I. The Battle of Flanders 189

II. Omens 200

III. The Last Flight 210

IV. The Vigil 217

V. The Legend 225

VI. In the Panthéon 239


Envoi 242

Appendix: Genealogy of Georges Guynemer 251




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


Georges Guynemer, Knight of the Air _Frontispiece_
(From a wood block in three colors by Rudolph Ruzicka.)

The First Flight in a Blériot 80

In the Air 120