Table of Contents

Research summary

Part One : The Lukes of Arizona; Growing up in Arizona; Austin, Rockwell and beyond; Frank Luke's family, childhood and early days in the Army.

Part Two: Joseph Fritz Wehner of Massachusetts; The 27th Squadron; The Old Boys Club; Of N.28s and Flying Bricks; Training with Hartney; Wehner's biography; the 27th organizes; veterans and rookies in France; the squadron acquires Spad XIII fighters; Hartney prepares the unit for real combat.

Part Three: The Lost Patrol; Aftermath; the disasterous dogfight of Aug. 1; the 27th struggles to regroup.

Part Four: First blood; Meanwhile, back at the front; Luke's disputed first kill; the squadron changes leadership and moves to a new home.

Part Five: Rembercourt; The Yanks are coming; the squadron arrives at the airfield where the First Pursuit Group will fly its most famous missions; the significance of the St. Mihiel offensive.

Part Six: Sept. 12 - The First Drachen; Luke bags his first balloon.

Part Seven: Sept. 13-14; Frank and Joe down balloons; Joe has a harrowing but successful flight.

Part Eight: Sept. 15; Sept. 16; Heroes; The high-water mark for Luke and Wehner; more balloons; showing off for Billy Mitchell.

Part Nine: Sept. 18; Luke becomes famous - and Wehner dies.

Part Ten: Harold Evans Hartney; Last Tango in Paris; Back at the Front, Hartney bio; Luke's strange leave in Paris; Luke loses his second wingman on his first day back.

Part Eleven: Jerry Vasconcells and Alfred Grant; Biographies of Vasconcells and Grant.

Part Twelve: The Final Days; Frank lobbies to be placed under Vasconcells command, goes AWOL with a plane and has orders sent out for his arrest.

Final Chapter: Murvaux; Epilogue; Luke's Medal of Honor winning flight - and subsequent death.