Johnnie Johnson

[HawkerTempest5]

On this day, January 30th 2001, James Edgar

[ozzy72]

A great pilot indeed! One of my heros.

[Felix/FFDS]

Screw his wartime record, etc.  I remember him because despite all his medals, honors and assiociated poopoo he took time out to reply to a fan letter from a 14 year old kid in a little island in the Caribbean.

He may have been all that, but in the end, he was a neat guy.

[HawkerTempest5]

He may have been all that, but in the end, he was a neat guy.

He certainly was. Did I ever mention that I met him once?

[Felix/FFDS]

He certainly was. Did I ever mention that I met him once?

Have I mentioned that you look horrible through envy-green glasses?

Oh wait, that's how you look anyway...  oops!

[beaky]

Just saw a nice doc on the efforts and achievements of "the few" last night... umpteenth retelling of the story of the BoB, but I never get tired of it. They interviewed surviving pilots from the RAF and the Luftwaffe (as well as Fighter command officials and even some of the ladies who updated the situation boards at HQ); very interesting.... especially the comment of one RAF vet (forgot his name, ouch) who pointed out that after the battle was officially "over" there were still pilots flying, fighting and dying over England for weeks... and of course, the war was far from over.
 "Apparently no one let us know the battle  was over", or something like that, was his assessment. Typical understatement from that group of awesome warriors.

[SilverFox441]

Add me to your envy list Felix...I met Jonnie at a Sqdn function.

He liked our Hornet for some strange reason.