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By Eddie Rickenbacker

This edition of Eddie Rickenbacker's World War One memoirs dates from the original version published by Stokes in 1919. Captain Rickenbacker, originally from Columbus, Ohio, was best known as one of the Commanders of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, a crack unit of pilots which included many former members of the famed Lafayette Escadrille. The 94th ended the war in France with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron.

 

Chapters
1 - Introducing "Archy"	19 - The Château Thierry Salient
2 - The Aerodrome	20 - The Death of Quentin Roosevelt
3 - Our First Sorties	21 - The Flying Circus Scores Heavily
4 - Downing My First Hun	22 - Ours Spads Arrive
5 - Jimmy Meissner	23 - Back Close to Verdun
6 - Jimmy Hall's Last Flight	24 - The St. Mihiel Drive
7 - New Responsibilities	25 - American Ace of Aces
8 - A Victory and a Narrow Escape	26 - Captain of the Hat-in-the-Ring Squadron
9 - Down in Flames	27 - An Eventful "D" Day
10 - Lufbery is Killed	28 - Frank Luke Strafes His Last Balloon
11 - Squadron Festivities	29 - A Night Mission
12 - Jimmy Meissner Again	30 - A Day's Work—SixVictories
13 - America's First Ace	31 - Seeing the War
14 - Rumpler Number 16	32 - A Regular Dog-fight
15 - Campbell's Last Flight	33 - An Aeroplane Movie Show
16 - Becoming an Ace	34 - An Over-Zealous Ally
17 - A Perplexing Bank of Fog	35 - The End Draws Near
18 - Strafing the Drachen	36 - Last Victory of the Great War

 

 

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