TY - BOOK AU - Falkner,Brian TI - 1917: machines of war T2 - Kiwis at war SN - 9781775432807 U1 - NZ823.2 23 KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Participation, New Zealand KW - Teen fiction KW - Aerial operations, British KW - France KW - Air pilots, Military KW - New Zealand KW - Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917 KW - War fiction KW - lcgft KW - Historical fiction KW - Young adult fiction, New Zealand N1 - Novel for children N2 - 17-year-old Bob Sunday has stolen his brother's identity to enlist in WW1. Keith was killed at Gallipoli, so doesn't need it any more, anyway. But Bob is keen to join the Royal Flying Corps, and soon finds himself flying patrols over the front line in France, up against the likes of the Red Baron - Manfred von Richthofen. A boy's dreams of adventure are soon shattered amid the horrors of war; culminating in his witnessing the destruction at Passchendaele ER -