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Published by Privately Printed, 1920
First Edition
First Edition. First Edition. octavo, dark blue cloth with gilt decoration and stamping. (211)pp. Privately Printed, Taber was a volunteer ambulance driver in France in 1915, returned to Princeton University and learned to fly at the Princeton Aviation School in 1917. He was sent to the RFC ground school at Oxford, flight school at Stamford, and then assigned to the 3rd Aviation Instruction Center at Tours, France. In July of 1918 be became a ferry pilot and in February of 1919, he was killed in a crash while testing an airplane. The book provides descriptions of training experiences common to many American airmen and explains "behind the front line" activities required to support combat units. Includes photographic illustrations. Leaf of Addenda lain in. Shelf wear, spine a bit darkened, inner hinges cracked. octavo, dark blue cloth with gilt decoration and stamping.