
Название: Best Foot Forward: The Autobiography of the RAF's Other Legless Fighter Pilot
Автор: Colin Hodgkinson
Издательство: Frontline Books
ISBN: 0552106879
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF (conv)
Страниц: 240
Размер: 2,9 МБ
Язык: Английский
In the whole of the Second World War, only two men succeeded as operational fighter pilots in the RAF after losing both legs. Douglas Bader was one, and his story is well-known indeed, he has been described as one of the Royal Air Forces most famous pilots. The other was Colin Hodgkinson.Colin was injured in a flying accident whilst training with the Fleet Air Arm in 1939.