Project Gutenberg 2012-12-27 Public domain in the USA. 207 Bowen, Robert Sidney 1900 1977 Bowen, R. Sidney Richard, James Robert Bowen, Robert Sydney Dave Dawson with the R.A.F. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan, Roger L. Holda and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Dave Dawson with the R.A.F." by R. Sidney Bowen is a war adventure novel written in the early 1940s. The story centers around Dave Dawson and his friend Freddy Farmer, who are young pilots in the Royal Air Force during World War II. As they engage in intense aerial battles against the German Luftwaffe, the narrative weaves in themes of bravery, camaraderie, and the looming threat of invasion, setting the stage for high-stakes missions vital to the war effort. At the start of the book, we meet Dave Dawson on a beautiful summer day in September 1940, reflecting on his life as an R.A.F. pilot while preparing for an incoming enemy air raid. He shares a camaraderie with Freddy as they anticipate action against enemy aircraft. Their day takes a grim turn as they engage in a fierce dogfight, successfully downing two German Junkers planes. Following this action, the two pilots receive mysterious orders that lead them to a significant mission regarding an impending German invasion. The opening establishes the urgency and tension of wartime, highlighting the characters' resolve to protect their homeland, as they brace for challenges and explore themes of duty and heroism. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41715/41715-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 92.1 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Spy stories World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations -- Juvenile fiction World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fiction Air pilots, Military -- Juvenile fiction Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text World War II Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Fiction Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: History - Warfare 302464 2025-06-17T04:15:29.463229 text/html 300501 2012-12-27T07:45:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 204841 2025-06-17T04:15:34.264134 application/epub+zip 207823 2025-06-17T04:15:30.369191 application/epub+zip 158745 2025-06-17T04:15:29.819229 application/epub+zip 312292 2025-06-17T04:15:37.481143 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 289331 2025-06-17T04:15:33.889145 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240594 2022-09-19T05:59:23.974717 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285743 2023-09-18T07:59:32.972085 text/plain 17240 2025-06-17T04:15:37.618133 application/rdf+xml 16493 2025-06-17T04:15:30.074198 image/jpeg 2429 2025-06-17T04:15:30.034192 image/jpeg 194369 2025-06-17T04:15:29.496210 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia