Project Gutenberg 2025-05-13 Public domain in the USA. 140 Caffrey, Andrew A. (Andrew Augustine) 1891 1970 Caffrey, Andrew Augustine Pursuit $aNew York, NY :$bThe Butterick Publishing Company, $c1929. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "Pursuit by Andrew A. Caffrey" is an aviation war short story written in the late 1920s. Set in World War I, it follows American airmen flying observation and two-seat “balloon strafer” missions, exploring the tension between strict discipline and audacious initiative in combat. The story centers on Jack Langdon, a hotshot pursuit pilot reassigned to lumbering DH two-seaters, who refuses to abandon fighter tactics. After a fatal low-level strafe with observer Akeley, Langdon finds a kindred spirit in ace gunner Samter; together they tweak their DH for maneuverability and rack up daring balloon and aircraft kills. Their aggressive style puts them at odds with Lieutenant Charles Surry Mudd, a meticulous, cautious flight leader whose reports clash with Major Mack’s practical tolerance for results. During a Meuse River mission, Samter is wounded, Langdon’s gun jams, and he cripples an enemy by ramming a wing—only to lose lift himself. In a startling act of comradeship, Mudd slides his own wing under Langdon’s to help him limp home, then is killed by ground fire before reaching safety. The tale closes with grudging respect and a reframing of Mudd’s pride—he “fell flying valiantly”—underscoring courage, ingenuity, and the complicated loyalties of air war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/AdventureV070N0319290415 20250405165804caffrey 1929 US Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Air pilots, Military -- Fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Adventure Category: American Literature 84053 2025-07-30T06:38:15.355865 text/html 59649 2025-05-13T16:06:24 text/html 441090 2025-07-30T06:38:18.654859 application/epub+zip 441195 2025-07-30T06:38:16.466908 application/epub+zip 148615 2025-07-30T06:38:15.786857 application/epub+zip 838779 2025-07-30T06:38:20.352814 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 831499 2025-07-30T06:38:18.210828 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 76779 2025-07-30T06:38:15.216881 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 57087 2025-05-13T16:06:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13717 2025-07-30T06:38:20.487838 application/rdf+xml 21913 2025-07-30T06:38:16.066865 image/jpeg 4273 2025-07-30T06:38:15.925849 image/jpeg 575464 2025-07-30T06:38:15.373926 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