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Title: SPITFIRE ACE OF ACES
THE WARTIME STORY OF JOHNNIE JOHNSON
By: Dilip Sarkar
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1445617137
ISBN 13: 9781445617138
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Publisher: AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 15 January, 2014
Pages: 320
Description: 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.
Synopsis: 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. His Spitfire was damaged once, and on his return to base he apologised to his fitter, saying, 'I was surrounded by six of them.' Aviation historian Dilip Sarkar spent many hours with Johnson in the final years of the great man's life, recording the last interviews Johnson ever gave. The book is infused with breathtaking firsthand accounts from Johnnie himself and many of his fellow Spitfire pilots, also interviewed by the author, and profusely illustrated with photographs from Johnson's personal albums.
Illustrations: 127 Illustrations, unspecified
Publication: UK
Imprint: Amberley Publishing
Returns: Returnable
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FACES OF THE FEW (HB)
FIGHTER ACE (PB)
FREE FRENCH SPITFIRE HERO (HB)
HEARTS OF OAK (PB)
HOW THE SPITFIRE WON THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
HOW THE SPITFIRE WON THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN (HB)
HOW THE SPITFIRE WON THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN (PB)
HURRICANE MANUAL 1940 (PB)
LAST OF THE FEW
LAST OF THE FEW (HB)
LAST OF THE FEW (PB)
LETTERS FROM THE FEW (HB)
SPITFIRE (HB)
SPITFIRE ACE OF ACES
SPITFIRE ACE OF ACES (HB)
SPITFIRE ACE OF ACES THE ALBUM (HB)
SPITFIRE FACES (HB)
SPITFIRE MANUAL 1940
SPITFIRE MANUAL 1940 (PB)
SPITFIRE VOICES (HB)
SPITFIRE VOICES (PB)
SPITFIRE!
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THE BATTLE OF POWICK BRIDGE (PB)
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THE FEW (HB)
THE FEW (PB)
THE FEW (PB)
THE FINAL FEW
THE FINAL FEW (HB)
THE FINAL FEW (PB)
THE SINKING OF HMS ROYAL OAK
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