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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 71

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to the fir-ing-lines. In a single year our navy birds at the frontmade 778 flights, covering a total of 10,995miles. They carried messages, which meantlife or death to our boys, in incredibly shorttime, often under the direct fire of the enemy.The birds were taken into the front-linetrenches or… … PHERI^lOSS IlLOf AVERAGED THREE FLIGHTS A DAYFOE ELEVEN MONTHS information. Some 219 flights were madefrom seaplanes down at sea. When an aero-plane is forced to come down at sea, its posi- tion is especially dangerous. The frail craftis at the mercy of every wave, there are nolife-boats, and…

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