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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Grub Street Publishing
ISBN-13
9781908117250
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113986693
Product Key Features
Author
Arthur Gould Lee
Publication Name
Open Cockpit
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
210mm
Item Width
135mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Arthur Gould Lee
Topic
Memorials
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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