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War story

by Robinson, Derek

World War, 1914-1918FictionGreat BritainAerial operationsAerial Military operationsGreat Britain. Royal Flying CorpsFiction, generalGreat britain, fiction

Posted to France in 1916, eighteen year old Lieutenant Oliver Paxton is idealistic and eager to win the war. Though he feels surrounded by loafers and drunks, he enjoys being a Flying Corps gunner. Most of all he looks forward to the battle of the Somme, never dreaming what a blood bath it would become.

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Book data: Open Library