Wing Leader by Johnnie Johnson (77 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1751444735. 7/2/2025 8:25:35 AM.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 6th Edition. This volume is entitled "Wing Leader". the covers and text block are square, tight and clean. This book is checked and photographed in the box as proof against in-transit damage. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only.

paperback. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Good condition. Not Inscribed. 319 Pages. Uniform light discolouration. This is the thrilling story of the top-scoring Allied fighter-pilot of World War 11 - Johnnie Johnson. Joining the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939 as a sergeant pilot, he was to serve with Fighter Command squadrons throughout the war, scoring his 38th and final victory in September 1944 whilst patrolling over the Rhine with 443 Squadron. By the end of the war he had risen to the rank of Group Captain and when he retired from the Service in 1966 he did so as an Air Vice-Marshall.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 320pp. Spine faded. ink name fr. fly. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Shipped from UK, will dispatch next working day.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1959 Penguin first, creased spine and page edges tanned, corner of the front cover creased.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. - With a foreword by Group Captain Douglas Bader. Blue boards and gold lettering to the spine. Light shelf wear to the board edges. Illustrated unclipped dust jacket, creasing and chipping to the top an bottom of the spine. Now in a removable protective clear sleeve. No inscriptions. 318pp. Clean and bright pages with black and white illustrations throughout. (Any digital image available on request).

Condition: Good. 1959. 1959 Reprint. 303 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

1383. Condition: vg++. vg++ Penguin Books 1959 edition paperback In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

1383. Condition: fine. fine Penguin Books 1959 edition paperback In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

mass_market. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.

Hardback. Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. red binding, seems good.

Condition: Good. 1956. Reprinted. 320 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Water staining to spine and rear panel. Light foxing overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Published by The Reprint Society of London in 1958. Hardcover. Originally the book was published as a 1st edition by Chatto and Windus in 1956. Book condition: Very good. Red cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Some signs of age related tanning on inside pages. Dust Jacket condition: Poor to fair. The jacket has done its job in protecting the book. Edges of the jacket are worn and have tears and rips. Jacket intact. See photograph. Dims: 190mm x 130mm x 23mm. Autobiography of the Group Captains War. 320 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.75.

Condition: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. 1st Penguin edition. Spine slightly browned; with tiny surface damage on back cover. Penguin no.1383.

club edn., 320pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., red cloth with black leather title label at spine lettered in gilt, upper edge coloured, geometric design dustwrapper, the story of an RAF fighter pilot, from a raw Volunteer Reserve sergeant pilot in 1939, his first operational posting was with 616 South Yorks. Squadron which became part of the Tangmere Wing led by Douglas Bader, in 1942 he commanded 610 County of Chester Squadron and 1943 promoted Wing Cdr. to lead the Canadian Spitfire Wing on over 140 sorties over North West Europe. In March 1944 he took command of 144 Canadian Spitfire Wing of three squadrons, on fighter bomber operations to soften up the French coastal areas. Flying from Ford on the Sussex coast they were part of the fighter protection for the invasion fleet in the first few days until the first Normandy airfield was built at St Crois sur Mer and they became the first Normandy based wing, eventually gaining air superiority while the Typhoon squadrons provided ground support as aerial artillery. Includes a first hand account of the rout of Falaise, in 1945 was promoted Group Captain in command of 125 Spitfire wing until the end of WW2, small mark to cloth and light bump lower tip upper board, small paper fault fore-edge one leaf (p195/6), dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., short closed tear upper edge upper panel, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

Hardcover. Condition: Good. repirnyt edition on red cloth slightly faded spine cover.

Condition: Fair. 1956. No Edition Remarks. 320 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to spine. Foxing overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint . Reprint, 1956. Complete with all plates. Publication of 320 pages. The dust jacket is edge worn, marks and minor closed tears along the edges. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, remain in good condition. There are old tape residue marks on the inner boards, on the first and last blank pages as well as on the inner part of the jacket. Internally the remaining pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Good. 1956. No Edition Remarks#. 320 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Condition: Good. 1956. No Edition Remarks. 320 pages. Illustrated jacket over cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 304 pages. Orange and cream vertical banded paperback. Moderate wear to covers' corners, moderate browning to page-edge. Light foxing to covers and more so to inside of covers and to early and late pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No Jacket. Illus., index; 320pp. orig. cloth, spine faded, mark on front cover,

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. wartime memoirs of an RAF fighter pilot. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. The boards are worn and a bit damp marked.Previous ownership inscription.Minor markings.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. READ more about : Mustang, Wingeo, Malta, Screwball Beurling, Cocky Dundas, R.A.F., R.C.A.F., Spitfire, fighter pilot, tick-over, tail-end, radio contact, practice flights, line astern style, D.S.O., Group Captain Douglas Bader, and Peter Chapman. 292 pages of military history / biography - UNillustrated. First appeared in 1957. The author is British. Cond : White paper wrapper with black (and white) titling. Cover art by Valiavery is of two WWII planes in combat. Clean, tight, square and bright. Very light edge wear. Store stamp verso front cover. Else decidedly collectible !! QUote (p. 55) : " Except for an occasional high-flying reconnaissance flight, the single-seaters of the Luftwaffe were rarely seen over England during the early months of 1941. But their twin-engined bombers were active by night; there were sharp attacks against ._._._. . ".