Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S.: A Story of the Great War
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- GLORIES OF SEA AND AIR SERIES ==============
- BILLY BARCROFT, R.N.A.S.
- BILLY BARCROFT
- R.N.A.S.
- A STORY OF THE GREAT WAR
- PERCY F. WESTERMAN
- AUTHOR OF "A WATCH-DOG OF THE NORTH SEA" "A SUB. OF THE R.N.R." ETC. ETC.
- S. W. PARTRIDGE & CO. 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.1
- MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN First Published December, 1917 Reprinted 1928, 1929, 1930
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- BILLY BARCROFT R.N.A.S.
- CHAPTER I "YOUR BIRD!"
- CHAPTER II A PRICE ON HIS HEAD
- CHAPTER III CONCERNING PETER BARCROFT
- CHAPTER IV WHEN THE ZEPPELIN WAS OUT
- CHAPTER V AT LADYBIRD FOLD
- CHAPTER VI KIDNAPPED
- CHAPTER VII THE RAID
- CHAPTER VIII 'MIDST THE SCENE OF RED RUIN
- CHAPTER IX BETTY
- CHAPTER X THE SEAPLANE'S QUEST
- CHAPTER XI THE TERRORS OF THE AIR
- CHAPTER XII THE RAIDER'S RETURN
- CHAPTER XIII EXIT SEAPLANE No. 445B
- CHAPTER XIV BUTTERFLY
- CHAPTER XV RECALLED BY WIRE
- CHAPTER XVI CAPTIVES IN A SUBMARINE
- CHAPTER XVII THE MIDDLE WATCH
- CHAPTER XVIII AN OCEAN DUEL
- CHAPTER XIX HELD UP IN THE NORTH SEA
- CHAPTER XX INVESTIGATIONS
- CHAPTER XXI ON THE TRAIL
- CHAPTER XXII THE STRUGGLE ON THE CLIFFS
- CHAPTER XXIII ON THE ROCKS
- CHAPTER XXIV ENTWISTLE'S DECISION
- CHAPTER XXV THE BOMBING EXPEDITION
- CHAPTER XXVI A FUTILE RESCUE
- CHAPTER XXVII FUGITIVES
- CHAPTER XXVIII TRACKED
- CHAPTER XXIX GASSED
- CHAPTER XXX THE BARN BY THE RIVER
- CHAPTER XXXI THE FRONTIER
- CHAPTER XXXII AN AVERTED CATASTROPHE
- CHAPTER XXXIII VON EITELWURMER'S OPPORTUNITY
- CHAPTER XXXIV KIRKWOOD'S WINDFALL
- CHAPTER XXXV ONE CARTRIDGE LEFT
- CHAPTER XXXVI THE ELUSIVE OBJECTIVE
- CHAPTER XXXVII "THE GREAT STRAFE"
- CHAPTER XXXVIII SNATCHED FROM HER PURSUERS
- CHAPTER XXXIX AND LAST
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