Obvious spelling errors and missing punctuation have been corrected.
Some printer inconsistencies have been silently corrected.
Italic text in the original is delimited by underscores.
p. 32 He [know] that this pilot--changed to [knew]
p. 38 they instinctively [glaced] up at the--changed to [glanced]
p. 102 a glittering [bronz] disc--changed to [bronze]
p. 105 it by two [ofter] one--changed to [after]
p. 117 Will that be [okey]--changed to [okay]
p. 121 along the Atlantic seaboard, and in the [Carribbean]--changed to
[Caribbean]
p. 127 How do you feel[]--inserted [?]
p. 127 A ricochet[]--inserted [!]
p. 157 if there was a secret[]--inserted [.]
p. 203 the beach and the blue [Carribbean]--changed to [Caribbean]
p. 220 [Had] had that Sergeant take--changed to [He:]
p. 235 As Dave [scrambed] up onto--changed to [scrambled]
p. 250 three [ton] of flying brick--changed to [tons]