DAVE DAWSON WITH THE R.A.F. _by_ R. SIDNEY BOWEN _Author of_ "DAVE DAWSON AT DUNKIRK" THE WAR ADVENTURE SERIES [Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY AKRON, OHIO NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1941, BY CROWN PUBLISHERS PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * * * * * _THE WAR ADVENTURE BOOKS_ Dave Dawson and Freddy Farmer are the youngest licensed pilots of the R.A.F. Thrills aplenty are in store for them as they bag German plane after German plane in a series of dare-devil maneuvers. Dropped by parachute into Belgium, deep in Nazi-occupied territory, on a dangerous spy mission, they escape at the risk of their lives with the secret information which enables England to foil the planned German invasion. A fast-moving, pulse-quickening narrative! CONTENTS PAGE I TWO JUNKERS LESS! 9 II MYSTERIOUS ORDERS 24 III NIGHT RAID 34 IV NAZI WINGS OVER LONDON 47 V AIR VICE-MARSHAL SAUNDERS 68 VI ENGLAND MUST NEVER DIE 84 VII BRAVE WINGS FLY EASTWARD 101 VIII TERROR RIDES THE NIGHT SKY 115 IX IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY 128 X TRAPPED! 141 XI FLIGHT FROM NAZI GUNS 157 XII QUICK THINKING 175 XIII SIXTEEN RUE CHARTRES 194 XIV PIERRE DESCHAUD SPEAKS 210 XV DANGER IN THE DARK 223 XVI WINGS OF THE R.A.F. 237 CHAPTER ONE _Two Junkers Less!_ Dave Dawson lay on his back, fingers laced behind his head for a pillow, and lazily watched white patches of cloud play tag with each other at some eighteen thousand feet over England. It was the tenth day of September, 1940, and the most glorious summer the British had experienced in forty years was still very much in evidence. The sun was a brassy ball in the heavens that flooded the earth with a warm comforting glow. The birds, the bees, and the butterflies were all around. And the emerald green of the surrounding landscape gave him the feeling that the snow and the cold of winter were two things that would never be experienced in England again.