Excerpt: ...he has not been able to come for it." "He'll come," Allison said, but he was not so sure the general was alive. He knew the Germans Pg 108 would be ruthless in wiping out all anti-Fascist leaders in the territory they controlled. The boys climbed up and got into the beautifully streamlined cockpits. They slipped into the Italian parachutes and got set. Arno and Tony acted as ground crew and the engines were soon turning over smoothly. Stan checked his dials and made himself familiar with gun controls and ...
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Excerpt: ...he has not been able to come for it." "He'll come," Allison said, but he was not so sure the general was alive. He knew the Germans Pg 108 would be ruthless in wiping out all anti-Fascist leaders in the territory they controlled. The boys climbed up and got into the beautifully streamlined cockpits. They slipped into the Italian parachutes and got set. Arno and Tony acted as ground crew and the engines were soon turning over smoothly. Stan checked his dials and made himself familiar with gun controls and equipment; he cracked the throttle and listened to the roaring surge of power. Then he throttled down and leaned out, waving an arm in a signal that he was leading off. O'Malley and Allison answered the signal. They knew it was their job to see that Stan got through with his reports and maps. Stan kicked the throttle open and the Nardi roared to life, leaping forward with surprising speed. Stan hoiked her tail with an added blast of prop pressure and tested her. She lifted at once. Unburdened by the armor plate carried by a Lightning or an Airacobra for the protection of the pilot and constructed of much lighter materials, she bounced off the ground before half of the short runway had been covered. Stan leveled off close to the tops of the trees. He wanted to make sure Allison and O'Malley Pg 109 got away, and so he did not want to stir up the swarm of German fighter planes on the big flying field just a few miles away. O'Malley came up and then Allison. They dropped into formation beside Stan and he set his course by compass, straight for Sicily. Pg 110 CHAPTER IX HOMEWARD BOUND Stan was not sure of the terrain he had to fly over. He wanted to avoid the German flying fields if possible, but knew there would be many dispersal areas and flight strips. Getting through would be largely a matter of luck. The formation of Nardi FN's swooped over the ridge above Bolero Villa. Stan was flying low and pushing the Nardi hard. He grinned as he glanced at the...
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Illustrated by Paul Laune. Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. Text is clean. Wartime printing-paper is heavily tanned. Previous owner bookplate on half title page. Green boards with blue lettering. Spine ends gently bumped. Dust jacket is chipped at corners and spine ends. Rear panel lists 10 titles in series.; This series written between 1932 and 1946 consisted of 16 volumes. MAD # 01200-9-5. AXE format III.; Air Combat Stories for Boys; Vol. 9; B&W Illustrations; 216 pages.
