In September 1916 Hall enlists in the French Foreign Legion and begins his training as a pilot for the Escadrille Américaine. He describes the clumsy practice machines called penguins, his first patrol, a balloon attack, being brought down and the camaraderie of the Lafayette Escadrille.
A classic of air-war memoir by the future co-author of Mutiny on the Bounty. Download the free EPUB.