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Johnnie Johnson's 1942 Diary The War Diary of the Spitfire Ace of Aces Language:English Format:Paperback Dimensions:6.1" x 9.1" Pages:232 Photos:20 black and white illustrations Publisher:Air World ISBN:9781526798237 Item No. 9781526798237 Air Vice-Marshal ‘Johnnie’ Johnson was a character literally from the pages of Boys’ Own: an individual who became the RAF’s top-scoring fighter pilot and wing leader par excellence of the Second World War. A one-time household name synonymous with the superlative Spitfire, Johnnie’s aerial combat successes inspired schoolboys for generations.As a ‘lowly Pilot Officer’, Johnnie Johnson learned his fighter pilot’s craft as a protégé of the legless Tangmere Wing Leader, Douglas Bader. After Bader was brought down over France and captured on 9 August 1941, Johnnie remained a member of 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron, in which he became a flight commander and was awarded the DFC a mo

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