FELLOWS,
OFFICERS AND MEN,
OF THE WAR FLIGHT,
FELIXSTOWE._

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE SPIDER WEB 1

II. LIKE A FAIRY TALE 38

III. THE PHANTOM FLIGHT 75

IV. STICKY ENDS OF L 43, U-C 1, AND U-B 20 109

V. THE FATAL FOUNTAIN AND END OF U-C 6 145

VI. WINGED HUNS AND THE TALE OF THE I.O. 183

VII. INTO THE BIGHT AND END OF L 53 215

VIII. THE FUTURE: RUNNING THE U.S. MAIL 245

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

P. I. X. _Frontispiece_

PORTE BABY WITH BRISTOL BULLET ON TOP PLANE _Facing p._ 4

CHART SHOWING THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
NORTH SEA AND THE BIGHT OF HELIGOLAND " 8

SHEDS AND SLIPWAYS AT FELIXSTOWE " 18

FELIXSTOWE PATROL AREA WITH SPIDER WEB PATROL,
SHOWING SUBMARINES SIGHTED AND BOMBED,
AND THE WIRELESS FIXES FOR FOUR MONTHS " 32

5-TON FLYING-BOAT " 40

BOAT ON PATROL. 230-LB. BOMB SHOWING ON
MACHINE FROM WHICH PHOTOGRAPH WAS
TAKEN " 56

DESTROYERS ON BEEF TRIP " 80

PORTE SUPER BABY TAXI-ING ON THE WATER " 104

'77 IN THE MIST " 116

BOMBS BURSTING OVER SUBMARINE " 130

LIFTING 230-LB. BOMB INTO PLACE " 144

DUTCH SAILING-VESSEL PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A
FLYING-BOAT " 178

HUN MONOPLANE DIVING IN TO SHOVE HOME AN ATTACK _Facing p._ 186

THE BOAT THAT STOOD ON ITS NOSE " 206

LIGHTER WITH FLYING-BOAT BEING TOWED IN
HEAVY SEA " 220

CULLY'S CAMEL ON WAY TO TERSCHELLING " 232

WHITE LINE F.-B. _SWIFT_ AND F.-B. _SWALLOW_, 200
TONS " 256

15-TON PORTE SUPER BABY, 1800 HORSE-POWER " 264

ERECTING THE 15-TON FELIXSTOWE FURY " 266

The Spider Web.