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It chanced that some question arose, bringing out quite a warm discussion concerning a certain appliance which Harry was trying out on his battleplane, and of which a friend was the inventor.

Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Charles Amory Beach

The formation was not broken even then, each battleplane continuing to cover its individual bombing plane with the shelter of its wings, so to speak, though at the same time fighting off the aggressors.

Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Charles Amory Beach

Their work in this quarter having been thoroughly accomplished the raiders now climbed higher, to rejoin the battleplane squadron hovering above, waiting to act once more as their armed escort.

Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Charles Amory Beach

At least one battleplane was absent, if not more, and the companion bomber that had occupied with them the place of honor at the tail of the procession also failed to come to its place.

Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Charles Amory Beach

Both young men, attired as air pilots, with goggles and gloves as well as heavy coats for extra warmth in the dizzy spaces a mile or two overhead, hastened to climb aboard their waiting machines, which were of the latest type of battleplane.

Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Charles Amory Beach