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I said I had not, and asked to borrow it. Kapp, Col., USAF (Retired)īy Dennis Gordon Fellow Daedalian Bill Ferrier asked me if I had ever read this book.
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I found several soft and hardback versions available on and, the majority of them the 1968 U.S. Originally printed in England in 1930, the book was published in the U.S. It is a terrific book and has been called “one of the 10 best narratives on WWI aviation.” While he apparently never flew with any of our Founder Members, he flew in the same airspace, against the same enemy, under the same conditions as they did. The editor said McCudden gave him permission to rewrite as he saw fit, but the words were so well said, he changed almost nothing, except to footnote who the officers were that McCudden mentions. A week later, back in France, he is gone. The last chapter he wrote tells of his excitement when he is presented the Victoria Cross, and several more awards, by the King of England. In that time, he flew 78 combat missions and was credited with downing 57 enemy aircraft (there were more, but no credit for them). In 1916, he learned to fly, was commissioned, and became a very accomplished fighter pilot (Britain’s second highest ace), before dying at age 23. Shortly after, he transferred into the RFC, where he was initially assigned as aircraft mechanic and observer. Major McCudden enlisted in the Royal Engineers in 1913 at age 18.
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Sadly, he finished the memoirs two days before he was killed in a takeoff accident, when the engine on a brand-new SE-5 Scout quit and he tried to make it back to his airdrome. James McCudden wrote his memoirs in about five months while flying combat sorties, working on improvements to his aircraft, studying enemy aerial tactics, and discussing those improvements and tactics with other Royal Flying Corps (RFC) squadrons and aircraft manufacturers.