Air Service Boys Over the Rhine; Or, Fighting Above the Clouds

Two American volunteers have crossed an ocean to wage war in the skies over France. Tom Raymond and Jack Parmly fly with the legendary Lafayette Escadrille, where every dawn patrol could be their last. When fellow aviators return from a bombing run over enemy territory, the young pilots count the planes with mounting dread, each missing aircraft a friend who may never come home. The war above the clouds is brutal and unforgiving, but there's also the raw thrill of pioneering aviation, the bonds of brotherhood forged in combat, and the historic moment when America finally enters the fight. This is old-fashioned adventure fiction at its purest: dogfights at ten thousand feet, narrow escapes, and the urgent question of whether today's heroes will survive until sunset.