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1445617137

Spitfire ace of aces : the wartime story of Johnnie Johnson.

Author: Sarkar, Dilip.

Publication year: 2014

Language: English

Media class: Paperback

Classification: 940.5449

Publisher: Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2014.

ISBN: 9781445617138 (pbk.) : 12.99

Notes:

Originally published: 2011.

Includes QR code.

Johnnie Johnson is a character literally straight out of the pages of 'Boys Own'. By the end of the Second World War the RAF Spitfire pilot was a household name in Britain, feted by Churchill and Eisenhower. Johnnie Johnson is a character literally straight out of the pages of ' Boys Own'. By the end of the Second World War the RAF Spitfire pilot was a household name in Britain, feted by Churchill and Eisenhower. Although he missed the Battle of Britain, when slow- flying bombers were abundant and easy targets for fighters, by 1945 he had notched up 381/2 enemy 'kills' - all fighters, which took far more skill to shoot down - and was officially the RAF's top-scoring fighter ace. One of his most impressive achievements was that, despite participating in over 1,000 combat missions, he was never shot down.