SECRET BATTLEPLANE

BY

PERCY F. WESTERMAN

AUTHOR OF

"THE RIVAL SUBMARINES," "A SUB. OF THE R.N.R.," ETC., ETC.

S. W. PARTRIDGE & Co.

4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.1.

MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN First Published 1916 Frequently reprinted

Contents

CHAPTER

I. SNOWED UP

II. A MYSTERIOUS BENEFACTOR

III. THE WONDERS OF THE SECRET BATTLEPLANE

IV. A TRIAL TRIP

V. SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR

VI. THE INTERRUPTED VIGIL

VII. THE BATTLEPLANE'S OFFICIAL DEBUT

VIII. A CROSS-CHANNEL FLIGHT

IX. A FIGHT TO A FINISH

X. TRICKED

XI. THE FATE OF A SPY

XII. SERGEANT O'RAFFERTY'S LUCKY BOMB

XIII. THE FRONTIER

XIV. ATHOL TACKLES VON SECKER

XV. GAME TO THE LAST

XVI. À BERLIN

XVII. DISABLED

XVIII. TURNING THE TABLES

XIX. A DUEL WITH A ZEPPELIN

XX. LIBERATED

XXI. ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER

XXII. ALL GOES WELL WITH ENGLAND