Fighting the Flying Circus

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Fighting the Flying Circus by Eddie Rickenbacker

World War One memoirs of Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient, published in 1919.

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[edit] Contents

• Chapter 1: Introducing "Archy"
• Chapter 2: The Aerodrome
• Chapter 3: Our First Sorties
• Chapter 4: Downing My First Hun
• Chapter 5: Jimmy Meissner
• Chapter 6: Jimmy Hall's Last Flight
• Chapter 7: New Responsibilities
• Chapter 8: A Victory and a Narrow Escape
• Chapter 9: Down in Flames
• Chapter 10: Lufbery is Killed
• Chapter 11: Squadron Festivities
• Chapter 12: Jimmy Meissner Again
• Chapter 13: America's First Ace
• Chapter 14: Rumpler Number 16
• Chapter 15: Campbell's Last Flight
• Chapter 16: Becoming an Ace
• Chapter 17: A Perplexing Bank of Fog
• Chapter 18: Strafing the Drachen
• Chapter 19: The Château Thierry Salient
• Chapter 20: The Death of Quentin Roosevelt
• Chapter 21: The Flying Circus Scores Heavily
• Chapter 22: Our Spads Arrive
• Chapter 23: Back Close to Verdun
• Chapter 24: The St. Mihiel Drive
• Chapter 25: American Ace of Aces
• Chapter 26: Captain of the Hat-in-the-Ring Squadron
• Chapter 27: An Eventful "D" Day
• Chapter 28: Frank Luke Strafes His Last Balloon
• Chapter 29: A Night Mission
• Chapter 30: A Day's Work—Six Victories
• Chapter 31: Seeing the War
• Chapter 32: A Regular Dog-fight
• Chapter 33: An Aeroplane Movie Show
• Chapter 34: An Over-Zealous Ally
• Chapter 35: The End Draws Near
• Chapter 36: Last Victory of the Great War

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