Book/Printed Material Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps,
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Image 1 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps,- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 2 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps,- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 3 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 1- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 4 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, V- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 5 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps,- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 6 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, The Spad and the Fokker approached each other head-on [Page 224]- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 7 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, BOB THORPE SKY FIGHTER IN THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS BY AUSTIN BISHOP ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN R. NEILL NEW YORK HARCOURT, BRACE AND HOWE 1919- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 8 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY HARCOURT, BRACE AND HOWE, INC. DEC 12 1919 THE QUINN a BODEN COMPANY RAHWAY N J ©CI.A559014- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 9 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Aviation First, Last, and Always 3 II. A German Spy at Camp Avord 19 III. Bob Wins His Wings; George Disappears 36 IV. George Tries the Spinning Nose...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 10 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps,- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 11 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS PASS The Spad and the Fokker Approached Each Other Head On Frontispiece Diagram Illustrating Stunts” 101 He Pulled Both Triggers 197 Map of Verdun Sector after Attack of August,...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 12 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps,- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
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Image 13 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, BOB THORPE, SKY FIGHTER IN THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 14 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps,- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 15 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, AVIATION— FIRST, LAST, AND ALWAYS “Well, I guess this makes pilots out of us,” said Bob Thorpe. “You bet it does,” replied George Morgan. “Our people can’t object to our going in...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 16 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 4 BOB THORPE, SKY FIGHTER in Europe nearly a year carrying wounded French soldiers, and during that time they had often dis- cussed what they would do when their own country declared...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 17 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, IN THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS 5 sharply as though he were trying to read his mind. “Yes, sir. I decided after the news came. I probably shan’t come back. An ambulance is...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 18 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 6 BOB THORPE, SKY FIGHTER were undressing in the dim candlelight. He tip- toed over to George’s cot and awoke him. “It’s all fixed,” he whispered. “I’m leaving tomorrow morning and you...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 19 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, IN THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS 7 down some Germans with it. He says that tires are too scarce and that they might get cut up on the barbed wire.” When it came...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 20 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 8 BOB THORPE, SKY FIGHTER The trip to Paris seemed endless and unevent- ful. In order to lose no time he took a taxicab directly to the headquarters of the American Am-...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 21 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, IN THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS 9 In the first place he was given a severe physical examination. His heart and eyes were examined with special care, for, they explained to him, a...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 22 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 10 BOB THORPE, SKY FIGHTER when it opened. He presented his papers and was directed to the office of a young Captain. Another American, eh?” said the Captain. “Won’t you sit down?...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 23 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, IN THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS 11 and touched a bell. A messenger entered, took the note, and departed. “Now for the question of aptitude. Tell me something about yourself. What makes you...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 24 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 12 BOB THORPE, SKY FIGHTER “Yes, sir.” “Ride a bicycle?” “Yes, sir.” “Ever drive an automobile fast?” “As fast as it would go, sir.” “That is good,” said the Captain. “We want...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 25 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, IN THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS 13 The Captain smiled and said, 4 Yon ’ll do. I thought you wouldn’t want to tell me why you were given the War Cross men who...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 26 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 14 BOB THORPE, SKY FIGHTER stiff and straight. 4 Such things are bound to happen in war,” he sighed. You realize that, don’t you?” Yes, sir.” And you are willing to fight...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 27 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, IN THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS 15 that will allow you to go together. You are go- ing, by the way, to Camp Avord, which is the best school in all France.’ He...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 28 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 16 BOB THORPE, SKY FIGHTER aeroplane, but, nevertheless, he was a student pilot. The papers in his pocket said as much. He went to one of the large stores, where he bought...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 29 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, IN THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS 17 “Oh, I was in America once,” Bob answered lightly. “As a matter of fact I was born there.” “Are yon an American?” 4 Sure thing. 9...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 30 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 18 BOB THORPE, SKY FIGHTER would take for George to recognize him in his French uniform. George approached nearer and nearer and then his eyes fell on Bob. He stopped short, letting...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 31 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 2 A GERMAN SPY AT CAMP AVORD “The mail has come.” The cry echoed through the long barracks at Camp Avord, where the American boys who were training with the French Flying...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 32 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 20 BOB THORPE, SKY FIGHTER when they found that the mail would not be de- livered before an hour. They had been sitting on the edge of George’s cot talking. They put...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 33 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, IN THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS 21 they were still in the “double control’ class. In other words, they were flying with an instructor, who allowed them to pilot the machine but who...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 34 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 22 BOB THORPE, SKY FIGHTER of the school. “I heard one of the instructors saying several days ago that he had gone to Paris to get a Spad.” “He must have flown...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 35 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, IN THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS 23 Suddenly they heard the door at the other end of the hangar open. They looked up in time to see a man enter and close the...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 36 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 24 BOB THORPE, SKY FIGHTER Spad. They saw him cut the fabric on the lower side of the wing with his kijfe and then pull from his pocket a tiny saw which...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 37 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, IN THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS 25 riedly gathered up his tools as though he were about to leave. Realizing that the moment for action had come, Bob screamed at the top of...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 38 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 26 BOB THORPE, SKY FIGHTER hands and feet they put on their shoes, and then found a pail of water. Their methods of reviving a stunned man probably would not be approved...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 39 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, IN THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS 27 “Get up,” commanded Bob. They helped him to his feet and Bob made a tourniquet around his wrists. He tightened it until the man winced and...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919
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Image 40 of Bob Thorpe, sky fighter in the LaFayette flying corps, 28 BOB THORPE, SKY FIGHTER seemed to be the least concerned person in the room. A guard appeared and took the prisoner away. “The Captain asks me to thank you for the...- Contributor: Bishop, Austin
- Date: 1919