FIGHTER . ' PILOT - By. '-`-'1VLcSeoteh " The - author of this book,(Faitleage,
10s. 6d.) R.F.C. pilot during the War, attached _to the famous 40 Squadron. 'These are his remirdseences'and 'make an excellent account of the War-on the Wei;tern Front from the fighter pilot's point of view.. MeSeciech thiS 'pseudonym because his name is one uf the more difficult _Scottish tongue-twisters—not only gives vivid, stories, of pis own, engagements, which were :many,' hilt also gives a' clear imfiression of a situation on a ,whole front, and iiipraithi. the interrelation between the air and ground forces, Ile is also. ic gond_bbserver and recorder Of character, and his portraits of lellow-pilots are of great interest for the light they throw on the mentality of the air " ace." There is a type of person who is born to fly ; utterly different from the reckless, devil-may-care type, he is acutely aware of hazards, but finds in flying, the same sort of poetic satisfaction that, for. instance, Mallory sought on the slopes of Everest. Such a person was Mick Mannock, V.C., who was attached to the same squadron as the author, and became a great friend of his., Others have written o the-strange poWer of MarinoCk's- personality, but the ali:figliter haS few memo- rials, and " McScotch's " tribute to his friend will help to preserve the memory of a genius.
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