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A YANKEE FLIER OVER BERLIN
BY AL AVERY
ILLUSTRATED BY Paul Laune
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS : : NEW YORK
Copyright, 1944, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC.
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
For
LARRY SOUTHWICKE
THE SPITFIRE STAYED WITH STAN UNTIL THE SPEEDBOAT PULLED ALONGSIDE.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I Rugged Going
CHAPTER II Action
CHAPTER III Huls
CHAPTER IV Scouting Mission
CHAPTER V Hidden Dromes
CHAPTER VI Prisoner
CHAPTER VII Escape
CHAPTER VIII Flight
CHAPTER IX Trapped
CHAPTER X Spy
CHAPTER XI Mustang
CHAPTER XII Zero Hour
CHAPTER XIII Spy Hunt
A YANKEE FLIER OVER BERLIN
CHAPTER I
RUGGED GOING
The Commanding Colonel stared at the big map with its red ribbonsmarking air trails to and from targets. He was spotting the exact pointwhere his Third Fighter group would have to turn back and leave the bigFortresses and Liberators to go it alone into the concentrated defensesof Germany.
Weather Officer Miller looked glumly at the map as Colonel Holt placedhis finger on a spot.
"6/10 cloud over station six." Station six was a Luftwaffe fighterfield.
The colonel scowled and shook his head. "Are the big boys going out?"
"Yes, sir. Conditions over target are very good." Weather grinned whenhe said it.
"We won't get much of a whack at the Jerries," the colonel said rathertestily.
"The Forts and Libs will make