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Over enemy lines, young airmen face the kind of danger that puts courage and friendship to the test.
Air Service Boys Flying for Victory by Charles Amory Beach puts young American airmen at the heart of a First World War adventure. Dangerous flights, loyal friends and close escapes drive the story forward, with courage under pressure at the centre of its appeal.
This is old-fashioned adventure with clear loyalties and a firm sense of right and wrong. The war in the air supplies its dangers, while the young heroes offer readers someone to cheer for. The pleasure lies in quick action and daring, rather than a deeply psychological account of battle.
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- Young airmen under pressure Follow young American heroes whose dangerous flights put their courage to the test.
- Danger beyond the lines Enter an adventure shaped by daring missions and the threat of enemy territory.
- Friendship amid the action Enjoy loyal friends at the heart of a tale filled with close escapes.
- A clear moral compass Meet a story whose loyalties are plain and whose heroes have a cause.
- Adventure from its own time Discover the spirit of juvenile series fiction written during the First World War era.
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Readers who love wartime flying stories, loyal friendships and brisk, cheerful action will enjoy this book. It also suits those drawn to daring rescues and the Red Cross and Red Triangle workers behind the lines.
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- Tom's plane falls into the Argonne smoke
- A dying mother's locket sets a new goal
- Nurses and hut workers hold the front together
- Fishing for hidden machine-gun nests saves lives
- A night raid brings prowlers to the hangars
- A secret bombing raid ends in a forced landing
- Loyalty, kindness and a brisk cheerful style
Who’s who
- Tom RaymondA steady, quick-thinking American pilot and ace who loves Nellie Leroy and wants to help Jack keep a promise to a lost child.
- Jack ParmlyTom's cheerful and talkative best friend, who fishes for machine-gun nests and vows to find Jeanne's twin sister.
- Harry LeroyA clever, friendly pilot and Nellie's brother, who teases his friends and flies recklessly when he feels left out.
- Nellie LeroyA gifted young Red Cross nurse who finds a safe home for Jeanne and wins Tom's heart.
- Bessie GleasonA kind Red Triangle worker who writes to the boys and later arrives at the front with her mother.
- Jeanne AnsteyA six-year-old French girl with a locket from her dying mother, who longs to be reunited with her twin.
- Helene AnsteyJeanne's twin sister, carried off to a German general's chateau and heartbroken at losing her family.
- General Anton von BertholdA harsh German officer and the twins' uncle, who plots to seize their family's iron-rich estate in Lorraine.
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I ragazzi del Servizio Aereo in volo per la vittoria
by Charles Amory Beach · 1919
Two young American pilots hunt machine-gun nests over the Argonne and carry a dying mother's plea in a locket.
Medium level5–10 hours to readItaliano
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What do you do when your best friend's plane drops out of the sky in a cloud of battle smoke? Jack Parmly faces that question in the first pages, high above the Argonne Forest in the fall of 1918.
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Tom's plane falls into the Argonne smoke
The book opens in the fall of 1918. Tom Raymond and Jack Parmly are sergeants in the American flying corps. The army must now clear the vast Argonne Forest, where Hindenburg has gathered his best troops and the woods are packed with machine-gun nests.
Jack lifts off in a new American plane with a Liberty engine, and he loves it at once. Below him the artillery pounds the enemy without pause. German planes circle like hawks, but they rarely fight unless they outnumber the Americans.
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- 1919
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- 3 h 25 min
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Beach, Charles Amory. Air Service Boys Flying for Victory. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/air-service-boys-flying-for-victory.
Beach, C. A. (2026). Air service boys flying for victory. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/air-service-boys-flying-for-victory (Original work published 1919)
Beach, Charles Amory. Air Service Boys Flying for Victory. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/air-service-boys-flying-for-victory.
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What is Air Service Boys Flying for Victory about?
It follows two American pilots, Tom Raymond and Jack Parmly, in the fall of 1918. They scout machine-gun nests over the Argonne Forest, join a night bombing raid, and try to find a little girl's lost twin sister.
Do I need to read the earlier Air Service Boys books first?
No. This is the fifth book, but the author recalls the earlier adventures in a short passage, so you can follow the characters and story easily. Each chapter also explains its own action clearly.
Who are Jeanne and Helene Anstey?
They are six-year-old French twin sisters. Their mother dies after German raiders burn their cottage in Lorraine, and a relative, General von Berthold, takes Helene away. Jack finds Jeanne in the forest with a locket that holds her mother's note.
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