Author: Johnson, 'Johnnie', (Group Captain J. E. Johnson, DSO**, DFC*), foreword by Group Captain Douglas Bader, CBE, DSO, DFC,
Title: WING LEADER.
Description: Chatto and WindusLondon, 1956 2nd impr., 320pp, half tone frontis portrait, 17pp half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial 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 and in 1945 was promoted Group Captain in command of 125 Spitfire wing until the end of WW2, lightly rubbed at tips and boards a little marked, edges tanned, ink date/name front free endpaper, small sharksfin lower edge pp 33/34, dustwrapper: rubbed with slight loss to extrems. and numerous light creases, light overall soiling, repairs to reverse, good plus in a good dustwrapper,

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


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