The Boy Volunteers with the French Airmen

A pair of young volunteers join a wartime aviation corps, traveling from evacuation and camp training through hospital and trench duties to active aerial service. The narrative alternates ground episodes—escapes, marches, field work, and Red Cross activity—with close, technical accounts of flying: instruction on aeroplanes, reconnaissance, bombing raids, emergency landings, and dogfights. Episodes culminate in high-altitude combats and daring raids beyond the front, and the work emphasizes the hazards of early military aviation, the bonds among service members, and the constant interaction between land operations and air missions.