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Tom Slade with the Flying Corps: A Campfire Tale

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By Percy Keese Fitzhugh
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The narrative follows a popular young aviator whose reported death during a daring pursuit of an enemy aircraft shocks his hometown and scout comrades. The text blends newspaper accounts, personal recollections, and camp-room reactions to recount his convalescence in a hospital, his vow to avenge a bombing that killed nurses, and the subsequent aerial duel that ends with both machines crashing. Themes include courage, communal mourning, and the impulsive heroism of youth in wartime.

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Title: Tom Slade with the Flying Corps: A Campfire Tale

Author: Percy Keese Fitzhugh

Illustrator: Robert Emmett Owen

Release date: June 26, 2019 [eBook #59816]

Language: English

Credits: E-text prepared by Roger Frank and Sue Clark from page images digitized by the Google Books Library Project (https://books.google.com) and generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library (https://www.hathitrust.org/)

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TOM SLADE WITH THE FLYING CORPS

TOM DOWNED THE ENEMY FLYER.

TOM SLADE WITH THE FLYING CORPS
A CAMPFIRE TALE
BY
PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH
Author of
TOM SLADE, BOY SCOUT, TOM SLADE AT TEMPLE
CAMP, TOM SLADE ON THE RIVER, TOM
SLADE WITH THE COLORS, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
R. EMMETT OWEN
Published with the approval of
THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS    :  :    NEW YORK
Made in the United States of America
Copyright, 1919, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP
TO THE
T.S.O.T.Z.