Wing Leader
J. E. Johnson
Discover the incredible story of Johnnie Johnson, the top-scoring Allied fighter pilot with 38 confirmed victories, in WING LEADER. From his start as a weekend flier in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve to commanding a British wing in the Battle of Britain and bitter fighting over Dieppe and France, Johnson's first-hand account is a captivating memoir of aerial combat. Full of vivid descriptions and sympathetic portraits of the fighting men, this book is a magnificent tale of fighter pilots and one of the finest to come out of the war.
Publish Date
2022-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
2022-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1956
Goodreads Rating
4.47
ISBN
9780809496259
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2019-04-23T09:32:43.000Z
Q: What’s your favorite book that almost nobody else knows or talks about? PG: White's Medieval Technology and Social Change, Fletcher's Moorish Spain, Johnson's Wing Leader, Girouard's Life in the English Country House, Liddell Hart's The German Generals Talk. – source