They Flew to Glory

By Robert Sidney Bowen

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Aerial operations, World War, 1914-1918, United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 103rd, United States, Regimental histories, United States. Army. Aero Squadron, 103rd

Description: The story of the American volunteers who flew as fighter pilots for France in World War I prior to official U.S. entry into the conflict in late 1917. Marketed as somewhat of a book for youth, Is thoroughly researched and written in a captivating style. The author was himself a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the war. In it we find out such things as: Who was America's first flying ace? (it wasn't the well-deserving and well-known Eddie Rickenbacker!); What was the difference in the Lafayette Flying Corps and the Lafayette Escadrille, and how did they begin?; and, Which plane earned the nickname the "Flying Brick"? Fun reading about the exciting days of a by-gone era.