A Soldier in the Cockpit: From Rifles to Typhoons in WWII

In this WWII memoir, a British rifleman turned fighter pilot recounts his frontline experiences, both on ground and in the skies.

Ron Pottinger served his country through the entirety of the Second World War. Assigned to the infantry in 1939, he soon became a rifleman in the Royal Fusiliers. Later, he was able to transfer to the Royal Air Force, where he began flying the 7.5-ton Hawker Typhoon.