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Title: A Yankee Flier in Italy

Author: Rutherford G. Montgomery

Illustrator: Paul Laune

Release Date: May 7, 2010 [EBook #32288]

Language: English

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A YANKEE FLIER

IN ITALY

[Illustration: "WE'LL TAKE OVER NOW," STAN SNAPPED.

_A Yankee Flier in Italy_]

A YANKEE FLIER

IN ITALY

BY

AL AVERY

_ILLUSTRATED BY_

PAUL LAUNE

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY

GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC.

_All Rights Reserved_

_Printed in the United States of America_

[Transcriber's note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence
that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

_For_

AVON KIRKS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I FAREWELL PARTY 1

II SPECIAL TASK 13

III REUNION 23

IV BEACH-HEAD 38

V PRISON SHIP 52

VI FIRING SQUAD 75

VII REST CURE 90

VIII ESCAPE 98

IX HOMEWARD BOUND 110

X LONE EAGLE 127

XI RESCUE 140

XII SALERNO 162

XIII NIGHT RAID 184

XIV NIGHT FLIGHT 200

A YANKEE FLIER

IN ITALY

CHAPTER I

FAREWELL PARTY

The party was about to break up. It had not been very successful.
Lieutenant O'Malley had devoured only one blueberry pie. This meant he
was feeling far from par. He sat sprawled in a big chair that once had
belonged to a Moslem prince, his skinny legs elevated to the top of the
mess table.

"Sure, an' you fellows are skunks, beatin' it off to do a soft stretch
in Alexandria," he growled.

Lieutenant Stan Wilson, United States Army Air Corps, grinned at his
Irish pal.

"They need brains in Alexandria to tell them what to do." Stan sipped
his coffee and continued to grin.

March Allison leaned across the table. Allison was British, slight and
neatly dres