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Available
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Collection
Publication
Crecy (2010), 320 pages
Description
The thrilling story of the top-scoring Allied fighter pilot of the 2nd World War 'Johnnie' Johnson, who served with Fighter Command squadrons throughout the war, scoring his 38th and final victory in September 1944. From the moment the author joins his first operational Spitfire squadron in August 1940, the reader is taken on an epic journey through the great aerial fighter actions of the war. The events in which Johnson participated included the Battle of Britain, sweeps across the Channel and over France, the unsuccessful Allied raid on Dieppe, the D-Day landings in Normand and finally operations across the Rhine and into the heart of Germany itself which led to the final victory over the Nazi regime.
User reviews
LibraryThing member TerryD.Hooker
A very interesting account by this famous pilot, with notes on tactics and various aircraft, used in western Europe 1940-45, including the German Jet aircraft which he had to try and combat. I believe that the book stands the 50 years since it was published well.
LibraryThing member antiquary
Account of his WWII experience by British flying ace, from joining the Volunteer Reserve through the Battle oF Britain to VE Day
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1956
Physical description
320 p.; 7.88 inches
ISBN
0907579876 / 9780907579878