Flying ace

By Jim Eldridge

Subjects: World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Aerial operations, Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps, World War, 1939-1945, Aerial Military operations, Fiction, Great britain, fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Adventure and adventurers, Great Britain

Description: Historical fiction. Jack Fairfax is the 19-year-old second son of Lord and Lady Fairfax. The Fairfaxes are steeped in military tradition, and don't approve of Jack's volunteering for the Royal Flying Corps. Nevertheless, Jack takes to the skies and faces the skill of the German ace pilots over the Somme.