Project Gutenberg 2014-12-18 Public domain in the USA. 124 Du Bois, Gaylord 1899 1993 Bois, Gaylord Du DuBois, Gaylord White, J. R. (Illustrator) Barry Blake of the Flying Fortress E-text prepared by Stephen Hutcheson, Rick Morris, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) "Barry Blake of the Flying Fortress" by Gaylord Du Bois is a novel written in the early 1940s. The story follows the journey of Barry Blake and his friend Chick Enders as they undergo rigorous training at Randolph Field during World War II to become military pilots. Throughout their training, they encounter various challenges, both physical and mental, that test their mettle as they prepare for combat in a global conflict. At the start of the narrative, Barry and Chick arrive at Randolph Field, where they are greeted by upperclass cadets enforcing strict military discipline. The opening chapters showcase their initial struggles with the demanding environment, including hazing and the pressure to excel in flight training. Barry reflects on their friendship and experiences, while Chick grapples with feelings of inadequacy exacerbated by the sabotage of a fellow cadet, Glenn Crayle. As they adapt to the hardships of cadet life and hone their flying skills, readers gain insight into the camaraderie and resilience required of pilots during wartime. The narrative sets the stage for a more intense exploration of aerial combat and the friendships that will be tested in the face of danger. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations -- Juvenile fiction B-17 bomber -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text World War II Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Fiction 403944 403627 2024-09-20T04:30:31.126353 2023-09-20T14:35:37.551700 text/html text/html 402437 2014-12-17T22:59:29 text/html 1205249 2014-12-17T23:02:25 text/html application/zip 1227468 2024-09-20T04:30:40.252199 application/epub+zip 1233531 2024-09-20T04:30:33.450224 application/epub+zip 206189 2024-09-20T04:30:32.465234 application/epub+zip 1349758 2024-09-20T04:30:45.798135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1315913 2024-09-20T04:30:39.265212 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296654 2022-09-21T16:08:14.665293 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337779 2024-09-20T04:30:29.805218 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 337789 2020-06-15T21:26:15 text/plain; charset=utf-8 129730 2020-06-15T21:26:15 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18366 2024-09-20T04:30:45.972148 application/rdf+xml 25615 2024-09-20T04:30:32.588239 image/jpeg 4754 2024-09-20T04:30:32.530242 image/jpeg 1215168 2024-09-20T04:30:31.309261 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog