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Cecil Lewis lied his way into the British Army's Royal Flying Corps at age sixteen and was ordered to a squadron on the Western Front only a year later. At the time, flying was so new that designers hadn't even decided on basic mechanics such as how many wings a plane should have. Despite...

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Main Author:	Lewis, Cecil, 1898-1997 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Penguin Books, [2014]
Series:	Penguin classics.
Subjects:	Lewis, Cecil, > 1898-1997. Great Britain. > Royal Air Force > Biography. World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations, British. World War, 1914-1918 > Personal narratives. China > Description and travel. Fighter pilots > Great Britain > Biography. Novelists, English > 20th century > Biography.

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