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WW2 top ace AVM Johnnie Johnson DSO DFC Signed on his own RAF cover HA14c. 31 March 77 BFPS 1557 cover flown on the last flight from RAF Masirah to RAF Akrotiri to RAF Brize Norton in VC 10. Personally Signed by Air Vice Marshall Johnnie Johnson 19 Sqn top scoring RAF WW2 Fighter Pilot Ace. Photo and Details enclosed. In 1940 Johnson had an operation to reset his collarbone, and began flying regularly. He took part in the offensive sweeps over German-occupied Europe from 1941 to 1944, almost without rest. Johnson was involved in heavy aerial fighting during this period. His combat tour included participation in the Dieppe Raid, Combined Bomber Offensive, Battle of Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge and the Western Allied invasion of Germany. Johnson progressed to the rank of group captain by the end of the war. Johnson was credited with 34 individual victories over enemy aircraft, as well as seven shared victories, three shared probable, ten damaged, three shared damaged and one destroyed on the ground. Johnson flew 700 operational sorties and engaged enemy aircraft on 57 occasions. Included in his list of individual victories were 14 Messerschmitt Bf 109s and 20 Focke-Wulf Fw 190s destroyed making him the most successful RAF ace against the Fw 190. This score made him the highest scoring Western Allied fighter ace against the German Luftwaffe.