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It''s 1917, and Captain Stanley Woolley joins an R.F.C. squadron whose pilots are starting to fear the worst: their war over the Western Front may go on for years. A pilot''s life is usually short, so while it lasts it is celebrated strenuously.

Distractions from the brutality of the air war include British nurses; eccentric Russian pilots; bureaucratic battles over the plum-jam ration; rat-hunting with Very pistols; and the C.O.''s patent, potent cocktail, known as ''Hornet''s Sting''.

But as the summer offensives boil up, none of these can offer any lasting comfort.

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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      It''s 1917, and Captain Stanley Woolley joins an R.F.C. squadron whose pilots are starting to fear the worst: their war over the Western Front may go on for years. A pilot''s life is usually short, so while it lasts it is celebrated strenuously.

      Distractions from the brutality of the air war include British nurses; eccentric Russian pilots; bureaucratic battles over the plum-jam ration; rat-hunting with Very pistols; and the C.O.''s patent, potent cocktail, known as ''Hornet''s Sting''.

      But as the summer offensives boil up, none of these can offer any lasting comfort.

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