The other legless pilot.

Has anyone heard of, or read the book about Colin Hodgkinson. A brave legless Spitfire pilot who like Bader was taken prisoner by the Germans. It's a small 267 page soft-back, no photographs though, that was first published in 1957.again in 1978 by Corgi. I'm just re-reading it for the second time in 31 years [thats made me feel old !!] It's an excellent read, what that young man went through to fly a Spitfire in the war.

thanks for that

I found this

www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/storie ... s-591.html

I will have to try and get the book

Wasn't sure about scanning the book with the cover open an inch or so, Think it's ok !! In 1978, 85p was a lot. Almost a quid !!!

Pretty sure there were only the 2.
But Hodgkinson did really well because he was a trainee pilot when he lost his legs,therefore he had to overcome his disability to learn to fly,astounding story.