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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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction by Samuel Hynes
  • Preface to the second edition by Cecil Lewis
  • Training
  • The Somme
  • Testing
  • Aerial fighting
  • Home defence
  • Overseas again
  • Civil flying
  • The voyage east
  • Teaching the Chinese to fly.