Johnnie Johnson's 1942 Diary

A unique insight into how fighter pilots lived, loved—and died—through the diary of the top-scoring RAF Ace who survived the Battle of Britain. A one-time household name synonymous with the superlative Spitfire, Air Vice-Marshal "Johnnie" Johnson''s aerial combat successes of World War II inspired schoolboys for generations. As a "lowly Pilot Officer," Johnson learned his fighter pilot''s craft as...