Fighting the Flying Circus: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Fighting the Flying Circus, credited to Eddie Rickenbacker, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Fighting the Flying Circus, by Eddie Rickenbacker. Read by Brett W. Downey. This is the WWI memoirs of Medal of Honor winner, Capt Eddie Rickenbacker. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. The circus mentioned in the title refers to the German squadron commanded by the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. (Introduction by Brett W. Downey)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Fighting the Flying Circus
• Author credits: Eddie Rickenbacker
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 36
• Listed recording duration: 10:06:33

Catalogue topics

• adventure
• history
• memoirs
• war stories
• Eddie Rickenbacker

Opening tracks: first 24 of 36

1. 01 - INTRODUCING ARCHY — 15:14
2. 02 - THE AERODROME — 17:22
3. 03 - OUR FIRST SORTIES — 24:29
4. 04 - DOWNING MY FIRST HUN — 12:25
5. 05 - JIMMY MEISSNER STRIPS HIS WINGS — 17:13
6. 06 - JIMMY HALL'S LAST FIGHT — 15:59
7. 07 - NEW RESPONSIBILITIES — 13:38
8. 08 - A VICTORY AND A NARROW ESCAPE — 15:09
9. 09 - DOWN IN FLAMES — 15:33
10. 10 - LUFBERY IS KILLED — 16:04
11. 11 - SQUADRON FESTIVITIES — 17:33
12. 12 - JIMMY MEISSNER AGAIN — 15:12
13. 13 - AMERICA'S FIRST ACE — 15:05
14. 14 - RUMPLER NUMBER l6 — 16:40
15. 15 - CAMPBELL'S LAST FIGHT — 17:10
16. 16 - BECOMING AN ACE — 16:51
17. 17 - A PERPLEXING BANK OF FOG — 14:28
18. 18 - STRAFING THE DRACHEN — 17:06
19. 19 - THE CHATEAU-THIERRY SALIENT — 17:17
20. 20 - THE DEATH OF QUENTIN ROOSEVELT — 19:09
21. 21 - THE FLYING CIRCUS SCORES HEAVILY — 14:52
22. 22 - OUR SPADS ARRIVE — 17:18
23. 23 - BACK CLOSE TO VERDUN — 16:35
24. 24 - THE ST. MIHIEL DRIVE — 19:27

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