Spitfire Ace of Aces H/C

The only official biography, written with the co- operation of Johnson's family. A remarkable pilot, he flew 1000 missions, was never shot down and notched up 38 enemy `kills' the highest total of any RAF pilot. 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 38 enemy `kills' - all fighters which took far more skill to shoot down - and officially the RAF's top-scoring fighter ace. One of his most impressive achievements was that despite over 1000 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'.