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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.
Autorius: | Ron W. Pottinger |
Leidėjas: | Stackpole Books |
Išleidimo metai: | 2007 |
Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 254 |
ISBN-10: | 0811733688 |
ISBN-13: | 9780811733687 |
Formatas: | 229 x 152 x 14 mm. Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
Kalba: | Anglų |
Parašykite atsiliepimą apie „A Soldier in the Cockpit: From Rifles to Typhoons in World War II“