Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 47696-h.htm or 47696-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47696/47696-h/47696-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47696/47696-h.zip) Transcriber’s note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). BARRY BLAKE OF THE FLYING FORTRESS by GAYLORD DUBOIS Illustrated by J. R. White Fighters for Freedom Series Whitman Publishing Company Racine, Wisconsin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BARRY BLAKE OF THE FLYING FORTRESS Copyright, 1943, by Whitman Publishing Company Printed in U.S.A. All names, characters, places, and events in this story are entirely fictitious. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I Randolph Field 9 II Two Kinds of Rats 17 III Jeep Jitters 26 IV Lieutenant Rip Van Winkle 33 V Sweet Rosy O’Grady 41 VI Submarines to the Right 51 VII Raid on Rabaul 60 VIII Flying Wreckage 71 IX Night Attack 82 X Hand to Hand 93 XI Lieutenant in White 110 XII New Guinea Gardens 118 XIII Mysterious Island 129 XIV Dogfighting Fortress 137 XV Slaughter From the Air 149 XVI Secret Mission 170 XVII Out of the Fog 184 XVIII Adrift 198 XIX The Catamaran 212 XX Floating Wreckage 225 XXI Patched Wings in the Dawn 238 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ILLUSTRATIONS Smoke Drifted Through a Crack in the Drawer 22 Barry Learned the Correct Touch on Each Control 37 “Radio’s Okay, Sir!” Came Soapy Babbitt’s Voice 53 Sergeant Hale Counted Aloud Through the Interphone 69 Barry’s Enemy Gasped and Dropped His Knife 85 “Here’s a Trench!” He Whispered Over His Shoulder 101 “I’ll Be Back as Soon as the Nurse Will Let Me.” 115 Shell Fragments Whizzed About the Plane’s Interior 143 Ravenous Appetites Made the Dinner a Success 167 The Fliers Piled into the Army Trucks 181 “Crayle Lied When He Said Our Tanks Were Dry!” 201 “Now We’ll Wring out a Fresh Fish Cocktail.” 217 Peering Through the Camouflage They All Cheered 233 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: _Barry and Chick Were Among the First to Leave_] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Barry Blake of the FLYING FORTRESS CHAPTER ONE RANDOLPH FIELD