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Dave Dawson #2
Dave Dawson with the R.A.F.
Dave Dawson and Freddy Farmer are the youngest licensed pilots of the R.A.F. Thrills a plenty are in store for them as they bag German plane after German plane in a series of daredevil maneuvers. Dropped by parachute into Belgium, deep in Nazi-occupied territory, on a dangerous spy mission, they escape at the risk of their lives with the secret information which enables England to foil the planned German invasion.
252 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1941
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R. Sidney Bowen
139 books10 followersRobert Sidney Bowen, Jr. (1900 – April 11, 1977) was a World War I aviator, newspaper journalist, magazine editor and author who was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died of cancer in Honolulu, Hawaii at the age of 76. He is best known for his boys' series books written during World War II, the Dave Dawson War Adventure Series and the Red Randall Series. Robert Sidney Bowen wrote the Red Randall and Dave Dawson series under the name R. Sidney Bowen and other fiction (sports and westerns) under the pseudonym James Robert Richard.
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April 13, 2020
As a youngster growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, I read several books over and over. One of these books was Dave Dawson with the R.A.F. After finishing The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson, I decided to select as my next read Dave Dawson with the R.A.F. This book has sat on my bookshelf for decades.
I so enjoyed re-reading about Dave Dawson and his good friend, and fellow R.A.F. pilot, Freddy Farmer. It is an engaging story with some great characters.
In addition to re-reading this story, I was also interested in learning more about the author and the Saalfield Publishing Company of Akron, Ohio.
R. Sydney Bowen was an WWI aviator. This comes through in the writing. In addition, I learned that the library and archives of the Saalfield Publishing Company were purchased by Kent State University (my alma mater) in April of 1977.
It was fun to go back in time – to re-read this book after many years and to learn about the history of this book and others in this great series.
I so enjoyed re-reading about Dave Dawson and his good friend, and fellow R.A.F. pilot, Freddy Farmer. It is an engaging story with some great characters.
In addition to re-reading this story, I was also interested in learning more about the author and the Saalfield Publishing Company of Akron, Ohio.
R. Sydney Bowen was an WWI aviator. This comes through in the writing. In addition, I learned that the library and archives of the Saalfield Publishing Company were purchased by Kent State University (my alma mater) in April of 1977.
It was fun to go back in time – to re-read this book after many years and to learn about the history of this book and others in this great series.
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