George Beurling | Timeline

George Frederick "Buzz" Beurling DSO, DFC, DFM & Bar (6 December 1921 – 20 May 1948) was the most successful Canadian fighter pilot of the Second World War.
Beurling was recognised as "Canada's most famous hero of Second World War", as "The Falcon of Malta" and the "Knight of Malta", having been credited with shooting down 27 Axis aircraft in just 14 days over the besieged Mediterranean island. Before the war ended his official total climbed to either 31 or 31 1⁄3. Beurling's wartime service was terminated prior to war's end. In an attempt to continue combat flying in the postwar era, Beurling lost his life in a crash while attempting to deliver an aircraft to Israel. (Intro from Wikipedia)

December 6, 1921 - Verdun, Quebec, Canada - George Frederick Beurling is born

January(?) 1(?), 1931 - Cartierville Airfield - George is noticed by Ted Hogan, a pilot at Cartierville airfield, and is taken on a flight for the first time

December 6, 1933 - Cartierville Airfield - George takes the controls of Ted Hogan's aircraft for the first time on his 12th birthday

January(?) 1(?), 1935 - Cartierville Airfield - George starts selling newspapers and model aircraft to save for flying lessons

January(?) 1(?), 1938 - Cartierville Airfield - George starts flying solo

June(?) 1(?), 1938 - Montreal - Beurling leaves Verdun High School and starts working at RCA-Victor Radio Factory

February 1(?), 1939 - Montreal - Beurling gets frustrated with his job at the factory and leaves. Ted Hogan suggests him to travel to Gravenhurst, Ontario, where he had a contact, called Smith Langley, who ran a freight contract flying Curtiss Robins into the Rouyn goldfields

April 16, 1939 - Gravenhurst, Ontario - Beurling earns his flying permit, after flying the Curtiss Robins on the Gravenhurst-Rouyn run for a full six weeks

June 30, 1939 - Sea Island Airport, Vancouver - With financial support from his uncle, Beurling amasses another 120 hours of flying at Len Foggen Flying School - Sea Island Airport

July 1(?), 1939 - Seattle - Beurling crosses to the USA illegally, resulting in his arrest. He is held in custody for 2 months

September 1, 1939 - Seattle - American authorities release Beurling and put him onboard a train to Montreal

September(?) 15(?), 1939 - Montreal - Beurling visits RCAF recruiting center but is not accepted for lack of academic qualifications. Visit to the Finnish Consul - the finns are interested in George, however, his parents didn't sign the consent form

May 1(?), 1940 - Cartierville Airfield - Beurling is caught flying aerobatics and receives a one month ban

June 29, 1940 - Montreal Harbour - Beurling boards the swedish munition-ship "Valparaíso" to Glasgow

July 16, 1940 - Glasgow, Scotland - At RAF recruiting center, Beurling is told he had to go back to Canada to get his flight log and birth certificate

August 3, 1940 - Montreal Harbour - The damaged "Valparaiso" returns to Montreal

August 8, 1940 - Montreal Harbour - Beurling boards the repaired "Valparaíso" to Glasgow, once again

September 7, 1940 - Glasgow | London - At Glasgow, Beurling is given a rail ticket to London, and formally joins the Royal Air Force =(START)

September 20, 1940 - Uxbridge - Posted to the Manning Depot

November 2, 1940 - RAF Hendon - Beurling is shipped to RAF Hendon for basic training
December 25, 1940 - Bobbington, Devon - Beurling is posted to No.1 Initial training wing, and starts flying solo
February 28, 1941 - Bobbington - Beurling is promoted to leading aircraftsman
April 8, 1941 - Meir, Staffordshire - Beurling arrives at No.5 Elementary Flying Training School. The unit was equipped with Miles Masters and Magisters
June 23, 1941 - Montrose, Scotland - Beurling arrives at No.8 Service Flying Training School
September 7, 1941 - Montrose - Beurling's flying course ends
September 9, 1941 - Montrose - Beurling is promoted to Sergeant
September 10, 1941 - London - Beurling and colleagues travel to London on leave. He witnesses the effects of the german blitz
September 23, 1941 - Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales - Beurling reaches the No.57 Operational Training Unit at RAF Hawarden
December 16, 1941 - Martlesham Heath, Suffolk - Posted as a Sergeant Pilot to RCAF 403 Squadron
December 24, 1941 - North Weald, Essex - RCAF 403 Squadron is transfered to North Weald
December 25, 1941 - North Weald, Essex - First (uneventful) combat mission flying the Spitfire, across the English Channel
February 2, 1942 - North Weald, Essex - The squadron is attacked by FW190s and Bf109s between Oostende and Dunkirk
February 12, 1942 - North Weald, Essex - Air combat over the English Channel with german fighters covering the battleships "scharnhorst" and "gneisenau"
February 25, 1942 - North Weald, Essex - Air-Vice Marshal Leigh-Mallory gives the squadron a lecture entitled "Review of war and our possibilities in the Spring of 1942"
April 17, 1942 - Merston, West Sussex - Beurling joins 41 Squadron
May 1, 1942 - Merston - Sweep over Calais - 1 Fw190 shot down (1 total)
May 3, 1942 - Merston - Beurling breaks formation to pursue a lone FW190 over Cap Gris Nez and shoot it down. Beurling is reprimanded for attacking without permission and becomes unpopular with his superiors and fellow pilots (2 total)
May 22, 1942 - Embarkation Depot, Southampton(?) - Beurling joins another 35 pilots to travel overseas - destiny unknown. Beurling volunteers to replace a recently married pilot
May 26, 1942 - Embarkation Depot - Beurling and the other pilots depart aboard a merchant ship, carrying 36 crated spitfires and escorted by warships
June 2, 1942 - Gibraltar - The convoy reaches Gibraltar
June 7, 1942 - Gibraltar - Beurling departs from Gibraltar aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle
June 9, 1942 - Coast of Algeria | Malta - Beurling lands his Spitfire in Malta, after having flown off the deck of HMS Eagle
June 12, 1942 - Malta - Beurling involved with other 3 spitfires in combat against 8 Bf109s - credited with a Bf 109 damaged

Beurling with wreckage from
an italian fighter he shot down

July 6, 1942 - Malta - Beurling shoots down 2 Macchi C202 + 1 Bf 109 in a major air battle. Damages a CANT Z.1007 (5 total)
July 8, 1942 - Malta - 1 Bf109 destroyed + 2 damaged south of Gozo (7 total)
July 10, 1942 - Malta - 1 Bf 109 + 1 MC202 shot down (9 total)
July 12, 1942 - Malta - 3 MC202 shot down north of Gozo (12 total)
July 14, 1942 - Malta - Beurling is badly shot up by italian reggianes
July 23, 1942 - Malta - 1 Re 2001 shot down + 1 Ju-88 damaged (13 total)
July 24, 1942 - Malta - Beurling is awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal
July 27, 1942 - Malta - Beurling downs 2 Macchi MC202 and 2 BF109s + 2 "damaged" near Valletta (17 total)
July 29, 1942 - Malta - 1 BF109 destroyed (18 total)
July 30, 1942 - Malta - Beurling is commissioned as a Pilot Officer
August 3, 1942 - Malta - Beurling is struck down with a type of dysentery nick-named "Malta Dog"
August 8, 1942 - Malta - Beurling shoots down a Bf 109 but is shot down by either Herbert Rollwage or Siegfried Freytag or Fw Pohl, of I./JG77 (19 total)
August 13, 1942 - Malta - 1 third share JU-88 destroyed (19,33 total)
August 25, 1942 - Malta - 2 Bf 109 destroyed + 1 Bf 109 damaged (21,33 total)
September 4, 1942 - Malta - Beurling wins a Bar to his "Distinguished Flying Medal" for his exploits on 27/7
September 25, 1942 - Malta - Beurling claims 3 downed aircraft, but none is confirmed
October 10, 1942 - Malta - While testing his new Spitfire, Beurling intercepts and shoots 2 Bf109s over Filfla (23,33 total)
October 13, 1942 - Malta - Beurling shoots down a Ju-88 and 2 Bf 109s + 1 "damaged" N of St.Paul's Bay, Malta (26,33 total)
October 14, 1942 - Malta - Beurling shoots down 2 Bf 109s and a Ju-88, but is shot down by another Bf109. He bails out into the sea and is rescued, requiring hospitalization (29,33 total)
October 16, 1942 - Malta - Beurling is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
October 25, 1942 - Malta - Beurling is visited in hospital by Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park to congratulate him on the award of his DSO and to inform him that he was going home on leave by request of the Canadian Government, to help with a recruiting and war bond drive
October 31, 1942 - Malta | Gibraltar - Beurling and other tour-expired pilots depart as passengers in a Liberator to Gibraltar. The aircraft suffers an accident at landing during severe thunderstorms and several passengers are killed. Beurling manages to jump to the water and is rescued
November 3, 1942 - Preswick, Scotland - Beurling is taken on another Liberator to Scotland
November 4(?), 1942 - Gander, Newfoundland - Beurling arrives in Canada
November 5(?), 1942 - Montreal - Beurling arrives in Montreal's Dorval Airport with his family and the Prime-Minister waiting for him

Beurling back in Canada, 1943

January(?) 1(?), 1943 - Ottawa - Beurling is promoted to Flying Officer
February 18, 1943 - Montreal - Beurling recovers and embarks on a month-long Victory Bond promotional programme
February 22, 1943 - Toronto - Visit to a De Havilland Mosquito factory as part of the Victory Bond programme
March 2, 1943 - Vancouver - Victory Bond tour. Meets his uncle
March 3, 1943 - Jericho Beach - Meets Diana Gardner, a war-widow
May 5, 1943 - New York City(?) - Beurling boards the "Queen Elizabeth" troopship to Glasgow
May 11, 1943 - Gourock, Scotland - The "Queen Elizabeth" docks in the Clyde
May 12, 1943 - London - Train to London
May 24(?), 1943 - Buckingham Palace, London - George Beurling receives the DSO, the DFC, the DFM and Bar from King George VI
May 27, 1943 - Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire - Beurling is posted to the Central Gunnery School at RAF Sutton Bridge
June 8, 1943 - Sutton Bridge - Beurling is forced to bail out of his Spitfire during a mock dogfight
July 6, 1943 - Rednall, Shropshire - Beurling is posted to No.61 OTU as a gunnery instructor
September 1, 1943 - Headcorn, Kent - Beurling is transfered to the 403 Squadron of Royal Canadian Air Force, flying the Spitfire IX
September 24, 1943 - Headcorn - 1 Fw190 shot down (30,33 total)
October 14, 1943 - Kenley, Surrey - RCAF 403 Squadron is transfered to Kenley
November 29, 1943 - Biggin Hill - Beurling is sent to No.412 Squadron
December 30, 1943 - Biggin Hill - 1 Fw190 shot down over Compiègne while covering returning american bombers (31,33 total)

February 4, 1944 - Biggin Hill - Beurling takes command of the Squadron for the first time
March 25, 1944 - Biggin Hill - The squadron is non-operational for a week. Beurling requests command of a flight of P-51s but is turned down. His combat career was over
April 30, 1944 - Gourock, Scotland - Beurling boards the "Queen Elizabeth" to Halifax
May 7, 1944 - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Beurling returns to Canada
May 28, 1944 - Vancouver - Leave in Vancouver
June 13, 1944 - Saint-Hubert, Quebec - Posted as a ferry pilot to No.3 Training Command
July 23, 1944 - Montreal - Beurling's resignation from RCAF is announced
October 16, 1944 - Montreal - Honorable discharge, as a Squadron Leader
November 29, 1944 - Montreal - Beurling and Diana Gardner are married
March 1(?), 1945 - Montreal - Beurling's marriage ends, but he is not formally divorced
May 25, 1945 - Montreal - Beurling tries to rejoin the RCAF but is turned down
June 12, 1945 - Montreal - Beurling attempt to join the chinese national air Force is also turned down
October 1(?), 1945 - Montreal - Beurling starts working as a life assurance underwriter for the Sun Life Assurance Company
May 1(?), 1947 - Sherbrooke Valley, Quebec - Beurling gets a job as flying instructor with Sherbrooke Airways
April 1(?), 1948 - Montreal - Beurling learns about the israeli-arab war and contacts the jewish recruiting agent in Montreal, Ben Dunkelman
May 5, 1948 - Rome, Italy - Beurling arrives in Rome aboard a commercial flight, with intent to join the Israeli Air Force
May 20, 1948 - Rome, Italy - Beurling test-flies an ex-USAAF Norseman transport aircraft, but the engine explodes on landing. George Beurling dies on the resulting inferno, aged 26 =(END)

Marmaduke Pattle | Timeline

Squadron Leader Marmaduke Thomas St John Pattle (3 July 1914 – 20 April 1941), usually known as Pat Pattle, was a South African-born Second World War fighter pilot and flying ace (an aviator credited with the destruction of five or more enemy aircraft in aerial combat) of the Royal Air Force (RAF). (Intro from Wikipedia)

July 3, 1914 - Butterworth, South Africa - Marmaduke Pattle is born
January(?) 1(?), 1929 - ? - Passes the junior certificate exam
January(?) 1(?), 1931 - Grahamstown - Graduates from Victoria Boy's High School
January(?) 1(?), 1932 - ? - Applies to join the South African Air Force but is rejected
January(?) 1(?), 1933 - Baberton - Employed at the Sheba Gold Mine
March 22, 1933 - Pretoria - Invited for an interview for a commission in the air force
January(?) 1(?), 1936 - London, England - Travels to London at his own expense. Joins the Royal Air Force
April 30, 1936 - South Africa - Leaves South Africa aboard the "SS Llandovery Castle"
June 29, 1936 - RAF Prestwick - Begins his training
August 24, 1936 - RAF Ternhill, Shropshire - Becomes an acting pilot officer
March 1(?), 1937 - RAF Ternhill - His rate in Final report is "exceptional"
March 20(?), 1937 - RAF Kenley (S of London) - Pattle is posted to 80 Squadron =(START)
May 1(?), 1937 - RAF Kenley - Pattle begins flying the Gloster Gladiator
June 1(?), 1937 - RAF Debden (NE London) - 80 Squadron moves to Debden - Pattle practises aerial exercises, perfects deflection shooting
July 27, 1937 - RAF Debden - Pattle is promoted to Pilot Officer
April 29, 1938 - Amriya, Egypt - 80 squadron moves to Egypt, tasked to defend the Suez Canal
September 1(?), 1939 - Amriya - 80 Squadron moves close to Libyan border
January 28, 1940 - Amriya - 2 probables or damaged over Egypt-Libya border
August 1(?), 1940 - Sidi Haneish, Western Desert - Pattle is deployed to an advanced base to antecipate italian attacks
August 4, 1940 - Sidi Haneish - First combat. Pattle shoots down 1 Breda Ba 65 + 1 Fiat Cr.42 over Sidi Barrani, NW Egypt. Guns Jam and Pattle is shot down by Franco Lucchini (2 total)
August 7, 1940 - Egypt-Libya border(?) - Pattle manages to reach the border and is rescued
August 8, 1940 - Sidi Haneish - 2 Fiat CR.42 shot down over Gabr Saleh, Libya (4 total)
September 3, 1940 - Sidi Haneish - Pattle is promoted to Flight Lieutenant
September 6, 1940 - Sidi Haneish - The italian invasion of Egypt starts. Pattle flies close-support missions missions
September(?) 15(?), 1940 - Habbaniyah - 1 SM.79 damaged. 80 Squadron withraws to Habbaniyah
October(?) 1(?), 1940 - Sidi Haneish - 80 squadron was to receive Mark.II machines but is ordered to Greece
November 8, 1940 - Abu suwayr al Mahattah (W of Ismailia) - 80 Squadron moves from Sidi Haneish to Abu Suweir
November 16, 1940 - Athens, Greece - 80 squadron arrives in Athens and moves to an airfield north of the capital
November 17, 1940 - Trikala (W of Larisa) - 80 Squadron moves to Greek-Albanian border
November 19, 1940 - Trikala - 2 Fiat CR.42 shot down over Korçë airfield (6 total)

November 27, 1940 - Trikala - 2 SM.79s (or CR.42s) shared with 11 other pilots
November 29, 1940 - Trikala - 2 SM.79 damaged

December 2, 1940 - Trikala - 2 Ro 37 shot down over Gjirokastër (8 total)
December 4, 1940 - Trikala - 3 Fiat CR.42 shot down + 2 probable + 1 damaged (11 total)
December 20, 1940 - Trikala - 1 SM.79 + 1 SM.81 shot down over Kelcyre (13 total)
December 21, 1940 - Trikala - 1 Fiat CR.42 shot down + 1 BR.20 probable (14 total)

January 28, 1941 - Larissa, Greece - 1 shared + 1 probable

Pattle, sixth from the right, at Eleusis, 1941

February 9, 1941 - Iannina, Greece - 1 Fiat CR.42 shot down (15 total)

February 10, 1941 - Iannina - 1 Z.1007 + 1 BR.20 damaged

February 11, 1941 - Iannina - Marmaduke Pattle is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
February 20, 1941 - Iannina - 80 Squadron is reequiped with Hawker Hurricane Mk.I - 1 Fiat G.50 shot down over Berat (16 total)
February 27, 1941 - Iannina - 1 Fiat CR.42 shot down (17 total)
February 28, 1941 - Iannina - 2 Fiat CR.42 + 2 Fiat BR.20 + 1 CR.42 probable over the south of Vlorë (21 total)
March 4, 1941 - Larissa - 3 Fiat G.50 + 1 Fiat.42 probable (24 total)
March 12, 1941 - Larissa - Pattle is promoted to Squadron Leader
March 13, 1941 - Larissa - 80 Squadron moves to Eleusis - Pattle is assigned to 33 Squadron at Larissa
March 23, 1941 - Larissa - Pattle flies first missions with 33 Squadron to Fier Airfield - 1 Fiat G.50 shot down + 1 G.50 probable + 3 G.50s on the ground (25 total)
April 6, 1941 - Larissa - 2 Bf109 shot down over Rupel Pass, Bulgaria (27 total)

April 7, 1941 - Larissa - 1 Dornier Do 17 + 1 CR.42 shot down (29 total)
April 8, 1941 - Larissa - Several enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground at Petrich, Yugoslavia

April 9, 1941 - Larissa - 1 Dornier Do 17 shot down (30 total)
April 10, 1941 - Larissa - 1 Bf 110 + 1 Bf 109 shot down over Betjol, Yugoslavia (32 total)
April 11, 1941 - Larissa - 1 Junkers Ju 88 + 1 Heinkel He 111 shot down over Volos (34 total)

April 12, 1941 - Larissa - 1 Dornier Do 17 + 1 S-79 shot down + 1 Bf 109 damaged (36 total)
April 13, 1941 - Larissa - Eleusis airfield is strafed by Bf 109s
April 14, 1941 - Larissa - 1 Junkers Ju 88 + 1 Bf 110 + 1 Bf 109 + 1 SM.79 shot down (40 total)

April 18, 1941 - Eleusis, NW of Athens - 33 Squadron moves out
April 19, 1941 - Eleusis - Pattle, with influenza, takes shoots down 3 Junkers Ju 88 (+ 1 probable), 2 Bf 109 (Kurt Ubben, 110-victories ace among them) + 1 SM.79 over Eleusis and Tanagra airfields (46 total)
April 20, 1941 Eleusis | Over Piraeus harbour - Pattle flies with fever and shoots down 2 Bf 109 + 1 Bf 110 + 1 Junkers Ju 88 over Piraeus harbour (50 total), however, he is shot down and killed by Bf 110 heavy fighters. His Hurricane crashes in the sea =(END)

Johnnie Johnson | Timeline

James Edgar Johnson (9 March 1915 – 30 January 2001), nicknamed "Johnnie", was a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and flying ace, who flew and fought during the Second World War. Johnson was credited with 34 individual victories over enemy aircraft, as well as seven shared victories, three shared probable, 10 damaged, three shared damaged and one destroyed on the ground. Johnson flew 700 operational sorties and engaged enemy aircraft on 57 occasions. (based on Wikipedia)

March 9, 1915 - Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire - James Edgar Johnson is born

January(?) 1(?), 1937 - Nottingham - Qualifies as a civil engineer from the University of Nottingham

January(?) 1(?), 1938 - Chingford(?) - Breaks his collarbone playing rugby for Chingford Rugby Club

August 1(?), 1939 - ? - Johnson is accepted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

September 1(?), 1939 - Cambridge - Arrives in Cambridge for Flight Training

December 1(?), 1939 - Cambridge - Begins initial training at Elementary Flying Training School

February 29, 1940 - Cambridge - Johnson flies solo for the first time on Tiger Moth

March 15, 1940 - Cambridge - Johnson passes flying test

April 24, 1940 - Cambridge - Johnson passes another flying test

May 6, 1940 - Cambridge - Chief Flying instructor passes Johnson

August 7, 1940 - RAF Hawarden, Wales - Completes training on instruments, navigation, night-flying and forced landings

August 19, 1940 - RAF Hawarden, Wales - Flies a Spitfire for the first time

August 28, 1940 - RAF Hawarden - Johnson completes training, despite collarbone injury

September 6, 1940 - RAF Coltishall (NE of Norwich) - Johnson is posted to No.616 Squadron =(START)

September 11, 1940 - RAF Coltishall - Flies a X-raid patrol and qualifies for Battle of Britain Clasp
October(?) 1(?), 1940 - Rauceby (West of Boston, UK) - Forced to choose between surgery or flying tiger moths. Misses Battle of Britain
December 28, 1940 - RAF Coltishall - Johnson returns to the squadron after operation
December 31, 1940 - RAF Coltishall - Johnson's fitness to fly is tested and he passes
January 1(?), 1941 - RAF Coltishall - Returns to operational flying in 616 Squadron, part of Tangmere Wing
January 15, 1941 - off North Coates - Johnson takes off in mission to cover a Convoy and damages a Dornier Do-17
February 22, 1941 - Johnson damages a Bf110
February 29, 1941 - Tangmere (East of Portsmouth) - Johnson's Squadron is moved to RAF Tangmere on the Channel coast
May 6, 1941 - Johnson is involved in dogfight with Bf109Fs led by Werner MÖLDERS
June 26, 1941 - Near North Coates - 1 Bf 109 shot down near North Coates (1 total)
July 4, 1941 - over Gravelines - 1 Bf 109 damaged over Gravelines
July 6, 1941 - South of Dunkirk - 1 Bf 109 shot down south of Dunkirk (2 total)
July 14, 1941 - over Fauquembergues - 1 Bf 109 shot down over Fauquembergues (3 total)
July 21, 1941 - over Merville - 1 Bf 109 shared with Officer Hepple over Merville. Looses Wingman
July 23, 1941 - South of Boulogne - 1 Bf 109 damaged South of Boulogne in an air battle in which Adolf Galland is wounded
August 9, 1941 - Near Dover - Mission where Douglas BADER is lost - 1 Bf 109 shot down over Béthune (4 total) + 1 damaged
August 21, 1941 - Probable Bf 109 destroyed East of Le Touquet
September 4, 1941 - 1 Bf 109 shared probable over Le Touquet
September 21, 1941 - near Le Touquet - 2 Bf 109 shot down over Le Touquet (6 total)
January 31, 1942 - RAF Kings Cliffe - The 616th squadron moves to Kings Cliffe
April 1(?), 1942 - RAF Kings Cliffe - Offensive operations restart, now on the Spitfire V
April 15, 1942 - over Le Touquet - 1 FW190 damaged over Le Toquet
May 25, 1942 - near RAF Kings Cliffe - Engages a Do217 and lets rookies attack it - only damaged
June 26, 1942 - RAF Kings Cliffe - Awarded a Bar to his DFC
July(?) 1(?), 1942 - RAF Kings Cliffe - The Spitfires Mk.IX begin arriving
July 10, 1942 - RAF Kings Cliffe - Promoted to Squadron Leader - given command of 610 Squadron
August 1(?) - RAF West Malling - Preparations for a major operation "Jubilee" at Dieppe
August 19, 1942 - over Dieppe - 1 Fw 190 shot down over over Dieppe + 1 shared Fw 190 + 1 shared Bf 109F (7 total)
August 20, 1942 - off french coast - 1 Fw 190 probable off French Coast
September 1(?) - RAF Castletown - Squadron is moved to protect the Royal Navy at Scapa Flow
November 14, 1942 - Norwich - Marries Pauline Ingate during home leave

Johnson and his Spitfire Mk.IX

December 26, 1942 - RAF Kenley - Johnson takes command of the No.144 Wing (canadians) - Spitfires Mk.IX
February 13, 1943 - near Boulogne - 1 Fw 190 probable near Boulogne
March 22, 1943 - RAF Kenley - Test flight - selects a new aircraft - Spitfire Mk.IX
April 3, 1943 - over Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais - 1 Fw 190 shot down over Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais (8 total)
April 5, 1943 - over Ostend-Ghent - 3 Fw 190s damaged over Ostend-Ghent area
May 11, 1943 - over Gravelines - 1 Fw 190 shot down over Gravelines (9 total)
May 13, 1943 - over Berck-Le Touquet - 1 Fw 190 shot down + 1 damaged over Berck-Le Touquet (10 total)
May 14, 1943 - over Nieuwpoort - Escorting B-17's. 1 Fw 190 shot down near Nieuwpoort (11 total)
June 1, 1943 - over Somme estuary - 1 Bf 109 shared over Baie de Somme
June 15, 1943 - over Yvetot - 2 Fw 190 shot down over Yvetot (13 total)
June 17, 1943 - over Ypres-Saint-Omer - 1 Fw 190 shot down over Ypres-Saint-Omer (14 total)
June 24, 1943 - over Fécamp-Valmont - 1 Fw 190 shot down over Fécamp + 1 damaged (15 total)
June 27, 1943 - over St.Omer - Fighter swep over St.Omer - 1 Fw 190 shot down (16 total)
July 15, 1943 - over Senarpont - 1 Bf 109 shot down over Senarpont (17 total)
July 25, 1943 - over Schipol - 1 Bf 109 shot down over Schipol (18 total)
July 29, 1943 - over Amsterdam - 1 Bf 109 damaged over Amsterdam
July 30, 1943 - over Schipol - 1 Bf 109 half-shared
August(?) 1(?), 1943 - Lashenden - The squadron is moved to Advanced Landing Ground and renamed No.127 wing RCAF
August 12, 1943 - 2 Bf 109 half-shared
August 17, 1943 - over Ghent - 1 Bf 110 quarter-shared over Ghent
August 23, 1943 - over Gosnay - 1 Fw 190 shot down over Gosnay, recorded on his camera (19 total)
August 26, 1943 - over Rouen - 1 Fw 190 shot down over Rouen (20 total)
September 4, 1943 - over Roubaix - 1 Fw 190 shot down over Roubaix (21 total)
September 5, 1943 - over Daynze - 1 Bf 109 damaged over Daynze area
April 25, 1944 - over Laon - 2 Fw 190 shot down over Laon (23 total)
May 5, 1944 - over Douai - 1 Fw 190 shot down over Douai (24 total)
June 15, 1944 - St-Croix-sur-Mer (B-3 Airfield) - First Wing to move to liberated France

"Johnnie" Johnson in Normandy

June 16, 1944 - over Villers-Bocage - 1 Fw 190 shot down over Villers-Bocage, recorded on his camera (25 total)
June 22, 1944 - over Argentan - 1 Bf 109 shot down over Argentan, recorded on his camera (26 total)
June 28, 1944 - over Caen - 2 Bf 109 shot down over Caen (28 total)
June 30, 1944 - East of Gace - 1 Bf 109 shot down East of Gace (29 total)
July 5, 1944 - over Alençon - 2 Fw 190 shot down over Alençon (31 total)
July 20, 1944 - over Argentan - 1 Fw 190 damaged over Argentan
August 23, 1944 - over the Seine - 2 Fw 190 shot down over Senlis (33 total)
September 27, 1944 - over Nijmegen - 1 Bf 109 shot down over Rees on Rhine - 60-victories ace Franz Hrdlicka manages to parachute (34 total, probably 38)
October 16, 1944 - Michael, Johnson's first son, is born
January 1, 1945 - Brussels-Melsbroek - The squadron's base is attacked in Operation Bodenplatte
March 1, 1945 - Klein Brogel, Belgium - 127th Wing RCAF starts arriving to Kleine Brogel
March 26, 1945 - Twente - Johnson's wing is relocated to Twente - promoted to group captain
April 5, 1945 - Twente - After switching off the engine of his Spitfire Mk.XIV, he is attacked by a Bf109
April 16, 1945 - RAF Celle, Germany - The wing moves to Celle
May 15(?), 1945 - Copenhagen - Relocated to Copenhagen - Awarded croix de guerre with palm and the rank of Officer of the Order of Léopold with Palms
December 1, 1945 - Chris, Johnson's second son, is born
January(?) 1(?), 1950 - South Korea - involved in the Korean War, flying the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star
May 1(?), 1951 - RAF Fassberg - Commands a RAF Wing
January 1(?), 1952 - RAF Wildenrath, Germany - Commands the RAF second Tactical Air Force
January(?) 1(?), 1956 - Johnson writes his wartime memoir, "Wing Leader"
October 28, 1957 - RAF Cottesmore, Rutland - Becomes AOC at RAF Cottesmore, commanding V bombers
January 5, 1960 - London - Attends the Imperial Defence College
June 1(?), 1960 - He is made Commander of the Order of the British Empire
December 17, 1960 - Aden - Promoted to Air Commodore - No3 Group RAF - middle East
October 7, 1963 - Khormaksar, Aden - AOC, RAF Middle East
January(?) 1(?), 1964 - Writes "Full Circle, a history of air fighting", co-writen with Percy "Laddie" Lucas
January(?) 1(?), 1965 - Promoted to Air Vice Marshal and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath
January(?) 1(?), 1966 - Buxton(?) - "Johnnie" Johnson retires
January(?) 1(?), 1967 - Buxton(?) - Appointed Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Leicestershire
January(?) 1(?), 1969 - Buxton(?) - Establishes the Johnnie Johnson Housing Trust
October(?) 1(?), 1982 - Buxton(?) - After Douglas Bader's death, Johnson sets up the Douglas Bader Foundation
May 8, 1985 - Buxton(?) - Appears on the TV show "This is your life", on the 40th anniversary of VE day
August 27, 1990 - Leicester - Present at the Leicestershire Airshow
January(?) 1(?), 2001 - Buxton(?) - Johnson establishes the Housing Association, managing 4000 properties
January 30, 2001 - Buxton - "Johnnie" Johnson dies, aged 85 =(END)