E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 25997-h.htm or 25997-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/5/9/9/25997/25997-h/25997-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/5/9/9/25997/25997-h.zip) AIR SERVICE BOYS FLYING FOR VICTORY Or Bombing the Last German Stronghold by CHARLES AMORY BEACH Author of "Air Service Boys Flying for France," "Air Service Boys over the Rhine," Etc. [Illustration: THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO SHOOT DOWN AT A FRIGHTFUL SPEED.] The World Syndicate Publishing Co. Cleveland, O. New York, N. Y. Copyright_, MCMXX, _by George Sully & Company Printed in the United States of America by The Commercial Bookbinding Co. Cleveland, O. AIR SERVICE BOYS FLYING FOR VICTORY CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I In Action Over the Argonne 1 II Yankee Pluck 8 III Jack's Strange Find 16 IV The Story of the Lorraine Waif 27 V A Red Cross Nurse 36 VI Cleaning Out Machine-gun Nests 46 VII "Mopping 'em Up!" 56 VIII In the Red Triangle Hut 66 IX The Night Raid 78 X A Surprise for Jack 84 XI The Prowlers 92 XII A Lively Chase 102 XIII The Winning of the Argonne 113 XIV Selected for Special Duty 124 XV Over the Enemy's Lines 131 XVI Blotting Out Hun Headquarters 139 XVII Flying for Victory 147 XVIII Favored by Fortune 154 XIX Tom Leads the Way 163 XX Borrowed Goods 171 XXI At the Old Chateau 179 XXII Invading the Tiger's Den 187 XXIII The Only Way 195 XXIV Tom Keeps His Word 203 XXV Peace in Sight--Conclusion 213 AIR SERVICE BOYS FLYING FOR VICTORY CHAPTER I IN ACTION OVER THE ARGONNE "WILL that starting signal ever come, Tom?" "Just hold your horses, Jack. The other squadron has gone out, and is already hard at it over the Boche line. Our turn next. Keep cool. And here's hoping we both pull through with our usual good luck." "Wow! See that big Hun plane, a Fokker, too, take the nose dive, will you? But he's overshot his mark. I warrant you he is trying like mad to get on a level keel again." "Good-night! I could almost imagine I heard the crash away off here, even with all that thunder from Big Berthas and the crackle of hundreds of machine guns."