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Spitfire Ace of Aces: The Wartime Story of Johnnie Johnson
Dilip Sarkar
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Description for Spitfire Ace of Aces: The Wartime Story of Johnnie Johnson
Paperback. The biography of the RAF's top fighter pilot, Johnnie Johnson, who shot down more enemy aircraft than any other pilot during the Second World War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 127 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BM; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 123 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445617138
SKU
V9781445617138
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Ref
99-2
About Dilip Sarkar
Dilip Sarkar has been fascinated by the Battle of Britain since childhood, he remains both moved and inspired by the story of Churchill's fabled Few, those young airmen who stood between freedom and a Britain dominated by Nazi Germany. Since the 1970s he has met and interviewed more Battle of Britain pilots than any other historian. He has researched the ... Read more
Reviews for Spitfire Ace of Aces: The Wartime Story of Johnnie Johnson
Sarkar has interviewed veteran pilots over the years and has drawn upon letters, diaries and family memories... to present this complete first person account of the air battles, bail-outs and crashes'
THE DAILY MAIL
Excellent... essential reading.'
SPITFIRE: THE JOURNAL OF THE SPITFIRE SOCIETY
THE DAILY MAIL
Excellent... essential reading.'
SPITFIRE: THE JOURNAL OF THE SPITFIRE SOCIETY