Alan Bott: 5 books

Eastern Nights - and Flights: A Record of Oriental Adventure By Captain Alan Bott.  Published DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1919.  COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN.

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Eastern Nights - and Flights - A Record of Oriental Adventure.. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this...

Originally published under the title An Airman's Outing, this magnificent title chronicles the daily life of the Flying Officer during the Great War. Touchingly dedicated to 'The Fallen of Umpty Squadron R.F.C.', Bott chronicles the lives and losses of his squadron as they carried out their duties...

Example in this ebook   CHAPTER I Some Preliminary Events "After me cometh a builder. Tell him I, too, have known."Kipling.It is an awful thing to be told that one has made history, or done something historic. Such an accusation implies the duty of living up to other people's...

Of the part played by machines of war in this war of machinery the wider public has but a vague knowledge. Least of all does it study the specialised functions of army aircraft. Very many people show mild interest in the daily reports of so many German aeroplanes destroyed, so many driven down, so...