A Soldier in the Cockpit

Ron W. Pottinger

ISBN 10: 0811733688 / ISBN 13: 9780811733687

Published by Stackpole Books, US, 2007

About this Item

In October 1939, barely a month after World War II erupted in Europe, Ron Pottinger was conscripted into the British Army as a rifleman in the Royal Fusiliers. A year later, amidst pilot shortages due to losses during the Battle of Britain, he transferred to the Royal Air Force, where he began flying the 7.5-ton Hawker Typhoon fighter. He flew dozens of dangerous ground-attack missions over occupied Europe through bad weather, heavy flak, and enemy fighters before being shot down in early 1945 and ending the war in a German prisoner of war camp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Soldier in the Cockpit
• Publisher: Stackpole Books, US
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811733688
• ISBN 13: 9780811733687
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Ron W. Pottinger lives in England.