Author: Johnson, 'Johnnie', (Group Captain J. E. Johnson, DSO**, DFC*), foreword by Group Captain Douglas Bader, CBE, DSO, DFC,
Title: WING LEADER.
Description: The Reprint Society, London, 1958, club edn., 320pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., red cloth with black leather title label at spine lettered in gilt, upper edge coloured, geometric design dustwrapper, the story of an RAF fighter pilot, from a raw Volunteer Reserve sergeant pilot in 1939, his first operational posting was with 616 South Yorks. Squadron which became part of the Tangmere Wing led by Douglas Bader, in 1942 he commanded 610 County of Chester Squadron and 1943 promoted Wing Cdr. to lead the Canadian Spitfire Wing on over 140 sorties over North West Europe. In March 1944 he took command of 144 Canadian Spitfire Wing of three squadrons, on fighter bomber operations to soften up the French coastal areas. Flying from Ford on the Sussex coast they were part of the fighter protection for the invasion fleet in the first few days until the first Normandy airfield was built at St Crois sur Mer and they became the first Normandy based wing, eventually gaining air superiority while the Typhoon squadrons provided ground support as aerial artillery. Includes a first hand account of the rout of Falaise, in 1945 was promoted Group Captain in command of 125 Spitfire wing until the end of WW2, small mark to cloth and light bump lower tip upper board, small paper fault fore-edge one leaf (p195/6), dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., short closed tear upper edge upper panel, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

Keywords: war ww2 air aviation raf bob fighter tactics wing spitfire france normandy belgium


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