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    Edgar Johnson, CB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, DFC & Bar, DL (9 March 1915 – 30 January 2001), nicknamed "Johnnie", was an English Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot...
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  • Johnnie Johnson may refer to: Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer) (1915–2001), Royal Air Force Second World War II flying ace and air vice-marshal Johnnie Johnson...
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  • Frank Sydney Roland "Johnnie" Johnson CB OBE (4 August 1917 – 10 May 2009) was an English cricketer and senior Royal Air Force officer. He played first-class...
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  • Jej, Afghanistan James Earl Jones (born 1931), American actor Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer) (1915–2001), English pilot and flying ace Jeh Airport, on Ailinglaplap...
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  • Johnson (1916–1997), Korean War flying ace James Johnson (South African Navy officer) (1918–1990), chief of the South African Navy Johnnie Johnson (RAF...
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  • American Football Player Johnny Johnson (British Army officer) (died 1944), British Army officer Johnny Johnson (RAF officer) (1921–2022), last survivor of...
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  • individuals made up Bader's section of four aircraft during this period: Johnnie Johnson and 'Cocky' Dundas. His appointment as wing man followed Douglas Bader's...
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    Andy (1998). RAF Tangmere revisited. Sutton. ISBN 075091906X. Sarkar, Dilip. Spitfire Ace of Aces: The True Wartime Story of Johnnie Johnson. Amberley Publishing...
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  • "prisoner of war". For details of RAF rank abbreviations, see RAF Commissioned Officer Ranks and RAF Non-Commissioned Officer Ranks. For details of FAA rank...
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    No. 145 Squadron RAF in June 1941, where he transitioned over to the Supermarine Spitfire Mk II. During this time, Johnnie Johnson remarked that Stan...
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    close to the enemy and would not have enough time to assemble. RAF ace Johnnie Johnson offered his own view of Bader and the Big Wing: Douglas was all...
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    MOD Sealand (redirect from RAF Shotwick)
    FTS, RAF Sealand was Johnnie Johnson. No. 30 Maintenance Unit RAF was formed there in 1937. In 1941 No. 19 Elementary Flying Training School RAF equipped...
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    Force (2ATAF). In 1953, the Station Commander was Group Captain JE 'Johnnie' Johnson, a top-scoring British 'ace' fighter pilot of the Second World War...
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    related to Amy Johnson. Biography of Amy Johnson by Science Museum, London BBC Humber article on Johnson BBC page on Amy Johnson's death The RAF Museum, Hendon...
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    Wartime Story of Johnnie Johnson. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4456-0475-6. Wikimedia Commons has media related to No. 616 Squadron RAF. Squadron histories...
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  • Air-Vice Marshal Johnnie Johnson - was in command at MoD/RAF Harrogate in the 1960s Noor Inayat Khan - went through her WAAF training at RAF Harrogate before...
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  • American Navy fighter ace "Johnnie" – James E. Johnson, British RAF fighter ace "Johnny" – George L. Johnson, British WW2 RAF bomber navigator "Kaos" –...
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    role during the Battle of Britain. According to fighter ace J.E. "Johnnie" Johnson it was the best conventional defensive fighter of the war. The fighter...
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  • categories (in ascending order), i.e. three ranks: Knight, Officer, Commander, and two titles: Grand Officer and Grand Cross. Knight is the most common and is...
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    Air Ministry. One of the most famous students was J.E. "Johnnie" Johnson who became the RAF's top scoring pilot and reached the rank of air vice-marshal...
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    role was reserved for a more senior officer, generally a group captain. According to Johnnie Johnson, wing leader at RAF Kenley and, later, of No. 144 (Royal...
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    Marconi from 19 May 1933 before joining the RAF on a short service commission as an acting pilot officer in 1935. Following flying training, Tuck joined...
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    ace and senior officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War and the postwar period. During his service with the RAF, he was credited...
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    Race) who served there with No. 32 Squadron RAF from 1923 to 1926, and the British ace JE "Johnnie" Johnson, later Air Vice-Marshal, who took over the...
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    Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He was credited with having shot down at least eleven aircraft. From Liverpool, Webster joined the RAF in 1935...
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  • Deciding on a career in the Royal Air Force (RAF), he commenced initial officer training as a flight cadet at the RAF's College Cranwell in September the same...
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    Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He is credited with shooting down at least sixteen aircraft. Born in Chelsea, London, Robinson joined the RAF in...
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    February 1975) was a British flying ace who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He was credited with having shot down at least...
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    March 1995) was a British flying ace who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He was credited with having shot down at least...
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    pilot who flew with No. 263 Squadron RAF during the Second World War. He was described by Group Captain Johnnie Johnson as a "gay, cheerful character" who...
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