Books: War Birds

SQUADRON 95 — Harold Buckley — Obelisk Press ($4).

The 95th Pursuit Squadron had a short life—February to November 1918—and an exceedingly merry one. Probably no other U. S. flying unit in the War managed to have so good a time along with the business of fighting, in which the 95th performed ably if not as spectacularly as Rickenbacker's 94th. The roster of 95 included many a youthful socialite—Seth Low, Sumner Sewall, John Hambleton, Quentin Roosevelt, Sigourney Thayer. In the most trying circumstances they succeeded in maintaining a clublike atmosphere at the squadron...