Produced by Greg Weeks, Roger L. Holda, Joseph R. Hauser and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net DAVE DAWSON AT CASABLANCA BOOKS BY R. SIDNEY BOWEN DAVE DAWSON AT DUNKIRK DAVE DAWSON WITH THE R. A. F. DAVE DAWSON IN LIBYA DAVE DAWSON ON CONVOY PATROL DAVE DAWSON AT SINGAPORE DAVE DAWSON WITH THE PACIFIC FLEET DAVE DAWSON WITH THE AIR CORPS DAVE DAWSON ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT DAVE DAWSON FLIGHT LIEUTENANT DAVE DAWSON WITH THE COMMANDOS DAVE DAWSON WITH THE FLYING TIGERS DAVE DAWSON ON GUADALCANAL DAVE DAWSON AT CASABLANCA _by_ R. SIDNEY BOWEN THE WAR ADVENTURE SERIES CROWN PUBLISHERS NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1943, BY CROWN PUBLISHERS PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR DICK BOWEN CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I CANCELED ORDERS 13 II ACES DON'T MISS 22 III FLIGHT TO NOWHERE 36 IV ACTION BOUND 47 V INSTRUCTIONS FOR EAGLES 59 VI BLIND EYES 71 VII DISCOVERED? 83 VIII EAGLE'S EYES 95 IX FATE IS FICKLE 103 X STEEL SHARKS 115 XI GIVE AND TAKE 128 XII HELPLESS HEROES 141 XIII HAYWIRE NERVES 155 XIV DEVIL EYES 167 XV MISSING IN ACTION 181 XVI LUCK OF THE DOOMED 190 XVII SATAN LAUGHS 200 XVIII DEAD WINGS 213 XIX FLIGHT'S END 229 CHAPTER ONE _Canceled Orders_ Stretching out as comfortably as the gear-packed bomb compartment of the Flying Fortress would permit, Dave Dawson lazily unwrapped a bar of semi-sweet chocolate, and bit off a man-sized hunk. "Ub glub dish blub ice," he grunted, and winked at Freddy Farmer, who was sitting on a packing case of spare parts a few feet from him. "Deferenally jice!"