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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
3
Pat O Brien recalls his escape from Belgium to Holland during WWI and credits Providence with aiding his survival. He thanks Dutch helpers and hopes his memoir will encourage others facing hopeless situations while acknowledging prisoners left behind in Germany. He signs from Momence Illinois January 14 1918.
In May 1917 Eighteen Royal Flying Corps volunteers sail from Canada to England Nine British subjects nine Americans seek wings and front line service By December most are casualties or missing except one American Boysen fighting in Italy The narrator, one of the Americans, recounts his fall into German hands and his miraculous escape offering a message of hope rather than despair
The narrator recounts learning to fly in 1912 at eighteen, building a plane in California, joining the Royal Flying Corps in Canada, and earning wings in England. He describes life at Camp Borden, the Pool Pilots Mess, and the queuing for front-line service with a hot squadron near Ypres.
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