Marston And Me

Slim Evans begins as a bored border patrol flyer, trapped in the dusty routine of the Rio Grande until a drunken St. Patrick's Day and a sudden transfer pitch him into a far more dangerous world. Ordered to Langham Field, Virginia, he is swept into the Air Service's ambitious bombing experiment against German battleships, where mosquito-infested marshes, congressional approval, and stern officers turn a change of scenery into a test of nerve and discipline. There he is assigned to ferry new Martin bombers and to command Flight Three, only to discover that his flight sergeant is George William Marston—the same harsh cadet-era tormentor he has never forgotten. Their reunion erupts into a savage fistfight that ends in grudging truce. As sabotage shadows the mission and suspicion grows around Marston, Slim and his fellow pilots battle mechanical failure, difficult terrain, and mounting tension. When disaster strikes during takeoff and one bomber crashes into the river, Slim makes a split-second escape, surviving by leaping from the doomed plane and catching a tree branch. Hard-bitten, humorous, and full of aviation detail, the story follows a reckless flyer pushed from boredom into combat-ready danger. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.