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Open Cockpit

by Arthur Gould Lee
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A riveting firsthand account of training for—and surviving—air combat during World War I, by the author of No Parachute.
 
Thanks to a broken leg during flight school, Arthur Gould Lee gained valuable time flying trainers before he was posted in 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, and engaged in combat 56 times. And yet he lived to retire from the RAF as an air vice-marshal in 1946.
 
Lee puts you in the cockpit in this compelling personal account of life as a fighter pilot at the front. At turns humorous and dramatic, this thoughtful, enlightening memoir is a classic of military aviation.
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Publisher: Grub Street Publishing

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  • Release date: August 19, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781909808836
  • Release date: August 19, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781909808836
  • File size: 6222 KB
  • Release date: August 19, 2012

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Biography & Autobiography History Military Nonfiction

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English

A riveting firsthand account of training for—and surviving—air combat during World War I, by the author of No Parachute.
 
Thanks to a broken leg during flight school, Arthur Gould Lee gained valuable time flying trainers before he was posted in 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, and engaged in combat 56 times. And yet he lived to retire from the RAF as an air vice-marshal in 1946.
 
Lee puts you in the cockpit in this compelling personal account of life as a fighter pilot at the front. At turns humorous and dramatic, this thoughtful, enlightening memoir is a classic of military aviation.
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Biography & Autobiography History Military Nonfiction
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