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A Soldier in the Cockpit : From Rifles to Typhoons in World War II, Paperback / softback Book

A Soldier in the Cockpit : From Rifles to Typhoons in World War II Paperback / softback

Part of the Stackpole Military History Series series

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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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