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Title: A Yankee Flier Over Berlin

Author: Al Avery

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A YANKEE FLIER OVER BERLIN

by

AL AVERY

Illustrated by Paul Laune

Grosset & Dunlap
Publishers : : New York

Copyright, 1944, by
Grosset & Dunlap, Inc.
All Rights Reserved

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CONTENTS

I RUGGED GOING
II ACTION
III HULS
IV SCOUTING MISSION
V HIDDEN DROMES
VI PRISONER
VII ESCAPE
VIII FLIGHT
IX TRAPPED
X SPY
XI MUSTANG
XII ZERO HOUR
XIII SPY HUNT

A YANKEE FLIER OVER BERLIN

CHAPTER I

RUGGED GOING

The Commanding Colonel stared at the big map with its red ribbons
marking air trails to and from targets. He was spotting the exact point
where his Third Fighter group would have to turn back and leave the big
Fortresses and Liberators to go it alone into the concentrated defenses
of Germany.

Weather Officer Miller looked glumly at the map as Colonel Holt placed
his finger on a spot.

"6/10 cloud over station six." Station six was a Luftwaffe fighter
field.

The colonel scowled and shook