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Re: J.E. Johnson claims
Hi,
I have spent a couple of hours perusing Johnny Johnson's claims using
"ACES HIGH", "SPITFIRE TOP GUN"," FIGHTER COMMAND WAR DIARIES", "2nd TAF" & "WING LEADER" as sources and note the following:-
His first claim the Do.17 shared damaged with "Cocky" Dundas on 15 Jan 1941 did in fact crash land at Antwerp 20% damaged it was 1174 of II/KG3
His 1st claim destroyed which is described in detail in "Wing Leader" a Bf.109E marked <+4 with a pilot who baled out near Gravelines is very hard to identify - Any ideas anyone ?
The next 5 + 1 shared were all 109's and are all in that period of high overclaiming by Fighter command and are almost impossible to verify
The next claims are a Fw190 and a shared Bf109F on 19 August 1942 over Dieppe are difficult to identify although they were witnessed by other pilots - Who was the guy in the 190 with Italian markings!! that
Johnson battled with wihout result ?
Of the remainder claimed as Wing Leader 1943-44 a total of 15 are identified against Luftwaffe losses ( I will post them later )
Cheers
Bruce Lander
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