Duel Under the Stars
Duel Under the Stars "The enemy bomber grew larger in my sights and the rear gunner was sprayed by my guns just as he opened fire. The bomber fell like a stone out of the sky and exploded on the…
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Duel Under the Stars
"The enemy bomber grew larger in my sights and the rear gunner was sprayed by my guns just as he opened fire. The bomber fell like a stone out of the sky and exploded on the ground. The rest was merely a matter of seconds.
In his first couple of years he brought down two enemy planes. The nightmare came to an end."In this enthralling memoir, the author recounts his experiences of the war years and traces the story of the ace fighter pilots from the German development of radar to the Battle of Britain.Johnen flew his first operational mission in July 1941, having completed his blind-flying training. The tally went up rapidly once the air war was escalated in spring 1943, when Air Marshal Arthur Harris of the RAF Bomber Command began the campaign dubbed the Battle of the Ruhr.During this phrase of the war Johnen's successes were achieved against a 710-strong