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James 'Johnnie' Johnson war diaries up for sale Options
Tomick
#1 Posted : 24 June 2017 14:30:17

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Johnson was credited with 34 individual victories over enemy aircraft, as well as seven shared victories, three shared probable, 10 damaged, three shared damaged and one destroyed on the ground. Johnson flew 700 operational sorties and engaged enemy aircraft on 57 occasions. Included in his list of individual victories were 14 Messerschmitt Bf109's, 20 Focke-Wulf Fw 190's destroyed making him the most successful RAF ace against the Fw 190. This score made him the highest scoring Western Allied fighter ace against the Luftwaffe.

http://www.dailymail.co....wartime-diary-sale.html

The diaries should be held by a British museum rather than in the profiteering hands of a private collector.
Gandale
#2 Posted : 24 June 2017 22:42:28

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Couldn't agree with you more.... Glare Glare

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