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Best Foot Forward The Autobiography of the RAF's Other Legless Fighter Pilot
Author: Colin Hodgkinson
Year: 2017
Number of pages: 240
Format: PDF CONV
File size: 2,9 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2017
Number of pages: 240
Format: PDF CONV
File size: 2,9 MB
Language: ENG
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.