Open Cockpit - Hardcover

Gould Lee, Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1908117257 ISBN 13: 9781908117250

Publisher: Grub Street Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Thanks to a broken leg during flight school, Arthur Stanley Gould Lee gained valuable additional time flying trainers before he was posted to France during World War I. In November 1917 during low level bombing and strafing attacks, he was shot down three times by ground fire. He spent eight months at the front and accumulated 222 hours of flight time in Sopwith Pups and Camels during a staggering 118 patrols; being engaged in combat 56 times. He lived to retire from the RAF as an air vice-marshal in 1946. Author of three books, this is by far his best. Lee puts you in the cockpit in a riveting account of life as a fighter pilot at the front. At turns humorous and dramatic, this thoughtful, enlightening, true account is a classic to be ranked with Winged Victory by W. V. Yeates, also published by Grub Street.

About this title

About the Author:

Arthur Gould Lee was born in 1894 and served in the Sherwood Foresters, RFC, and RAF from 1915 to 1946 when he retired as an air vice-marshal. He took up writing on retirement from the RAF and published eight nonfiction books, all of which have become classics in aviation nonfiction.

Review:

“...first hand account of a tenacious young man who persevered in his desire to fly in combat...this edition benefits from fresh typesetting and a new rendering of photos by Lee and others to support the text in a meaningful visual way... (Over the Front)

"... a well-crafted work that captures the environment from which a new type of warfare emerged through the eyes of a young, enthusiastic, naive, but smart pilot." (Air Power History)

About this edition

• Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1908117257
• ISBN 13: 9781908117250
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224