Soldier in the Cockpit

By Ron Pottinger

Book Overview

I could see a carpet of twinkling lights from the ack ack all along the rail sidings which bordered the canal. I dove onto these with my cannons going. Then suddenly, when the attention of all the guns turned on me, I realized how foolhardy I was being. I ran the guns along the row of rail trucks--opened the throttle wide and pulled straight up for the clouds--with tracers crossing in front and on all sides of the plane.

Ron Pottinger started the war as a rifleman in the Royal Fusiliers, then transferred to the Royal Air Force, where he began flying the 7.5-ton Hawker Typhoon. He flew dozens of dangerous ground attack missions over occupied Europe through bad weather, heavy flak, and enemy fighters before being shot down and taken prisoner.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811733688
• ISBN13: 9780811733687
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"