Air Vice-Marshal \'Johnnie\' Johnson was a character literally from the pages of Boys\' Own: an individual who became the RAF\'s top-scoring fighter pilot and wing leader par excellence of the Second World War.
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As a \'lowly Pilot Officer\', Johnnie Johnson learned his fighter pilot\'s craft as a prot g of the legless Tangmere Wing Leader, Douglas Bader.
A one-time household name synonymous with the superlative Spitfire, Johnnie\'s aerial combat successes inspired schoolboys for generations.
Air Vice-Marshal \'Johnnie\' Johnson was a character literally from the pages of Boys\' Own: an individual who became the RAF\'s top-scoring fighter pilot and wing leader par excellence of the Second World War