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Johnny Checketts: The Road to Biggin Hill - A Gripping Story of Courage in the Air and Evasion on the Ground by Vincent Orange (Hardcover, 2007)
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Johnny Checketts, widely recognised as one of the great fighter pilots of World War II, was born and raised in Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand. In spite of being well over the average age for a fighter pilot, Johnny worked hard and turned out to be a great airman, tactician and leader in battle, achieving one of the highest scores of enemy aircraft destroyed in the air war over the Channel.
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Johnny Checketts, widely recognised as one of the great fighter pilots of World War II, was born and raised in Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand. Considered by the locals to be a dare-devil motorcycle rider in his youth, it was natural that in 1939 he should join the RNZAF, then undergoing rapid expansion to its wartime strength of 33,000 men. In spite of being well over the average age for a fighter pilot, Johnny worked hard and turned out to be a great airman, tactician and leader in battle, achieving one of the highest scores of enemy aircraft destroyed in the air war over the Channel. He was shot down in September 1943 but avoided capture by the Germans with the help of the French Resistance - an absorbing story in itself. Rising to the rank of Wing Commander and being personally decorated by King George VI, after the war Johnny returned to New Zealand, left the service in 1955, founded an aerial topdressing company, and then lived in happy retirement until his death in 2006 at the age of 94. He is one of the true, though modest, 'heroes' of the war and Vincent Orange tells his story in a relaxed and elegant style taking the reader through Johnny's exploits in a unique period of human history never likely to be repeated.Product Identifiers
PublisherGrub Street Publishing
ISBN-139781904943792
eBay Product ID (ePID)90842500
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Book TitleJohnny Checketts: The Road to Biggin Hill - A Gripping Story of Courage in the Air and Evasion on the Ground
AuthorVincent Orange
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height216mm
Item Width138mm
Item Weight381g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorVincent Orange
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 08 Mar, 2017
Good holiday read
Living in the same city as he grow up , helped make it a great wee read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
