Sagittarius rising
By: Cecil Lewis ; introduction by Samuel Hynes
Contributors: Hynes, Samuel, 1924- author
Series: Penguin classics; Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780143107347
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; British Aerial operations; Personal narratives; Description and travel; Biography; Fighter pilots; English Novelists; Great Britain. Royal Air Force; Great Britain
Description: Cecil Lewis lied his way into the British Army's Royal Flying Corps at age sixteen and was ordered to a squadron on the Western Front only a year later. At the time, flying was so new that designers hadn't even decided on basic mechanics such as how many wings a plane should have. Despite this, Lewis mastered virtually every kind of single-engine plane in the RFC, going on to excel in active duty and even to dogfight the Red Baron--and live to tell the tale.
Notes: Reprinted from the 2nd edition, "A Giniger Book published in association with Stackpole Books", c1963. The 2014 Penguin edition, published by arrangement with the K.S. Giniger Company, includes introduction by Samuel Hynes.
Table of contents: title: Training; title: The Somme; title: Testing; title: Aerial fighting; title: Home defence; title: Overseas again; title: Civil flying; title: The voyage east; title: Teaching the Chinese to fly.