R. Sidney Bowen was an author, journalist, fighter pilot and magazine editor born in Boston in 1900 and died in Hawaii at the age of 76. Best known for his various series of adventure books for boys during WWII, he seemingly based his main character in this series, Dave Dawson, after himself and his flying adventures during World War I.
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