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	Johnnie Johnson
		Johnson was also initially rejected by the RAF Volunteer Reserve but they changed their mind after the outbreak of the Second World War.
		Johnnie Johnson's performance was even more creditable because he largely missed the Battle of Britain and won his "kills" in fighter-to-fighter combat rather than against heavy bombers.
		Johnnie's kills were hard-earned, but then Johnson had the two skills needed to be successful; he was a good shot and a good pilot.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWjohnsonJ.htm (1285 words)

	Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Johnnie Johnson (pilot)"
		Air Vice Marshal James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson CB, CBE, DSO and two Bars, DFC and Bar (9 March 1915–30 January 2001) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot who during World War II shot down 38 Luftwaffe aircraft, thus becoming the British flying ace with the most "kills" during the war.
		Johnson was born in Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, England, and was educated at Loughborough Grammar School and the University of Nottingham where he qualified as a civil engineer.
		Johnson was offered a full commission by the RAF after the war, and went on to fight in the Korean War.
	www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=johnnie_%4Aohnson_(pilot) (512 words)

	Johnnie Johnson
		Johnson had that sine qua non of the combat pilot, a relentless desire to be at grips with the enemy, which is the hallmark of the finest troops.
		Johnson often likened air combat to wildfowling, and brought to his performance with the 20mm cannon of the Spitfire much the same principles of deflection shooting which had made him so effective against game birds with a shotgun in his youth.
		Johnson was therefore sent to 616 Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force, which was not in the thick of the air fighting at that time.
	www.mishalov.com /Johnson_Johnnie.html (3875 words)

	Johnnie Johnson: August September
		Garland Johnson was born on July 4, 1920 in Larimore, North Dakota to Ole and Constance (Kirkedahl) Johnson.
		In August 1944, while outrunning a flight of Bf 109's, Johnson's Spitfire IX was hit by enemy aircraft fire for the first and only time, taking a cannon shell in the right wing root.
		In addition, all Johnson's victories, with the exception of a quarter share in a Messerschmitt 110, were against single - seat fighters - easily the most formidable opponents.
	www.lycos.com /info/johnnie-johnson--august-september.html (723 words)

	Wings Fine Arts — Aviation Art, Prints & Airplane Art From World War I, World War II & Today.
		Eventually Johnnie Johnson began his pilot training in September of 1939 and was posted to 616 Spitfire Squadron during the Battle of Britain.
		Johnnie emphasized that "it was the duty of any leader to have their pilots destroy as many enemy aircraft as possible, not gain personal victories".
		Johnson was one of the highest decorated pilots to emerge from the War and remained in the Air Force until his retirement in 1964 as A.O.C. Middle East Forces.
	www.wings-fine-arts.com /index.php?p=johnson (868 words)

	RAF Fighter Pilots - The Spitfire - Icons of England
		But the pilots recruited to fight were not always the crème de la crème in the eyes of the Air Force.
		James Edgar Johnson was born in 1916 and, despite his university education, was rejected by the Auxiliary Air Force (AAF) in 1937 and instead became a civil engineer.
		Probably the most remarkable aspect of Johnnie Johnson’s tale is that he shot down more enemy aircraft than any other second world war pilot but was never brought down himself – in fact he only sustained damage to his Spitfire on one occasion.
	www.icons.org.uk /theicons/collection/spitfire/features/raf-fighter-pilots (575 words)

	New Zealand - Our Way (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is difficult to define a profession in a few words, but there is evidence about what kind of person becomes, and succeeds as, a fighter pilot; what he is and does - his history, his personal qualities, him missions, his tactics, his aircraft, his weapons, his operational concepts and the nature of his life.
		The fighter pilot, since he first flew in combat in 1914, in an era of bloody, bitter and total warfare, has embodied honourable concepts of chivalry, bravery and individual accomplishment.
		The fighter pilot is just that - a fighter in search of his foe; either one to one against his enemy counterpart or in pursuit of the bomber.
	www.acrossthebridge.com /NZ/pilots3.html (373 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Johnson applied to join the Auxiliary Air Force, but the bone injury meant he was rejected on medical grounds; he then joined the Leicestershire Yeomanry, where the injury was not a bar to recruitment.
		Johnson led his squadron through Operation Jubilee the commando raid on the port of Dieppe.
		Johnson was offered a full commission by the RAF after the war, becoming OC Tactics at the Central Fighter Establishment.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Johnnie_Johnson_(pilot) (886 words)

	Simviation Forums - Johnnie Johnson
		Johnnie led 144 Wing up to and during the Normandy campaign and 144 was the first fighter wing to move to France at St. Croix-sr-Mer.
		Johnnie flew Spitfires throughout the war and every one of his victories, with the exception of a half share in a BF 110, was scored against single engine fighter opposition.
		Johnnie was officially credited with 38 victories (although some claim it may have only been 34) and only South African pilot Marmaduke Thomas St. John Pattle who’s unofficial score of as many as 50 (15.5 on Gloster Gladiators making him the top Gladiator ace of WW2) surpassed Johnnie’s total in the Royal Air Force.
	www.simviation.com /cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1138618532 (831 words)

	Wing Commander G W 'Johnnie' Johnson \| Obituaries \| News \| Telegraph
		Johnson trained as a pilot in the United States before returning to England where, to his great disappointment, he was sent to be a flying instructor on single-engine aircraft.
		Johnson returned to England to learn that he had been posted to Namao, Alberta, to join the Winter Experimental Flight to conduct cold weather trials.
		Johnson retired from the RAF in 1969, having flown more than 100 types of aircraft, in order to join the Hawker Siddeley Aviation marketing team, led by Bill Bedford, the former chief test pilot, whom he eventually succeeded.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/14/db1402.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/09/14/ixportal.html (1145 words)

	COMBATSIM.COM: James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson, RAF (www.combatsim.com)
		Johnnie was always the first to acknowledge his debt to his groundcrew.
		Johnson ended his war in command of 125 Wing which in May 1945 he led to Denmark to put on a victory air display.
		Another pilot (I think his name was Riddell) and I were waiting for a lift to the squadron, and I noticed a barrel of beer among the kit we carried.
	www.combatsim.com /memb123/htm/2001/02/jjohnson (2501 words)

	Spitfire Aircraft, Aviation Art
		He was one of the top scoring R.A.F. pilots at the end of 1940 with 22 and a half air victories.
		In 1942 he was posted to the far east where he took command of 166 wing, remaining in fighters until the end of the war.
		Commissioned as a Pilot Officer in July 1940 he was immediately posted to join 1 Squadron flying Hurricanes atTangmere.
	www.aviationartprints.com /spitfire_fighter_aircraft.htm (1143 words)

	Why WWII German Air Ace Failed To Meet Challenge To A Duel
		The RAF pilot, renowned for his courage and flying skill, dared Walter Matoni, a German air force major who shot down 44 Allied planes, to meet him in the skies above northern France in 1944 in one-to-one combat to establish, for posterity, which of them was the greatest pilot of the war.
		Johnson's challenge was made over Service radio but the duel never took place because Matoni was hospitalised before they could meet.
		Johnson, whose real christian names were James Edgar but was widely known as Johnnie, was Britain's most successful pilot in the Second World War with 38 confirmed victories.
	www.rense.com /general8/duel.htm (438 words)

	Dilip Sarkar MBE - Johnnie Johnson (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Johnnie was, without doubt, the Wing Leader par excellence, and the combination of him and Canadian Spitfire Wings was a match made in heaven.
		Johnnie loved the Spitfire and his fellow fighter pilots of whatever nationality, such is their common bond, and was a true enthusiast himself.
		Johnnie Johnson was always a great supporter of Dilip Sarkar’s research and efforts, and selflessly provided the young author with contacts and personal assistance.
	www.dilipsarkarmbe.co.uk /johnson.html (697 words)

	World War 2 Awards.com - JOHNSON, James Edgar (Johnnie) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Johnson was therefore sent to 616 Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force, which was not in the thick of the air fighting at that time.
		Johnson's last combat victory came on September 27, 1944 in the skies over the battle for the Falaise Gap he claims his 38th and final aerial victory.
		Johnson ended his war in command of 125 Wing as Group Captain, which in May 1945 he led to Denmark to put on a victory air display.
	www.ww2awards.com /person/34672 (1239 words)

	Pianist Johnnie Johnson Dies
		Johnnie Johnson, a rock'n'roll pioneer who teamed with Chuck Berry for hits like "Roll Over Beethoven" and "No Particular Place to Go," died today (April 13) at his St. Louis home.
		Johnson often composed the music on piano, then Berry converted it to guitar and wrote the lyrics.
		Johnson and Berry parted ways in the early 1970s, and in 2000, Johnson sued Berry, seeking a share of royalties and proper credit for what Johnson said were more than 50 songs the men composed together.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000882282 (396 words)

	Johnnie Johnson -- the real 'Johnny B. Goode'?
		Johnson, once known as the "baddest right hand in the land," was a rollicking thriller on the ivories.
		Johnson continued to help craft Berry's most famous songs, including "Maybellene," "Sweet Little Sixteen," "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Back in the U.S.A." He said he provided extensive melodic framework to accompany Berry's ideas, but by the time Chess Records made them stars, Berry was the front man and had the glory.
		Johnson's final fight was winning recognition from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which he did in 2001 with the inclusion of a new category for sidemen.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/16/BAG0PCA1EL1.DTL (917 words)

	Books (Site not responding. Last check: )
		These books are largely unsigned and marked although all are form Johnnie Johnson's collection and purchased at auction in Sheffield in 2004.
		The forward is by Johnnie Johnson but there is no hand written note from the author.
		From the collection of Johnnie Johnson and acquired from the Station library of HQ 3 Group, then based at RAF Mildenhall.
	www.johnnie-johnson.com /JJ_Catalog/JJ_Books.htm (562 words)

	Simon Smith
		Added to this Edward Johnson the bomb aimer recalled that the spinning bomb had an alarming gyroscopic effect on the handling of the aircraft,so it was with superb flying and teamwork that their bomb struck and finally destroyed the massive stonework of the Eder Dam.
		Pilot Officer Les Knights aircraft, AFN, can be seen having just dropped the last of the groups bombs, which actually breached the dam, and is climbing steeply to avoid the hill behind the dam.
		So moved by Simon Smith's reproduction of the event, Flight Lieutenant Edward C Johnson DFC took the unprecedented step of endorsing the painting itself with his signature, as well as the first 400 copies of the print.
	www.militaryartcompany.com /simon_smith.htm (2520 words)

	British Pilot Books (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Johnnie ended the war as leader of a Spitfire Wing and was credited with 38 confirmed kills.
		The author, himself a RAF pilot, knew and served with Ginger for many years and the book is therefore filled with Gingers own words, which makes it feel more of an autobiography than an biography.
		I.E. Ian recalls complete conversations with fellow pilots which make the book come “alive” and it feels like you are sitting next to them listening in on their conversations.
	web.comhem.se /~u63509923/British/British_Pilot_Books.html (2075 words)

	Air Vice-Marshal J E 'Johnnie' Johnson [obituary] [Free Republic]
		Johnson accounted for at least 38 enemy aircraft over Britain and occupied Europe, yet his actual score was almost certainly higher.
		Johnson also learned to ride at an early age, and he enjoyed his Yeomanry service - though after seeing Spitfires and Hurricanes on a visit, on horseback, to Wittering, he declared that he would "rather fight in one of those than on the back of this bloody horse".
		When Johnson left the squadron to rest from operations, his send-off party was such that the wing was stood down the next day.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a798a3a3fc7.htm (1794 words)

	Squadrons that took part
		Pilot accommodation was often in tents with bedboards as beds, often they did not even have these.
		Short Service Commissions were another form of training where pilots done their basic training with the air force of their own country, then the Royal Air Force would offer a limited number of these pilots to join the RAF in Britain to undergo more comprehensive training with one of the RAF squadrons.
		Most of these pilots of the University Air Squadrons were to join the Auxiliary Air Force at the outbreak of war and many of these once student pilots were to become legends in their own right during the Second World War.
	www.battleofbritain.net /0005.html (2690 words)

	AVM JE Johnson
		Johnnie Johnson's orders and decorations with his log books and four albums of war time photographs were sold at auction at Spink’s, the Queen’s medallists, later that year.
		Of note is Johnnie Johnson's own copy of the Robert Taylor print of him leading his Canadian Wing over the D-Day landings.
		Johnnie refers to it in one of his books, describing how he read it as a teenager.
	www.aeroclocks.com /JJ_catalog/JJ_Info.htm (425 words)

	James E. "Johnnie" Johnson (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Johnson began private flying lessons in 1938 and quickly joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve at the outbreak of hostilities in 1939.
		Number 127 Wing, commanded by "Johnnie" Johnson, was sent to attack the withdrawing forces and on 27 September he scored his final victory near Venlo, Holland.
		In a grueling dogfight with nine Messerschmitts, Johnson’s Spitfire was hit for the first and only time during the war.
	www.au.af.mil /au/goe/eaglebios/86bios/johnso86.htm (551 words)

	Celebrating Black History Month: Johnnie Johnson - News - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Johnnie Johnson can still remember what it was like in 1966 when he and another officer became the first African Americans to join the Birmingham police department.
		Johnson would go on to achieve other firsts as he rose in the ranks from Sergeant, to Lieutenant, to Captain.
		Johnnie Johnson had achieved his dream while doing a job he loved.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/16950730 (505 words)

	Johnson - James Edgar
		James Edgar Johnson, known as Johnnie, was born on March 9, 1915 at Melton Mowbray.
		The highest scoring RAF fighter pilot to survive the war, he shot down 38 enemy aircraft in the skies over Western Europe between June 1941 and September 1944.
		This tally is remarkable because Johnson began his operational career after the end of the Battle of Britain, which provided such a rich harvest of combat victories for many of his peers as the Luftwaffe's air fleets attacked virtually day after day.
	semper-eadem.tripod.com /Citizens/johnson.htm (207 words)

	Johnnie Johnson - AOL Music
		Johnnie Johnson - The Father of Rock and Roll
		Johnnie Johnson (musician) (1924?2005); Johnnie Johnson (pilot) (1915?2001); Johnnie Johnson (football player).
		Watch or listen to Johnnie Johnson music videos, songs, live performances, concerts and more on AOL Music.
	music.aol.com /artist/johnnie-johnson/13352/main (143 words)

	James Johnson - Wikipedia Mirror (Site not responding. Last check: )
		James Johnson (figure skater), British silver medalist in pairs figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics
		James A. Johnson, chairman of Fannie Mae, the Kennedy Center and the Brookings Institution
		Jim Johnson (b.1942), a former ice hockey player in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association
	www.wiki-mirror.be /index.php/James_Johnson (297 words)

	Amazon.com: Wing Leader: Top-Scoring Allied Fighter Pilot of World War Two: Books: James Edgar Johnson (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Johnnie Johnson joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939 as a week-end flier, and finished the war as the top-scoring Allied fighter pilot with 38 confirmed victories.
		Johnson never claims to be a Tolstoy of literature, only a pilot who did his job and wrote about it afterwards.
		Johnson was the perfect RAF Wing LEader: inspiring to his pilots, skilfull, concise.
	www.amazon.com /Wing-Leader-Top-Scoring-Allied-Fighter/dp/0773732403 (1411 words)

	James Johnson - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), African-American figure in the Harlem Renaissance
		Johnnie Johnson (pilot) (1915–2001), James E. "Johnnie" Johnson, WWII RAF fighter ace
		James Johnson (Georgia) (1811-1891), U.S. congressman and governor of Georgia
	jamesjohnson.quickseek.com (247 words)

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